6 Week Skills Course - April/ May

Service Description

This is a 6 week course covering the basics of silversmithing to make jewellery. Week one - Introduction to the workshop, and simple exercise to familiarise learners with the basic tools, and health and safety aspect of the course. Week two - This week will be entirely focussed on saw piercing, with lots of copper and project templates available to practise sawing for the whole session. This practise will deffo get your hand and eye in! Week Three - Soldering practise is the aim of this session, with projects designed to really get the muscle memory developed with repeated soldering practise. Week Four - The theme for this week is texture, and there are a number of exercises that allow experimentation with applying textures. The rolling mill will be hot with use, texture hammers, stamps and mark marking will fill the session and at the end of it you will be confident in creating some lovely textures. Week Five - Focussing on circles, this session will ensure that you are confident in the maths behind creating rings and bangles to the required size, and will give an opportunity to create a fair few circles to be made into rings, bangles, and pendants allowing lots of time to re visit soldering techniques and cleaning and polishing the finished piece. Week Six - Finally you get let loose with real silver! This is the session where you can use the techniques and skills already practised to create your final and very special, favourite piece in sterling silver to your very own design. A lovely finish to the course, which I hope will have given you a really good basis for taking your silversmith skills further. This course is brilliant for those who have maybe completed a workshop previously and got the bug. It's suitable for beginners or improvers and there are a range of projects each week to suit. The course price includes lots of copper for practise, and enough silver to create your final project. More silver can be purchased if needed. By booking this course you are booking for the following dates; Monday 7th April - 6pm -9pm Monday 14th April - 6pm -9pm Monday 21st April - 6pm -9pm Monday 28th April - 6pm -9pm Monday 5th May - 6pm -9pm Monday 12th May - 6pm -9pm Tea, coffee, soft drinks and biscuits are included too!

Cancellation Policy

This course is not suitable for children under 15 years and anyone under the age of 18 years need to be accompanied by an adult also attending the course. Cancellations can be taken up to 5 working days prior to the course.

Contact Details

• Bridgewater Arts and Craft Centre, Halton Road, Runcorn, UK

  clare@haltonvillagesilver.com