Jewellery Making (Ratio and Measure) -The Grove Methodist Church - Adult Learning

The Grove Methodist Church, Nottingham

Date	6 January - 10 February 2025
Sessions	Mondays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	The Grove Methodist Church, Nottingham View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £42

About this course

Join us for this hands-on course and learn how to create your very own interesting pieces of jewellery, using measuring, ratio and design skills.

Join us for this hands-on course and learn how to create your very own interesting pieces of jewellery, using measuring, ratio and design skills. Your tutor will assist with some of the fiddly techniques required to assemble the jewellery pieces.

During this course, you will identify different materials used in jewellery making, create your own patterns using ratios to plan and design, utilise recycled material to make interesting pieces of jewellery, and experiment with using felt circles to create a rose brooch.  

By the end of this course, you will:

understand the use of ratio in design creation
accurately measure threading materials.
correctly use a variety of tools and jewellery findings
remake jewellery using recycled beads
design and create geometric earrings

Resources required:

Resources will be communicated to you by the tutor but please bring any of the following

broken beads
bits and bobs, that could be re-designed or remade

You will also need:

large-hole beads
a brooch pin
2 clasps
beading wire

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: