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Consolidate and Advance Jewellery Making Skills, Stages 4 to 7.
September 20, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
$460.00
About This Class
Class Schedule
- The classes for each stage are three hours per week over a six week period.
What You Will Learn
- Continue to advance your jewellery skills. You must have completed either Stages 1 to 3 or have demonstrated jewellery skills.
- Projects will be developed as a group and individually to accommodate different skill levels. Set projects are detailed below.
- More advanced jewellery making skills.
What You Get
- Your project jewellery.
- Skills developed include sawing, soldering, shaping and filing, melting metal, gem setting in various forms, shaping ring shanks and polishing.
- More advanced jewellery making skills.
Description
Continue to advance your jewellery skills.
There is set project work in stages 4 to 7 to advance and consolidate your jewellery making skills as follows:
- Stage Four – Facetted Gem Drop Earrings.
- Stage 5 – Tappered Collet and Split Shank Ring with Set Gem.
- Stage 6- Large Gem ring with either a facetted or cabouchon set gem stone. Designed by the student.
- Stage 7 – Brooch with surface decoration (roller printing and or hammering) and a set gem. The brooch is a three dimensional form and designed by the student.
You design the stage 6 and 7 projects and your proposed fabrication process will be discussed with the teacher.
The cost of each Stage is $440 (inclusive of GST).
Silver can be purchased from the studio.
Classes are run on Saturday morning (9am to 1pm ) , Wednesday morning (10 am to 1pm ) and evening (5.30pm to 8.30pm ).
