Chain making is a fantastic addition to your skill set as a silver jeweller as it will make your work more personal and bespoke.
In this class you will learn:
- How to make your own jump rings and links of all shapes and sizes to use in your chains.
- How to effectively solder jump rings in a row for chain making
- To make a completed chain with clasp to take home on the day
- Texturing and cutting metal and links
- Experimenting with different chain designs from small and intricate to chunky,statement chains.
Chains can be worn alone as a piece of jewellery or can be used to enhance your other jewellery by adding beads, pendants, charms etc...
This is a fun-filled, intensive day of working in traditional methods with silver and a range of base metals.
Making chains means that you can really personalise every part of your jewellery and will also give you lots of practice with your soldering!
What you need to bring to this class:
For this class, you don't need to bring anything but yourself as everything is provided.
General Info:
As with all of our classes, all materials are included in the cost of the class as well as plenty of tea, coffee and snacks! The classes are all run by expert tutors with years of professional experience who are friendly, knowledgeable and approachable. The size of the classes is kept small to allow plenty of one-on-one attention and the maximum number of students for this class is 8.
We take an hour break for lunch and there are plenty of local shops to get food from, or you can always bring a packed lunch to eat in the studio. If you have any questions regarding this, or other courses please don't hesitate to get in touch.
We look forward to welcoming you into the studios soon.
