Description

5th & 6th September 2026

Level: Intermediate

Join silversmith Jill Leventon for a two-day corrugation and enamelling workshop exploring sculptural metalworking and colourful vitreous enamel. Learn how corrugation transforms sheet metal into lightweight, textured forms before bringing them to life with vibrant enamel.

Corrugation, sometimes known as micro-folding, is a fascinating technique that creates delicate ridges and folds in sheet metal. As well as producing beautiful surface textures, corrugation also strengthens the metal, allowing you to create lightweight sculptural forms that would be difficult to achieve using flat sheet alone.

Working with copper throughout the weekend, you’ll learn how to create a variety of corrugated forms before bringing them to life with both transparent and opaque enamels.

Suitable for jewellers with some previous making experience, this workshop is ideal for anyone looking to expand their creative repertoire. No previous enamelling experience is required.

Day One – Corrugation

Saturday is all about exploring the creative possibilities of corrugated metal.

With plenty of demonstrations from Jill, you’ll learn how different metals and thicknesses behave before experimenting with a variety of techniques using both simple hand tools and a corrugating roller.

You’ll discover how to:

• Create beautiful corrugated and pleated textures
• Add folds, smocking and sculptural forms
• Manipulate corrugated sheet using hand tools
• Explore press forming and rolling mill techniques
• Construct lightweight hollow bead forms

By the end of the day, you’ll have created a collection of textured copper components ready for enamelling.

Day Two – Enamelling

On Sunday you’ll have the opportunity to transform your corrugated forms with vibrant vitreous enamel.

You’ll explore how both transparent and opaque enamels interact with textured surfaces, discovering how colour, light and form work together to create unique jewellery.

Throughout the day you’ll experiment with layering colour, enhancing texture and developing your own creative approach to combining these two exciting techniques. You can also choose not to move on to enamelling and continue to explore the corrugation possibilities. 

Your Tutor

Jill Leventon is a practising silversmith based in Shrewsbury, where she teaches enamelling and a wide range of metal-forming techniques.

Her interest in corrugation grew naturally from her enamelling practice, and she is now recognised for combining corrugation, fold forming, hydraulic press techniques and vitreous enamel to create distinctive contemporary jewellery. Jill teaches workshops throughout the UK and is known for her generous, encouraging teaching style.

What to bring

We’ll provide everything you need for the workshop, including all tools and copper.

For your comfort and safety, please:

• Bring leather gloves if you have them. Old driving gloves are ideal. We do have a small supply available to borrow if needed.
• Bring your reading glasses if you use them for close work.
• Wear closed-toe shoes and suitable clothing for a jewellery workshop.
• If you have long hair, please tie it back.
• Students will not be permitted to eat lunch in the studio due to health and safety issues relating to enamel powders. This means you will need to arrange to eat lunch at a cafe/ outdoors/ in your car, etc

Fancy looking the part? Why not treat yourself to a CSSJ apron and feel right at home in the studio?

If you enjoy doing a little research before your workshop, take a look at our Pinterest board, packed with ideas, inspiration and examples of corrugation and enamelling.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided throughout the weekend.

Course Info

Saturday 5th September: 10 am – 4 pm with a short break for lunch
Sunday 6th September: 11 am – 4.30 pm with a short break for lunch

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

**Please note: classes may be cancelled due to events outside of our control or lack of attendees. If this occurs, you will be notified before the class is due to commence and offered a choice between a replacement class or a full refund of your fees.