Jewellery making courses in London
Taught by a team of expert jewellery tutors, we offer a diverse range of jewellery design and making courses. Take your pick from introductory courses for those who want to learn how to make a ring through to more specialist courses that focus on techniques such as engraving, electroforming, CAD/CAM, wax carving, casting, grain setting, technical drawing, resin, beading and much more.
Our purpose-built jewellery studio provides access to industry standard equipment with good natural light and all courses have basic materials provided. Please read the full course outline before you book as the tutor will list anything you need to bring along.
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- Introduction to jewellery making
Course start date: Fri 9 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Linda ConnellyLearn and develop a range of essential jewellery making techniques and processes for creating metal jewellery. This course is designed for beginners who would like to gain fundamental skills like sawing, filing, sanding, drilling, texturing, forging and soldering. Explore these techniques in set projects and use them to design and make your own pieces.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Introduction to beaded jewellery Course start date: Fri 17 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellFancy trying your hand at beaded jewellery making? Learn how to work with beads, wire, thread and findings to create beautiful beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tiara designs. Join our introductory course for all levels to discover where to find the best beads, how to knot with thread, manipulate and twist wire and learn how to finish your work using clasps.
Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Embroidered art brooches Course start date: Fri 30 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tanvi KantLearn how to experiment and combine a variety of textiles to create expressive embroidered brooches. - Geometric jewellery: 2D to 3D Course start date: Fri 13 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneExplore geometry and its application in jewellery design through an exploratory design process. Design and create
geometric jewellery, translating 2D designs into 3D.Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00 - Looping: textile jewellery Course start date: Fri 4 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tanvi KantLearn how to experiment with a variety of textile elements to create tactile, colourful and sculptural cords that can be transformed into textile jewellery.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Blossoming buds: textile jewellery Course start date: Fri 1 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tanvi KantLearn how to experiment and combine a variety of textile elements to create tactile, sculptural brooches. In this vibrant textiles workshop you will create a budding twig brooch with fabric remnants.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Jewellery making: all levels Course start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kevin StevensonEver wanted to turn your hand to making your own jewellery? If you have done it before, would like to hone your skills with a professional tutor? Whatever your level, come and practise making jewellery to your own designs, whether you are picking up the basics of cutting, forming and texturing, or taking your designs to the next level with more complex approaches like chain making.
Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Intermediate jewellery I Course start date: Fri 26 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sally LeesHave you taken a beginners’ course and are looking to progress your jewellery making? Develop and refine your design and making skills through guided projects applying a range of precision skills to create metal jewellery. Intermediate Jewellery I focuses on surface, hollow forms and mechanisms. You will be encouraged to experiment with scale, with an emphasis on volumetric form.
Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Jewellery: wax carvingCourse start date: Fri 7 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Carve, model and experiment with wax to create your own unique jewellery designs. Learn about the lost wax casting process, outsourcing and finishing of your casts.
Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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