Course dates
Classes are 1 day per week and you attend on the same day each week during term time (with time off over the holidays). The Diploma starts in September and will run on Thursdays.
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Who is this Diploma for?
Made for the jeweller with one or more years experience in silver jewellery making, take your skills up to the next level and learn to make fine jewellery from home including plenty of stone settings, classic fine jewellery pieces, rendering and techniques galore.
This Diploma is perfect for...
- If you are a jeweller confident in soldering, basic stone setting skills and creating a range of silver and gold pieces on your own and would like to take your skills to the next level to work on commissions and high-end or fine jewellery pieces.If you would like to develop your stone setting, soldering and learn new more advanced techniques.
- You would like to learn in-person, build a community of fellow jewellers and learn in a brand-new state-of-the-art studio equipped with all the best tools!
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This Diploma is not for beginners and we recommend it as either a follow on from our Diploma in Silver Jewellery or for jewellers who have the skills covered in that course. Find out more about the Diploma in Silver Jewellery here:
- Diploma in Silver Jewellery (Summer Intensive - 7 weeks, 5 days per week)
- Diploma in Silver Jewellery (Full year - 1 day per week)
Course Breakdown:
TERM 1:Week 1: Reticulation and Keum boo Week 2: Claw Setting Practice Week - Round, Oval, Pear, Cushion Cut Week 3: Claw Setting Project Week 4: Pear Shaped Collet (Ring or Pendant) Week 5-6: Shaped Collet Setting Project Week 7: Grain Setting Week 8-9: Double Gallery Claw Setting Week 10: Gemstone Masterclass Week 11: Workshop Week & End of Term Jewellery Business Q&A |
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TERM 2:Week 1-2: Cast-in-Place Stone Setting in Wax Week 3-5: Making a Classic Tennis Bracelet Week 6-8: Marquise 5 Stone Ring Setting Week 9: Box Clasp: Advanced Techniques for Jewellers Week 10: Creole Earrings: Hinged earrings Week 11: Workshop Week & End of Term Jewellery Business Q&A |
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What do previous students say?
ALEXANDRA CARDINAL VON WIDDERN‘You are extremely well supported as a student. The materials are excellent, the mentors knowledgeable, encouraging and patient and extremely willing to give up their time. I was consistently out of my comfort but never in the panic zone and benefitted from it tremendously.’ LONDON, UK - Von W Jewellery |
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EMILY FLETCHER‘I always wished I had done a degree in Jewellery but it was impossible with family commitments. The Diploma has given me the same skills but actually better than an in person class! Investing in myself has already paid off as I now make more money for my pieces as they’ve been elevated.’ MANCHESTER, UK - Emily Lisbeth Jewellery |
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How do I apply?
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