Sea Glass Silver Jewellery Course

Description

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

In this exciting, educational and intriguing full day sea glass course, you will be shown how to make your own solid silver jewellery pieces incorporating sea glass and take away your own unique pieces to wear and treasure or as gifts for loved ones. 

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.

In case you are wondering, sea glass is simply broken glass found on beaches and it has been smoothed by the sea and wind to provide a really effective and beautiful stone. We can provide the sea glass or you can bring your own. We have had people who have found sea glass on a beach that has special meaning for them and this can be used if it is the right size, shape and texture.

Your instructor, Louise, is fully qualified as a senior tutor and holds an Art Clay Higher Diploma and has been teaching sea glass 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 designs from silver clay and sea glass. You'll be guided by Louise to help you make at least three jewellery pieces depending upon size and complexity of your 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 new items to your jewellery collection!

What actually happens on the course?

Louise will introduce you to the art of making silver jewellery incorporating sea glass. There are three main methods to embed the sea glass in your jewellery piece:

1) a stand alone silver bezel which clasps the sea glass

2) a silver clay piece with a bezel added to clasp your sea glass

3) a silver clay piece with a ring to hang the sea glass in a pendant.

Depending upon the complexity of your pieces and what you want to make, you will normally use all three methods to make three different pieces.

In her introduction, Louise will tell you about silver clay and will explain how the clay will become solid silver pieces of beautiful jewellery enhanced by the sea glass by the end of your course.

In the course, as mentioned, you will try the three different methods to make three different pieces.

1.  Bezel clasp

You will think about the design of your piece. You will learn how to prepare your sea glass and your bezel before placing the sea glass in the bezel. You will then clasp the bezel before finishing your piece with polishing and adding a ring if it is to be a necklace pendant.

2.  Bezel in silver clay

You will learn how to prepare your silver clay before embedding the bezel. You will follow the silver clay manufacturing process* before finally adding the sea glass into the clasp and applying the finishing touches to your piece.

3.   Silver clay sea glass hanging pendant

You will follow the silver clay manufacturing process* to make the silver clay pendant incorporating a hanging ring. You will also learn how to drill sea-glass to create a hole to hang on to the ring before finishing your piece.

With the silver clay methods, you can add small sea treasure pieces made from silver clay in which case you will then learn how to create silicone moulds of sea treasure and use them to make sea themed silver charms

* Silver Clay manufacturing process

Just a word on this process and what it incorporates. It starts with a piece of silver clay which you will mould into your own design. Louise is on hand to help you with this and the whole process. Louise will then show you how to fire your piece. This process removes particles in the clay to leave a solid silver piece of jewellery of Hallmark quality. You will then polish your creation. 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.

At the end of the course you have created your gorgeous, unique nature inspired Jewellery. Perfect for keeping those summer memories with you.

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

Don't forget to look in our on-line jewellery shop for gift ideas - click on 'Collections' at the top of our web pages