Jewellery Making for Beginners - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

Learn to create your own jewellery pieces using a mix of new and upcycled materials. On this course, you’ll learn how to design and make beautiful jewellery, from simple bracelets and earrings to more advanced creations like charm brooches and adjustable necklaces. You’ll explore a variety of tools and techniques in a friendly, beginner-friendly environment where creativity and personal style are encouraged.

This course introduces you to a range of jewellery-making techniques. You’ll learn how to safely use tools such as round-nosed and flat-nosed pliers, identify and handle findings (like clasps, crimp beads, and jump rings), and design and construct well-balanced pieces. Starting with a simple single-strand bracelet, you’ll progress to necklaces, earrings, and more decorative items. You’ll also be encouraged to bring in old or broken jewellery, as you’ll learn how to reuse beads and components to create something completely new.

There is no need for previous experience.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

1. Identify and safely use a range of common jewellery-making tools and findings

2. Design and make beaded jewellery using wire, crimping, and fastening techniques

3. Create jewellery components using headpins, wire loops, and basic wirework skills

4. Apply jewellery-making techniques to create a variety of accessories and decorative items

5. Repurpose beads or components from old or broken jewellery to create something new and unique

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https www.inspireculture.org.uk skills learning funding your courses

Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

To enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Greater London

Greater Manchester

Liverpool City Region

Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

Tees Valley

West of England

West Midlands

West Yorkshire