Jewellery Making With Plastic And Metal Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This course explores the use of several different types of plastics and the ways in which they can be combined with metal to create contemporary and colourful jewellery. We will make jewellery using three different methods of incorporating cast resin into silver and compare that with using sheet materials.
During this short course, you will learn some basic jewellery making techniques and technical support will be provided to help you realise your ideas. We will look at how internationally renowned studio jewellers use plastic in experimental ways and information will be given on sourcing materials, including more sustainable plastic options.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone aged 18 and other, with an interest in making jewellery with plastic and metal, regardless of prior experience. Beginners are welcome, as are those looking to expand existing knowledge.
Key information
Topics covered
- You will learn to carve an original design in jewellery wax from which a simple silicone mould is made, allowing you to cast your own reproductions of the object in resin using a range of beautiful opaque and transparent colours
- There will be plenty of time to experiment with embedding objects into the resin and to cast resin into pre-made moulds
- Some of the projects that you will make include a ring and pendant
- You will learn basic jewellery making techniques such as cutting, filing, soldering and polishing to make silver pieces to combine with resin, and to create pieces from sheet acrylic
Learning outcomes
- Learn three different ways of combining resin and metal
- Complete at least three pieces of jewellery to your own design
- Construct the silver parts for the projects using soldering torch
- Come away with information of sourcing suitable materials and tools
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
- Apron
- Sketchbook
- Pencils
- Eraser
- Sensible footwear (i.e. no 'open toe' sandals)
- Hair band (if you have long hair)
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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