Workshop pages
Judy Darragh (ONZM) is renowned for her brightly coloured sculptural assemblages, video, collage, photography and poster art. Join the acclaimed artist in this one day intensive workshop. You’ll work with both soft and hard material combinations with a focus on materiality and cold joining techniques. Open to experienced practitioners and newcomers alike, we’ll shift parameters … Read more
Feel like getting creative on a Saturday afternoon? Come and learn some new skills and bring a group of friends or make some new ones. This is a fun introduction to jewellery making at our cosy Grey Lynn studio.
Come and join us for a full Saturday workshop. The classic ring making class is a great introduction to basic metalworking techniques including sawing, shaping, soldering and finishing. You will make a copper ring from sheet metal and a more customised silver ring with your new skills.
Beginners will make simple ring bands to start and then move onto a bezel setting. If you have made some jewellery before you can come along to learn new techniques or make your own designs guided by our experienced tutors.
Join us for a new afternoon class open to all levels of jewellery makers. Beginners will make simple ring bands to start and then move onto a bezel setting. If you have made some jewellery before you can come along to learn new techniques or make your own designs guided by our experienced tutor.
This class is open to all levels of jewellery makers. Beginners will make simple ring bands to start and then move onto a bezel setting. If you have made some jewellery before you can come along to learn new techniques or make your own designs guided by our experienced tutors.
This four week class is open to all levels of jewellery makers. You’ll learn how to carve waxes for the lost wax casting process. Completed waxes will be sent out for casting. Once cast into metal you’ll learn finishing techniques to complete your jewellery back in the workshop.
Our resident jeweller Cheryl Sills will lead you through the ancient technique of sand casting in this four week workshop. You’ll create multiple experimental pieces using small objects to create negative space in delft clay, in which to pour your molten silver in this organic casting process.
This class is open to all levels of jewellery makers. The beginners will make simple ring bands to start and then move onto making a simple bezel stone setting in a ring or pendant or earrings. If you have made some jewellery before you can come along to learn new techniques or make your own designs … Read more
This class is open to all levels. New students start by making a copper band to familiarise yourself with the tools and learn how to saw, file, shape, solder and polish/texture metal. This is followed by constructing a customised silver band, then we will build on your skills by constructing a bezel setting for a regular cabochon stone. More … Read more
