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Musings from within the jewellery school featuring guest blogs from our tutors, students, and friends of the school.
Beginning a Jewellery Journey …
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked some of the students supported through the scheme to share their experience, and tell us about how Setting...
Finding Strength Through Craft: My Journey Into Jewellery Making
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked some of the students supported through the scheme to share their experience, and tell us about how Setting...
Setting Inclusivity – Bridging The Gap
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked some of the students supported through the scheme to share their experience, and tell us about how Setting...
Setting Inclusivity – Fine-Tuned Skills
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked some of the students supported through the scheme to share their experience, and tell us about how Setting...
A Journey in Wax
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked our tutors to reflect on a time when a little bit of extra help made a difference to their jewellery practise...
A Little Help Along The Way …
To highlight the importance of the support offered to our students by our collaborative subsidy scheme in conjunction with the Goldsmiths' Centre, we've asked our tutors to reflect on a time when a little bit of extra help made a difference to their jewellery practise...
The Joys of Liquid Enamel
While many of our students will be familiar with the careful and time-consuming application of traditional powdered enamels - there is another more playful side to enamelling! Liquid enamel was originally formulated in the 1800s for glazing steel. It's also known as...
Re-Use Sale – Donations Wanted!
Re-Use SaleSat 14 & Sun 15 Dec On Sat 14 & Sun 15 December we'll be having a MASSIVE clearout and offering a wide selection of second hand and pre-loved tools, stones, beads at bargain prices. If you need to declutter your studio then we'd be grateful for any...
How to Make a Silver Bangle | Tips, Tools & Common Mistakes
How to Make a Silver Bangle: Skills, Common Problems and Simple Fixes Making a bangle is a great project for students who are new to jewellery making. Bangle workshops are almost as popular as our ring classes; however, if you can already make a silver ring, you have...
Welcoming the New Scots
Over the last two terms we've been helping some of the newly settled Ukranian residents in Dunblane feel at home by offering them free jewellery classes. As part of their social outreach programme, CSSJ received funding from the Community Led Local Development fund...