New Year, New Skills: March 2012 Jewellery and Silversmithing Courses at The Cass
The Cass (The Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design) has a reputation as a provider of short and part-time courses for the creative industries in London stretching back more than 100 years. In our two well equipped buildings located in the City Fringe of East London, an area with the largest concentration of artists and designers in Europe, The Cass continues to offer creative courses in a diverse range of disciplines.
For further information about the course, please click on the course title.
Silversmithing; Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced
| When: | Thursdays |
| Start date: | 19th April - 31st May 2012 |
| Time: | 10.00 – 17.00 |
| Cost: | £284 |
| Tutor: | Steve Wager |
The Silversmithing day course is for beginner, intermediate and advanced students. This is a practical hands-on workshop with emphasis on making skills. For the beginner students, a wide range of basic skills will be covered on this course by making something small; a bowl or a spoon. For the more advance students, self generated projects are encouraged with the emphasis being on gathering knowledge of techniques with a 'have a go' approach and gaining an insight into a wide range of silversmithing skills under the guidance of a master craftsman.
Jewellery: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced
| When: | Wednesdays |
| Start date: | 18th April - 30th May 2012 |
| Time: | 10.00 – 17.00 |
| Cost: | £284 |
| Tutor: | Adrian Lawrence |
You will cover a variety of techniques for hand working in metal in a creative environment where there will be a range of abilities and skills levels. At the end of the course students will have been able to realise their own designs and have gained skills appropriate to their abilities whether they are in the early stages of learning or have had previous experience. This is a terrific opportunity to combine creativity and hand skills.
Casting for Jewellery Makers
| When: | Tuesdays |
| Start date: | 17th April - 29th May 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Rae Duncan |
Fine Jewellery & Gem Setting Evening Course
| When: | Tuesdays |
| Start date: | 17th April - 29th May 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Antonio De Gaetano |
Learn how to design and make pieces of fine jewellery which encompass both precious metals and gemstones. This course will enable you to learn the basic metalworking techniques and gemstone setting skills necessary to produce high quality fine jewellery with precision and accuracy. We will work on a variety of projects which encompass a range of different techniques which will give students the opportunity to develop skills that can be transferred to the full range of fine jewellery designing and making.
Design and Make Contemporary Jewellery Evening Course
| When: | Wednesdays |
| Start date: | 25th April - 6th June 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Tamara Gomez |
Discover how to design and make your own contemporary jewellery whilst learning the essential techniques that all jewellers need to know. Learn how to cut, pierce, drill, file, solder, shape, form and polish metal as well picking up extra tips on simple chain making and creating your own fittings like ear posts, earring hooks and catches.
Learning these basic techniques will enable you to explore the range of possibilities for making your own rings, earrings, necklaces, and more!more!
| When: | Wednesdays |
| Start date: | 18th April - 30th May 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Penny Davis |
Enamelling is the technique of melting glass on to metal in order to produce inspiring colours and unique effects. During the course you can experiment with many of the traditional and non-traditional techniques of enamelling in order to add colour to jewellery, small work or panels. Some of the areas covered will include champlevé, cloisonné, basse taille, use of foils, scrafitto, wet packing, sifting, and liquid enamels. Tuition will be in groups and on an individual basis. Suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience.
Diamond Setting: Jewellery Evening Course
| When: | Wednesdays |
| Start date: | 18th April - 30th May 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Simon Tigg |
A course for both complete beginners and more advanced students. Learn the skills of gemstone setting from the most basic elements of starting with grinding tools and making cement sticks. This is an excellent opportunity to work with one of the best stone setters and teachers in the business to improve your skills and expertise. Demand for setting is always high, with few really good practitioners and fewer prepared to share their skills.
Silversmithing for Beginners Evening Course
| When: | Thursdays |
| Start date: | 19th April - 31st May 2012 |
| Time: | 17.30 – 20.30 |
| Cost: | £175 |
| Tutor: | Steve Wager |
The aim of this course is to design and make your own bowl. We will focus on the basic traditional Silversmithing technique of Hand Raising, which is a process of hammering a flat disk of metal into a bowl using hammers and stakes. You will be introduced to metalworking techniques, learning how to use the different hammers for making the bowl by Blocking, Raising, Caulking and Planishing. You can take your skills further by learning to forge a spoon, or use the Scoring and Folding technique to create a geometric shaped bowl or box. These pieces will be initially created in copper.
Also, our Easter and Summer courses are already online so book early to avoid disappointment!
How to book: To book a place, please visit our How to Apply page.
| Further information: | Course content enquiries: Beaulagh Chapman, Course Organiser: |
| [e] | b.chapman@londonmet.ac.uk Booking enquiries: TheCass.ShortCourses@londonmet.ac.uk |
| [t] | 0207 320 1842 |
| [w] | www.thecass.co.uk |