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Ready to learn metal working techniques in a dynamic jewellery workshop? 🔨✨
Term 2 is almost here, and we have just a few spots left in our beautiful Grey Lynn studio! Whether you’re a total beginner or a returning maker, come and join our creative community.
Our 8-week blocks cover everything from the fundamentals to more advanced techniques, like bezel setting your first stone. You’ll be guided by our resident jewellers Mia Straka, Cheryl Sills, Anna Wallis, and Lucinda Barrett, who share over 30 years of craft knowledge.
Available for Term 2 (Starting May 4th 2026):
Monday Morning Class: Perfect for all levels ($650).
Monday Afternoon Class: Perfect for all levels ($650).
Tuesday Evening Class: Perfect for all levels ($650). 1 space available
Wednesday Evening Class: All levels($650). 2 spaces available
Thursday Morning Class: Great for all levels ($650).
Thursday Evening Class: Learn metalworking or dive into lost wax casting ($650). FULL
👉 Space is limited to keep classes small and personalised. Click the link in our bio to secure your bench!
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Beautiful shadows being cast in our window this weekend. Thanks to
@lucinda.barrett
Silverware – a collection of objects
What a treat ❤️
Last night Workshop6 hosted a talk by Mia Straka and Amelia Rothwell discussing their visit and experiences presenting Aotearoa Exchange at Munich Jewellery Week 2026. Thanks to all who came and were inspired!
Slide 1. A full house attentively listening to Mia Straka
Slide 2. Amelia Rothwell discussing the work of Jiye Yun which she encountered in Munich
Slide 3. Mia Straka and Amelia Rothwell post talk.
Are you curious about what went on at SCHMUCK 2026 and Aotearoa Exchange Collaboration for Munich Jewellery Week?
Please join us this Tuesday for a slideshow and talk with Mia Straka and Amelia Rothwell
Tuesday 21st April, 5.30-7pm
Workshop6
RSVP to workshopsix@gmail.com
spaces are limited
Workshop6 tutors Mia and Amelia will share their experience on bringing Aotearoa Exchange to the Pinakothek for the Design Museum`s 100th anniversary, and the epicness that is Schmuck and Munich Jewellery Week.
For its centenary, the Pinakothek selected Aotearoa Exchange to represent New Zealand jewellery through the Handshake Project.
Staged in the museum’s vast entrance hall, the live educational school project occupied the three floors circling the auditorium and formed part of a programme featuring more than forty international jewellery schools.
Aotearoa Exchange is a live, performative presentation featuring more than 40 wearable works by 20 Handshake alumni. Sculptural headpieces by @miastraka and garments by @jessica.winchcombe.jewellery form the core of the performance, activiating alumni works through choreographed movement by 6 performers.
Lead artists:
@miastraka @jessica.winchcombe.jewellery @graceyupiper @hildagascard @vanhulstlisa @peter_deckers
Support artists:
@quietgatherings
Participating alumni:
@a.drifting.trove @becky_bliss_jewellery @denise_callan @nadene.carr @aphra.cheesman @ninavanduijnhoven @sam_kelly_sculpture @nekemoa @brendonmonson75 @nellie_peoples @graceyupiper @vanhulstlisa @miastraka @quietgatherings @carolinethomasjewellery @raewynwalsh @sarahwalkerholt @jessica.winchcombe.jewellery @keri_mei_z
Aotearoa Exchange celebrates Handshake`s peer driven model – supporting alumni visibility, fostering international dialogue, and contributing to a living archive of contemporary jewellery practice.
Huge mihi to Peter and Hilda of M101 (aotearoajewellery.org.nz)
for bringing us together, @pinakothekdermoderne, all the artists involved @creativenz and @objectspace for support to help us get there.
@schmuckmuenchen @munichjewelleryweek
@pinakothekdermoderne
Ready to turn raw material into your new favourite jewel? 🔨✨
Term 2 is almost here, and we have just a few spots left in our sunny Grey Lynn studio! Whether you’re a total beginner or a returning maker, come and join our creative community.
Our 8-week blocks cover everything from the fundamentals—sawing, soldering, and filing—to more advanced techniques like bezel setting your first stone. You’ll be guided by our resident jewellers Mia Straka, Cheryl Sills, Anna Wallis, and Lucinda Barrett, sharing over 30 years of craft knowledge.
Available for Term 2 (Starting May 2026):
Monday Afternoon Class: Perfect for all levels($650).
Wednesday Morning Class: Great for all levels ($650).
Thursday Evening Class: Learn metalworking or dive into lost wax casting. Book here ($650).
Saturday Jewellery Taster: Not ready for 8 weeks? Try our 3-hour session on Saturday, 2nd May for just $150.
👉 Space is limited to keep classes small and personalised. Click the link in our bio to secure your bench!
#Workshop6 #JewelleryClassesAuckland #GreyLynn #TāmakiMakaurau #NZJewellery #HandmadeNZ #CreativeWorkshops #AucklandArt #JewelleryMaker
@miastraka
@cherylsillsjewellery
@annawallisjeweller
@lucinda.barrett
Last week to see Mandy Flood`s Tickled Pink exhibition in our window gallery. A beautiful selection of her work is now on our website to purchase and in the workshop to view.
@floodlit40
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#aucklandjewellery
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So delighted to open our window exhibition Tickled Pink, showing the work of the most excellent Mandy Flood. Exuberant and whimsical the work is a range of marvelous experimentation alongside some knock out wearable jewellery. Come by Richmond Rd and see for yourself.
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