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 - Jewellery making: carving, casting and finishing Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornCarve, model and experiment with jewellers wax; learn about the lost wax casting process, outsourcing, and how components and multiples are made, relevant to jewellery making and production. There will also be an introduction to low-fi casting methods: Delft-Clay (sand casting) and cuttlefish bone. - 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 - Jewellery: make a collection in a week Course start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneWant to add another level to your jewellery making? Are you up for the challenge of creating a collection? From idea to product, discover the techniques and strategies to create 20 pieces in just 5 days on this exciting fast-paced course.Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00 - Jewellery making: all levels Course start date: Sat 20 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kevin StevensonEver wanted to make your own jewellery? Try out jewellery-making, getting to grips with the basic processes and techniques for using metal to create simple yet beautiful earrings, rings, pendants and bracelets to your own
designs.Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Jewellery: stone setting ICourse start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanEnjoy making your own jewellery, but want to develop your mount-making and stone-setting techniques? Discover essential techniques in setting a gem stone, including round bezel and tube settings, with the guidance of an expert tutor.
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 - Beginners' jewellery ICourse start date: Sun 2 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca IlettLearn all the basics of metal jewellery work by making a range of sample pieces in copper and a finished jewellery piece of your own design. You will be shown how to buy silver so you can take home at least one wearable piece.
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 - Jewellery: stone setting III Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanAlready explored some of the skills of mount-making and stone-setting but want to take your expertise to another level? Experience the more complicated techniques of mounting a variety of stone shapes, as well as practising your grasp of claw and collet settings. Integrate new stone-setting techniques with your existing knowledge to give the ultimate professional finish to your jewellery.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00
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