DAYS ONLY Jewellery Summer School JUNE 2025

Five Day Summer School - Fundamental Jewellery Skills. 
ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE PLEASE EMAIL TO ENQUIRE. 
Tuesday 10 June  - Saturday 14th August 2025
This is a five day intensive course for anyone wanting to make jewellery.  You do not need to have any experience or knowledge.  Teaching is relaxed and expertly given with handouts for your later reference.  You’ll be working at a steady pace.  With a maximum of three students in the room you will benefit from the small class and have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you want.  
You will learn the fundamental skills of manufacturing jewellery. 
This is an ideal course for anyone wanting to start a jewellery making career or a keen hobbyist.  
Modules will include:
Metal forming doming and 
Granulation
Texturing 
Wire drawing 
Fretwork 
Soldering 
Melting Metal
All materials and equipment will be provided.  You will be using brass and copper to practice on, with silver for a final ring set, pendant and bangle 
By the end of the course you will be able to:
Design by hand a solitaire ring for a customer or for manufacturing purposes
Learn how to be sustainable with your making and recycle metals
Pierce a name pendant or silhouette.
Make a set of stacking rings 
Make a wire bangle 
Solder, file and finally polish your pieces.
You will be making in copper and brass. 
Teaching by Sappho Brammer a gradute of distinction of the British Academy of Jewellery as well as some special guests from the jewellery industry (subject to availability)
Time
Tuesday - Friday 10-4
Saturday 10-4
THIS IS NOT RESIDENTIAL
Venue RM156RX 
Free parking on site, local station is Ockendon 20 minutes from London Fenchurch Street. 
PLEASE BRING:
If you have any tools, files , an apron, a hair band for long hair,   You’ll need to purchase some jewellers saw blades and a packet of 0.8mm and 1mm drill bits.  You can purchase these on Cooksongold.com 
My pendant motors are the smaller 2.3mm shank