Workshops

She roll out a silver ingot.... the place gold letter at the bottom of each. An intrest way of solving Christmas present problems.

This is Mel from Loughborough in Leicestershire.... she has been coming to my jewellery making workshops for while now... she is very good artist and love line in her own work but this bought her son and his girlfriend to make some pieces of jewellery. A true family affair... they loved the experience.

All four rings that they made in a long day at my workshop in Belper Derbyshire

This was made by Tara one my student who is been coming for just over a year. Her love different jewellery. She had the cat image as a pendant but found it too heavy to wear. She wants to make it into a wobbly cat bangle. She loves Cats! Which she did by making A square section silver bangle which she riveted the cat onto it. So that it only swung sideways and then surrounded the whole cat with a nest, made of different sections of wire and chain.which was secure to the bangle soldering to the bangle... which was night mare to do. With little help she did it.

This is made at one of the workshops that Mel came too. Continuing the line theme.

This is another Amazing experience from teaching people. This lady came to me as part of a workshop with other people. She had a box of jewellery that was her mothers who had recently died. She wants to use jewellery to make a ring that I've commemorate her mother. She had an idea of what she wanted but it is quite vague. I got her to remove all the stones that she wanted finished ring the ring and this included some diamonds and aquamarine. Logo

This was forged silver ring with two of her mother odd earring solder to silver ring. The group worked in the tec world but with an interest in craft. They all learnt a lot in a day and found it fascinating.

She melt down some gold and silver old jewellery to make round wire. She then hand forged the silver wire. Then she twisted together the gold wire then formed them into the letters

These are pair of bangles that Mel made in one my workshops. A development of her ideas about line but they move and articulate as well.

This was a lady came wanting to make presents for her grand children. There two girls so she used the initials of the Christian name.

A recent workshop is of a group people from Oxford as present from one of there mothers to make items of jewellery with a group her friends.... This what they made... 3 spinner rings and decorative ring.

A lady from Brighton who wanted to make landscape brooch with a hare running..... she combined some bits from from my oddments box with the hare image that was cut out of a piece silver with a piercing saw.

These are result of soldering exercise for young student who had been coming for time. She used bits from my oddments box to make some decorative pendants. She wants to become a jeweller.

These were made in the same day but all come with an idea of what they want to make.

A tight silver band with a copper square section twisted wire spinner

A wide silver band with a reused single earring stud as a spinner

A silver spinner ring with twisted wire spinner

This project done over a few sessions. This lady had worked with metals before using enamels but she had recent become interested in ceramics. So ahe had become interested in making cutlery but need help in the forming of the bowl of the spoon.

A heavy silver band with with swaged silver beaded band

Or forge out a silver ring from a melted ingot of silver and textured with special hammer

Another soldering exercise for a fine artist who wanted to have a bit fun with some odd shaped pieces of metal.

These are result of soldering exercise for young student who had been coming for time. She used bits from my oddments box to make some decorative pendants. She wants to become a jeweller.

But you do not use roller to do the job ... you can forge out from an ingot of silver into a tork with stamped silver stars.

Showing the range of tools that you can use in a days workshop