Jewellery Making for Beginners - High Pavement Learning Centre - 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Course resources you need to bring

round-nosed pliers

flat-nosed pliers

snips/wire cutters

Resources

tiger tail (nylon coated wire)

crimp beads

findings (jump rings, lobster claw clasps, earing hooks)

crimp beads

Larger Focal Beads of your choice

small beads/spacer beads

bead board or tea towel ( we have space beadboards)

tape measure

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.