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Objectives
To explain the materials, tools and techniques available to anyone interested in making jewellery out of copper, silver and gold.
The course will cover the basic groundwork in a small number of intensive sessions.
By the end of the course, the students should appreciate: · the basic properties of the materials; the various construction methods; · texturing and polishing techniques. |
Syllabus
The course will consist of a series of talks, interspersed with demonstrations over three weeks with two weeks of practicals where the students can choose one of a number of items of silver jewellery to make.
Week 1 Metals - properties and shapes, cutting, filing, soldering and polishing.
Weeks 2 & 4 Practicals - choose one of a number of projects.
Week 3 Texturing, doming, raising, forging, casting methods and design
Week 5 Enamelling, assay, tools and time to finish off projects
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