Jewellery in Acrylic Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Acrylic can be a versatile and vibrant material for jewellery. In this course you will explore how different contemporary designers use this material and where to source necessary tools and materials. We will look at how acrylic can be laser cut to make to commercial jewellery range (but we will not be using CAD on this course).
Taking place over a single weekend this course you will make a finished pendant, learning how to saw, file and polish acrylic. There will also be a chance to experiment with embossing and heat forming. We will look at cold connections such as riveting and how to make finished jewellery pieces.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone interested in working with acrylic jewellery.
Key information
Topics covered
- Sawing and shaping acrylic
- Knowledge of suitable methods of working with acrylic
Learning outcomes
- Understand the potential of using sheet plastic in contrast to other forms of plastic
- Understand how to shape and finish acrylic
- Make completed pieces of jewellery using cold connections and silver findings
- Know how to heat form acrylic
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
- Pen
- Paper
- Apron
Suggested Reading:
- 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Jewelry Books
Tutor
Sarah King
Sarah King is an established jeweller specialising in mixing precious and non-precious materials in jewellery and using them to make sculptural and tactile pieces. She has sold her work through department stores such at Liberty and Barneys, New York and the art jewellery gallery Jewellers' Werk Galerie in Washington DC. Since 2000 she has been experimenting with cast bioresin and these works are in public and private collections (including Crafts Council and the British Council), and has worked on many books on contemporary jewellery. She has won the Association of Contemporary Jewellery Prize and several Goldsmiths' Craftmanship and Design Awards.
She has taught specialist classes in plastics, wood and silver jewellery for over 15 years and in 2019 published her first book 'Creating Jewellery in Wood'. For 16 years she was based in the innovative makers hub Cockpit Arts in London and now lives and works in Lewes, East Sussex.
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