Course description
Decorative Finishes in Jewellery Practice: This course will offer an exciting introduction into the various techniques of adding texture and colour to jewellery.
Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, come and discover how to apply textures to embellish your jewellery designs by using hammering, roll printing, granulation, patination, gold foil and many more exciting techniques!
Practice decorating your jewellery with your own designs, whether you�re picking up the basics of cutting, forming and texturing, or taking your ideas to the next level with more complex texturing processes.
All levels will have plenty of opportunity to explore the use of surface in their work and to experiment with a range of decorative techniques.
Beginners will also learn basic jewellery-making skills - piercing, filing, drilling, polishing, annealing and soldering.
Intermediate or advanced learners will have the opportunity to work on individual projects and to practice, improve and perfect their basic skills as well as discovering new challenging decorative finishes such as filigree, granulation and Keum Boo. You will have one-to-one advice and demonstrations from the tutor when needed.
By the end of the course you should be able to:
Beginners:
- Cut and form sheet metal and wire
- Anneal, texture and solder metal
- Experiment with materials and finishes and have a range of copper and brass samples
- Design and make a final piece in silver using skills you have learnt
- Demonstrate awareness of and work to the health and safety guidelines.
- Use decorative techniques like texturing with the rolling mills, stamps and hammers, etching, overlay and patina.
Intermediate:
- Set your goals with help from the tutor
- Sketch out your design ideas
- Use improved jewellery-making skills e.g. piercing, filing, drilling, polishing, annealing and soldering
- Plan and design new pieces incorporating the newly learned textured decorative technique such as reticulation, filigree, granulati
Perfect for beginners, intermediate and advanced students, come and discover how to apply textures to embellish your jewellery designs by using hammering, roll printing, granulation, patination, gold foil and many more exciting techniques!
Practice decorating your jewellery with your own designs, whether you�re picking up the basics of cutting, forming and texturing, or taking your ideas to the next level with more complex texturing processes.
All levels will have plenty of opportunity to explore the use of surface in their work and to experiment with a range of decorative techniques.
Beginners will also learn basic jewellery-making skills - piercing, filing, drilling, polishing, annealing and soldering.
Intermediate or advanced learners will have the opportunity to work on individual projects and to practice, improve and perfect their basic skills as well as discovering new challenging decorative finishes such as filigree, granulation and Keum Boo. You will have one-to-one advice and demonstrations from the tutor when needed.
By the end of the course you should be able to:
Beginners:
- Cut and form sheet metal and wire
- Anneal, texture and solder metal
- Experiment with materials and finishes and have a range of copper and brass samples
- Design and make a final piece in silver using skills you have learnt
- Demonstrate awareness of and work to the health and safety guidelines.
- Use decorative techniques like texturing with the rolling mills, stamps and hammers, etching, overlay and patina.
Intermediate:
- Set your goals with help from the tutor
- Sketch out your design ideas
- Use improved jewellery-making skills e.g. piercing, filing, drilling, polishing, annealing and soldering
- Plan and design new pieces incorporating the newly learned textured decorative technique such as reticulation, filigree, granulati
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is suitable for all levels - beginners, intermediate and advanced. You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions, demonstrations, hand-outs and health and safety information, and be prepared to take part in group discussions. You should be happy using numbers and able to do simple measurements and calculations.
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