Enamelling on Copper
No previous experience required

This class is for people wanting to add colour to their jewellery, only very basic metal working skills will be taught in this class: Sawing - Filing - Sanding and some light forming techniques.
No soldering in this class, all finishing will be done with tab setting & riveting.

The course is structured with techniques to build your skills step by step, such as:

Sifted Enamels - Using stencils - Working with Gold Foil - Opaque - Transparent Enamels and how to combine them - scrafito - Cloisonné and more.
Safe working practices when working with enamels
Kiln & Torch firing

Cost for 6 weeks $299.00 including materials
Intermediate classes follow on from this basic course and are open to students who have successfully completed the course.

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This is a great beginners workshop, find out all the basics of working with Metal Clay by making a gorgeous set of earrings and a pendant you can wear home (bring a chain!)

All the basic techniques will be covered:

• Shaping and texturing the clay
• Setting a stone
• Sanding - filing & refining
• Torch firing your pieces
• Applying a Patina to enhance the texture
• Burnishing and polishing and finishing to a profesional standard
• Attaching the earring wires

One day class - $99.00 plus materials

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Getting Started with PMC
Carved Ring with a Stone
No previous experience required

This ring workshop is a great starting project, even for beginners.

You will learn all the basic techniques of working with Metalclay:

• Shaping and Hand Carving the ring
• Setting a stone
• Sanding - filing & refining
• Torch firing your ring
• Applying a Patina to enhance the texture
• Burnishing and polishing and finishing to a profesional standard

You'll learn how to allow for the shrinkage of metal clay and get your ring to fit correctly

One day class - $99.00 plus materials

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This class is for people new to silversmithing, here you will learn all the basic silver jewellery & metal work techniques.

The course is structured with projects that will build your skills, such as:

Basic fabrication: Sawing, piercing, filing, sanding & polishing silver.

Basic soldering: Wire, sheet & sweat soldering, teaching you how to get comfortable with a torch and operate it safely.

Cold Connections: Tab setting, all types of rivets, invisible, domed & tube rivets, and professional secrets to insure instant success.

Texturing & Shaping metal: All kinds of possibilities for textures are explored and the textured metal shaped and domed to be used in a variety of jewellery pieces

Other metal combined with Silver: Learn how to work with other metals that look great joined to silver.

These are just the very first techniques you'll learn, they form the basic skill-set needed to successfully work with metal.

Cost for 8 weeks $297.00
Intermediate classes follow on from this basic course and are open to students who have successfully completed the first 8 projects.

Email Maggie to book for this course