Intermediate Silver Jewellery
Make a Spinner Ring and Lentil Bead
Ready to take the next step in your jewellery-making journey?
In this intermediate workshop you’ll build on your existing skills and learn how to create two beautiful pieces of jewellery:
• A spinner ring with a moving outer band
• A lentil bead formed from two domed pieces of silver
These projects introduce new techniques that bring dimension and movement into your jewellery making, while helping you build on the core skills you’ve already begun to develop.
If you’ve completed the Beginners Silver Jewellery Workshop or already have some basic experience with sawing and soldering, this is the perfect course to deepen your skills.
What You’ll Learn
In this professionally filmed, online workshop you’ll continue developing your fundamental jewellery-making skills while learning techniques that add complexity and interest to your work.
You’ll learn how to:
• Saw, drill and file your pieces with greater accuracy
• Create a wide ring band suitable for a spinner ring
• Fit and shape a thin spinning outer band
• Use doming punches to create form and dimension in metal
• Shape silver into even domes
• Create a lentil bead from two domed pieces of silver
• Solder a domed bead cleanly and securely
Along the way you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how silver behaves and how jewellers create form and movement in their designs.
The Projects
Spinner Ring
Spinner rings are loved for their tactile movement.
In this project you’ll learn how to create a wide silver band and add a thin outer band that spins freely around it.
You’ll discover how to:
• Form and solder the wide base ring
• Fit a thinner outer ring so it moves smoothly
• Refine and finish your ring for a professional result
The finished piece is both elegant and satisfying to wear.
2. Lentil Bead
Next you’ll create a classic lentil-shaped bead using doming punches.
This project will teach you how to:
• Dome two pieces of silver evenly
• Align the domes accurately
• Solder them together to form a hollow bead
This is a fantastic skill to learn as it opens up many possibilities for creating dimensional forms in jewellery.
Working with Doming Tools
A key technique in this workshop is learning to use doming punches and blocks.
These tools allow you to transform flat metal into beautifully curved shapes, giving your jewellery more depth and sculptural interest.
Once you understand how to create even domes, you’ll be able to apply this skill to many other jewellery projects.
Who This Course Is For
This workshop is ideal for jewellers who:
• Have completed the Silver Jewellery Workshop
• Already know the basics of sawing, drilling, filing and soldering
• Want to develop their jewellery-making skills further
• Are ready to try slightly more advanced projects
If you’re looking for a next step that will stretch your skills while still being achievable, this course is the right one for you.
Lifetime Access
When you enrol you’ll receive lifetime access to the course, allowing you to learn at your own pace.
You can revisit the lessons whenever you like and repeat the projects as many times as you wish.
Special Course Bundle
If you're excited to continue building your jewellery skills, you can enrol in
Beginner Silver Jewellery Workshop + Intermediate Silver Jewellery Workshop
And save!
Normally:
£119 per course (£238 total)
Bundle price: £199
That means you can learn both sets of techniques and create four beautiful jewellery projects while saving on the full price.
early bird launch offer - get 50% off
And right now, with the Early Bird 50% offer, you can join the bundle for just:
£99.50
This special offer is available for a limited time only.
Your options:
Enrol on Intermediate Silver Jewellery only (with your early bird 50% discount)
Grab the course bundle (with your early bird 50% discount)
(That’s Beginners Silver Jewellery Workshop AND Intermediate Silver Jewellery)
Continue Your Jewellery Journey
If you enjoyed making your first silver jewellery pieces and want to develop your skills further, this course will help you move forward with confidence.
By the end of the workshop you’ll have created two new pieces of jewellery and gained techniques that will expand what you can make.
Join us and continue building your jewellery-making skills.
FAQs
What experience do I need to make these projects?
This course is designed as the perfect follow on from the Beginners Silver Jewellery Workshop as it builds on the skills you learn there. If you already have some experience of sawing shapes in metal, filing, drilling and soldering - this course is perfect for you!
What tools and materials will I need to complete these projects?
Tools
If you have some experience of jewellery making you shouldn’t need a lot of extra tools. Here is the list:
Digital Callipers
Permanent marker
Saw frame and blades (2/0 is great for this project)
Bench peg
Hand file
Pliers Half round/D shaped pliers, round, snipe
Soldering equipment - soldering block, steel fine point tweezers, flux, flux brush, tin snips/solder cutters, torch, gas cannister, bowl of cold water, pickle powder, glass jar or bowl, warm water, brass/copper tweezers
Ring mandrel
Rawhide or nylon mallet
Needle files
Buff sticks
Sandpaper
Bench block
Selection of large doming punches
Heavy hammer
Circle template
Glue
Scribe
Small ball burr
Optional - hammer for texturing
Rotary tool - Dremel or Foredom (optional for polishing)
3m Radial discs - yellow, dark blue, pink (optional for polishing)
Materials
Spinner ring materials
0.9mm Silver sheet, 10mm wide x 70mm length
1.5mm round silver wire, 10cm length
Lentil bead materials
0.8mm Silver sheet, 30mm wide x 60mm length
1mm round silver wire, 10cm length
Hard silver solder (required for both projects)