Jewellery Making for Beginners-Southwell Library-Adult Learning

About this course

This beginner’s course is designed to teach a range of jewellery making skills, as well as design techniques, so that you can make a range of well-designed jewellery items.  

At the end of the course, you will know and or be able to: 

- Identify and safely handle tools and name some of the findings used in jewellery making – create a simple single stand bracelet using these.  

- Design and create a single strand necklace building on techniques from Session 1 whilst safely using three different tools. 

- Recognise and use different ear wires and headpins and safely cut and twist wire with round-nosed pliers to form a loop. Use this technique to create drop earrings. 

- Adapt techniques used for making drop earrings to create a set of charms to add to a kilt pin brooch. 

- Adapt techniques learnt to create a lariat necklace or necklace with extension piece and charm attachment. 

- Upcycle old jewellery into new pieces. Create at least one item of jewellery using some beads or elements from old or recycled jewellery. 

Resource required by attendees

• Please bring a selection of beads (seed beads, rocailles, glass beads, ceramic beads) and jewellery findings (lobster claw clasps and soldered jump rinds, earring hooks, ear wires, crimp beads and small silver beads). 
• You will also need a jewellery making kit containing precision wire cutting pliers, small round-nosed pliers, small chain-nosed pliers and a crimping tool (supplies available on Amazon or eBay). 

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/ 

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

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

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and 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

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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