beads and wrapped / twisted wire designs - accessories theme
1 day jewellery making course

A variety of brooches and hair accessories can be made on the day course, including beaded hair clips, combs, aliceband and a variety of brooch designs. You will be creating your items with beads, wire and plated components.

This class is learning and doing bit of everything and will cover a variety of different designs using the wrapping and twisting techniques.

The range of designs we will be working on during the class will accommodate different skill levels, as each design can be made using basic skills, but can be developed further by students with intermediate wire skills and students can choose their own level of work depending on how easy they find the techniques.

Some of the designs are quite tiring for fingers/hands. So take a break whenever you need one and browse through the jewellery making magazines and books.

Morning

• Short intro to the tools, beads and components
• Intro to different types of wire
• Intro to making wrapped beaded brooches
• Intro to various wrapped beaded hair accessory designs, (aliceband / comb / hairclip)
• Intro to making further wrapped beaded brooch designs, adding chain, charms, buttons, etc

Afternoon

• Intro to basic / twig twisted stems
• Intro to using the practise stems to create a brooch and further design variations
• Opportunity to work further on any of the designs that have been covered during the day
• Completing any unfinished piece of jewellery
• Intro to other types of jewellery courses on offer and course feedback

The day course includes:
demos, examples, some handouts, opportunity for questions and answers, practical work and 1-1 tutor assistance.

note
Materials are available and can be purchased on the course (approx £4 - £8, depending on the beads, other material chosen) or you are welcome to bring any of your own materials with you. A materials list will be emailed with the class booking deposit receipt.