Silver Jewellery Workshop

 
 

Make Your First Silver Ring and Pendant

If you’ve ever looked at a piece of jewellery and thought, I’d love to try and make that myself - this is for you.


The Silver Jewellery Workshop is designed for complete beginners who want to experience the magic of creating real silver jewellery from start to finish.

This professionally filmed, online course features step-by-step guidance. You’ll learn the core techniques used by professional jewellers and make two beautiful pieces of jewellery:

• A pierced silver pendant (You can see examples of this photographed above and below. Pierced means a cut out design)
• A textured silver ring

You’ll start with simple pieces of silver sheet and learn how to transform them into finished jewellery using traditional jewellery-making tools and techniques.

No previous experience of jewellery making is required - just curiosity and a love of beautiful things.

 
 

What You’ll Learn

In this workshop you’ll be guided through the essential skills used in silver jewellery making, including:

• How to transfer a design onto silver sheet (we have templates for you to start with, then you can create your own unique designs)
• How to pierce (saw) out a pendant/earring design
• Filing and refining your work for a professional finish
• How to anneal silver to make it workable
• The fundamentals of soldering silver jewellery
• How to shape and texture silver
• How to calculate the correct silver length for your ring size
• Finishing and polishing techniques

Along the way you’ll pick up lots of practical tips and tricks that make jewellery making easier and help you achieve a beautiful result.

The Projects

 

  1. Pierced Silver Pendant (or earrings)

Create your own silver pendant (or earrings) by transferring a design onto silver sheet and carefully sawing it out using a jeweller’s saw.

You’ll learn how to drill, pierce and refine your design so it becomes a clean, wearable piece of jewellery.

This is a wonderful introduction to one of the most satisfying skills in jewellery making.

 
 

Your First Silver Ring

Next you’ll create a classic silver ring from sheet metal.

You’ll learn how to:

• Calculate the correct silver length for your ring size
• Shape and form the ring
• Add texture to your design
• Solder the ring closed
• Pickle (a process that cleans the metal), finish and polish your piece

By the end you’ll have a unique ring that you made yourself from start to finish.

Who This Course Is For

This course is perfect if you:

• Have never made jewellery before
• Love the idea of making your own silver jewellery
• Want to learn the fundamental skills used by jewellers
• Are curious about jewellery making and want to give it a go before committing to more training

If you’ve ever wondered whether jewellery making could be for you, this workshop is the perfect place to start.


Lifetime Access

When you enrol you’ll receive lifetime access to the course, so you can learn at your own pace and return to the lessons whenever you like.

Watch the videos as many times as you need and take your time building confidence with the techniques.

Early Bird Offer

To celebrate the launch of this course we’re offering an Early Bird discount of 50% off.

This special offer is available for a limited time.


Ready to Make Your First Silver Jewellery?

If you’ve been curious about jewellery making, this is your chance to try it for yourself.

By the end of this workshop you’ll have two finished pieces of jewellery and the confidence that comes from learning real jewellery-making skills.

Join us and discover just how satisfying it is to create jewellery with your own hands.

FAQs

What tools and materials will I need to complete these projects?

You’ll need a small set of basic jewellery tools and some silver sheet to complete the projects.

We always recommend you watch the course through before you order anything so you can see exactly what you need to make the pieces you want to make.

Remember that these tools are the ones that all jewellers use so will be useful for you when you move onto other projects.

Tools

Pendant/Earrings Project

  • Templates - we provide some in the course or create your own.

  • Scissors

  • Glue or double sided tape

  • Pin vice

  • Drill bit - around 1mm

  • Bench peg

  • Saw frame and blades (2/0 is great for this project)

  • Hand file

  • Needle files

  • Buff sticks

  • Jewellers pliers set - round nosed, chain/snipe nosed and side cutters

  • Optional: Dremel/pendant motor (this is used for drilling holes. Your pin vice can be used for this purpose)

Silver Ring

  • Callipers or a ruler and scribe

  • Bench peg

  • Saw frame and blades (2/0)

  • Flat hand file

  • Steel block

  • Texturing hammer

  • Pliers set - Half round pliers and Flat pliers

  • 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

  • Buff sticks

  • Optional - slow cooker (jewellers use this for keeping their pickle hot. This is recommended if you do a lot of jewellery making but not necessary for a beginner)

Materials

  • Pendant: 0.8mm silver sheet, 45mm x 45mm or 0.7mm silver sheet 30mm x 30mm

  • Ring: 1mm silver sheet, 8mm x 70mm

  • Hard silver solder

Where can I buy jewellery equipment and silver?

You can find a list of suppliers worldwide here

https://www.jewellersacademy.com/jewellery-supplies

If you have any questions for us, do email contact@jewellersacademy.com

We’d love to hear from you.