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On this one-day course, learn how to make an elegant silver pendant using autumn leaves as an inspirational starting point.
You will be using leaf skeletons to impress into sheet silver, leaving the delicate tracery of the veins of the leaf as a surface pattern on the precious metal. You will then learn how to saw pierce the shape of the leaf and file the edges smooth, and then to shape and polish it and finally to oxidise it to make the leaf vein pattern stand out clearly on the silver.
This project is a basic introduction to some of the skills and processes of making jewellery in silver, which will hopefully inspire you to want to learn more about this fascinating discipline.
Timetable for one day courses
Students should arrive by 9am for registration.
Classes are from 9.15 - 5pm
Lunch is included.
Sarah graduated Brighton Polytechnic in 1981 and has combined her studio practice as a jeweller with teaching part time. A member of The Designer Jewellers Group, she has exhibited at the Barbican Arts Centre (London) for the last twenty eight years. In 2000 Sarah was invited to write an introduction to Jewellery for Crowood Press and she features in several youtube videos. Sarah's work can be seen on Facebook and Instagram.
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Our Foundation Degree in Metalwork will enhance your employment prospects, give you the skills to set up as a self-employed craftsperson or allow you to continue to higher education. Encompassing both silversmithing and blacksmithing, you will learn practical skills, material properties, placing your work in a broader context and historic metalworking techniques. Find out more