Silver Jewellery Making - Make a Ring or a Necklace

About this course

Participants work through the main stages of forming a silver ring, from preparing and cutting the band to joining it with a blow torch. The workshop also covers shaping with a hammer and mandrel, filing, finishing, and adding surface detail or texture. Once the ring has been made, it can either remain as a ring or be adapted into a necklace by adding a chain. Instruction focuses on core jewellery-making processes and the use of specialist silversmithing techniques.

What you'll learn

• Thread a piercing saw for jewellery work
• Measure, size and cut a ring band
• Solder a silver ring using a blow torch
• Shape metal with a hammer and mandrel
• File and finish a completed piece
• Add chain, detail and texture to the jewellery

Is this course right for you?

The course is listed as suitable for all levels and takes a practical workshop approach. Learners can choose whether to complete their work as a ring or adapt it into a necklace, depending on the piece they want to make.

Before you go

• The workshop uses sterling silver and jewellery-making tools.
• Participants complete either a silver ring or a necklace made from the ring band.