Silver Clay Jewellery

I am offering a number of half day courses using silver clay to create a lovely shiny matching earring and pendant set, created using moulds made from your choice of foliage. Choose anything from your garden, foliage foraged from your favourite park or maybe from a regular walk to create a lasting keepsake. How about making a piece that incorporates tiny shells found on your best beach, or textures from a special material, maybe taken form your wedding dress, or a christening gown?

Maybe combine the protective characteristics of silver with a plant that’s properties mean something to you, to create a meaningful charm to be worn daily.

Or simply choose from my extensive collection of moulds and texture templates (in excess of 100 at last count!)  - the choice is yours.

On the course you will do the following;

·       Explore your tool box and learn what each of the tools does

·       Spend some time planning your pieces and creating designs

·       Make moulds using the flowers and foliage you have brought (these are for you to take home)

·       Mould the clay

·       Dry the clay

·       File, sand and tidy the dried piece

·       Torch fire the piece

·       Complete the final file, sand, tidy and polish of the fried piece

·       Add jump rings, chains and earring wires to complete the pieces!

Depending on the size of the pieces that you want to make, there is enough silver clay included in the price to make a large pendant, or a smaller pendant and a pair of small matching earrings. 

Sterling silver wire will be included in the course materials to enable you to make earring wires for earrings, and for jump rings for the pendant.