Capturing Nature course

Description

This course is suitable if you are a new starter or an experienced jeweller as tailored tuition will be provided.

In this lovely nature-filled full day course, you will be creating beautiful jewellery from the amazing combination of Mother Nature and silver clay.

You will use various items of nature, such as leaves, seed heads, sea-shells, and make moulds and use different techniques with the silver clay. You will turn them into beautiful solid silver Jewellery that you will be able to wear home proudly.

This course starts at 10am until approximately 5pm with a break for lunch

Please visit the 'Silver Jewellery Courses' page for a full list of available course dates.  If  these dates are unsuitable for you, please contact us with your preferred dates and we will see if we can accommodate your request.

All materials are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own samples from nature to use but we will have plenty of pieces available.

Your instructor, Louise, is fully qualified as a senior tutor and holds an Art Clay Higher Diploma and has been teaching jewellery making for over ten years.

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced jeweller, Louise is on hand to help you create your own nature design from silver clay. You'll be guided by Louise to help you make your own pieces for you to treasure and take away! Louise has a relaxed, informal approach with the aim of having fun as well as learning and creating lovely pieces of jewellery. Please come and experience the course yourself and add a new item to your jewellery collection!

What actually happens on the course?

Louise will introduce you to this amazing material, silver clay, and will explain how the clay will become solid silver pieces of beautiful jewellery by the end of your course. She will explain how the pieces of nature will be incorporated into the designs by creating moulds or actually firing into the silver clay.

She has many nature items and ideas for creating wonderful designs from the clay. Louise will then show you how to fire your pieces. This process removes particles in the clay to leave a solid silver piece. You will then polish your creations. This whole process never ceases to amaze people, transforming a piece of silver clay into a final polished solid silver jewellery piece for you to show off with pride.

On a full-day course, you will make 3 to 4 pieces of jewellery, depending on the size of your pieces. Typical pieces are charms, pendants, and earrings.

Silver clay is an environmentally-friendly recycled product, which when fired, becomes solid silver of Hallmark quality.

Knowledge required

None - Louise will be on hand to guide you to make your pieces, whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced jeweller.

For more information. please....

Refer to FAQs for general course information or:

Email louiseannedesigns@yahoo.com

Telephone or text Louise on 07947 734801