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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- Jewellery: a buyer's guide to pearls
Course start date: Sat 24 Apr 2027Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judith Crowe, Derek JhinnooJoin this fascinating one-day course for a valuable insight into pearls, their cultivation and trade, and use in jewellery. Learn how to recognise the many types on the market, judge the good from the bad, spot the imitations and buy your pearl jewellery with confidence.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Jewellery making: carving, casting and finishing Course start date: Sun 25 Apr 2027
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.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Jewellery: experimental ring workshopCourse start date: Thu 29 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mona HadinejadGet creative exploring different mediums to create a series of rings in this fun action-packed course. Join the challenge of creating 100 rings in 5 days using a variety of materials and techniques.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Jewellery: stone setting III Course start date: Thu 29 Apr 2027
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 £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Embroidered art brooches Course start date: Fri 28 May 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tanvi KantLearn how to experiment and combine a variety of textiles to create expressive embroidered brooches.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Beginners' jewellery III Course start date: Sun 30 May 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca IlettBeginners 3 is the perfect continuation for those who have some metal jewellery making experience and would like to expand on their basic metal working skills by learning wax carving and casting. Wax carving lends itself very well to creating organic and fluid forms that can’t be made with sheet and wire. There will be set projects as well as the opportunity to experiment and develop your own designs.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Jewellery: soldering intensive Course start date: Tue 1 Jun 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneDoes your soldering let your jewellery work down? If you would like to practise without worrying about the outcome, get expert help and improve your understanding and technique, then come and join this practical course. Soon you will be soldering with confidence.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Introduction to engraving Course start date: Wed 2 Jun 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanLearn traditional methods of hand engraving to create beautiful embellished surfaces. This course is for Intermediate and advanced jewellery students.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Introduction to stone setting: raised grain setting Course start date: Sat 5 Jun 2027 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanGrain setting, sometimes referred to as bead setting, is a technique where small faceted stones are held in place by
small prongs called beads. These are raised from the metal in the band using an engraving tool. This specialist
technique builds on the basic stone setting methods, introducing the use of a new set of tools and skills and is perfect
for those wishing to take their stone-setting to a higher level.
Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Heat, light and colour: introduction to enamellingCourse start date: Tue 8 Jun 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Linda ConnellyThis course is designed for those who are excited by working with colour on metal. It is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience who would like to learn more about using contemporary enamelling techniques to achieve colour, texture and pattern.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Geometric transformations in jewelleryCourse start date: Thu 10 Jun 2027
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 £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00
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