In jewellery classes you’ll learn to make traditional and contemporary pieces such as rings and earrings using sheet metal and wire. I teach the basic methods of sawing, drilling, filing and finishing metal. There’s plenty of time to practise these skills as we progress through the projects.
jewellery classes melbourne 
With over 30 years experience in making jewellery and many years of teaching jewellery I can expertly guide you through your course resulting in finished pieces of jewellery that you’ll be proud of.

I run small jewellery classes (maximum of 8 students) that ensure that you’ll move quickly through the projects. My home workshop provides a relaxed suburban setting in which to nurture your new skills.

I have classes suitable for complete beginners through to more advanced makers and I run classes both on weekends and weekdays. I can also tailor a course to suit your particular needs, for example, corporate team-building events or folio development.

Please contact me directly to enquire about private tuition.

Taking enrolments now – details below.

5 WEEK COURSE

This five-week course offers an introduction to the basics of jewellery making. We will cover earring making and ring-making. Suitable for complete beginners, students learn to saw, file, solder and finish silver to produce 2-4 finished pieces over the five classes. A great starter class.

Contact me to receive current class timetable.

Gem Setting 5 WEEK COURSE

The focus of this course is very much on the correct seating of the stones, the secure setting of the stones and the finishing around the settings and not on fabrication of the settings, as such. In the 20 hours David covers bezel setting, partial bezel sets, four and six prong settings, gypsy and raised-grain (‘star’) settings. Students will be actually doing these settings in class after his demonstrations.

The course is aimed towards those students who have perhaps completed a diploma or part of an apprenticeship, but we also make the coursework accessible for those people who have only done short courses in jewellery. We find that those who had very little formal jewellery training AND the students who had studied formally (partial apprenticeships, diplomas etc.) are both successfully served well by the work we do in class.

The course fee includes the supply of sterling silver castings for setting into, the supply of inexpensive cabachons, cubic zirconias and the materials for making your own setting tools in the first week.

Contact me to receive current class timetable.