Description

Sea Glass Pendant & Earrings in Silver – Beginner Summer Workshop

Level: Suitable for beginners and improvers

Transform Found Glass into Finished Jewellery

Join us for a two-day summer workshop teaming foraged beach treasures with precious metal to create a stunning silver sea glass pendant & earrings set. If you love the thrill of collecting sea glass on the beach, and you’ve got a collection of beach finds that you’d like to make into precious keepsakes, then this is the perfect course for you! You don’t need any previous experience to come along and start making silver jewellery using found objects. And if you don’t have your own collection of sea glass, worry not, we have a selection to choose from!

We’ll start at the very beginning, working our way through basic jewellery techniques such as sawing, drilling, filing and soldering. Your expert tutor will give step-by-step demonstrations and be on hand to guide you through each process. We’ll create a base that fits your selected piece of glass, and frame it using a simple but effective bezel setting, sometimes known as a rub-over setting. We’ll teach you how to safely drill your sea glass to add jump rings or earring fixtures, too. You’ll leave at the end of the second day with your completed sea glass pendant and earrings set.

The bezel-setting skills you develop while working with irregular sea glass will also give you a strong foundation for setting cabochon gemstones, which are often more uniform and therefore slightly simpler to set!

What You Will Learn

• Sawing and filing silver

• Soldering basic components

• Creating and fitting a simple bezel (rub-over) setting

• Finishing and polishing

• Safely drilling sea glass for findings

Demonstrations are delivered step by step, with structured time to practise and develop confidence at the bench.

What to bring

• We’ll provide everything you’ll need for your sea glass earrings and pendant, including tools and silver. If you’d like to make a particularly large setting or use a longer chain, there may be a small surcharge.
• We encourage you to bring any seaglass with you, and we will advise you on the most suitable pieces for setting and drilling.
• Please bring along glasses if you need them
• Wear appropriate clothing and footwear for a studio environment, including closed-toe shoes. Why not order yourself a CSSJ apron to make you feel right at home in your workshop?
• If you have long hair, please wear it up
• Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. Please bring your own lidded cup for use in the studio. While we do not have a dedicated lunch area, you are welcome to eat at your desk, and we can also recommend nearby places to eat if you prefer.

Course Info

Saturday 1st August: 10 am – 4 pm with a break for lunch
Sunday 2nd August: 11 am – 4 pm with a break for lunch

Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Craft Central, High Street, Dunblane

Please note that classes may be cancelled if there are insufficient bookings. In the unlikely event of a cancellation, you will be notified the day before the scheduled class and will receive a full refund.