Our Studio
Our garden jewellery workshop is situated in Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside.
No experience necessary for our beginners 6 week jewellery courses or our one day workshops - unless otherwise stated.
Each student attending our jewellery classes will have their own workbench fitted with a bench peg. Each bench also has the necessary hand tools – plier set, needle files, jewellers saw and blades, plus more. You will also have access to the wide range of bench machinery - pendant motors, grinders, polishers etc.
Our soldering station has enough room for two students to solder at the same time. There are two propane tanks, various burners, turntables, tripods and various soldering tweezers and picks on hand,
Our class sizes are small to allow you plenty of dedicated time with your tutor and also access to the bench tools without having to wait to long for access.
For more information on dates and times, please contact us.
No experience necessary for our beginners 6 week jewellery courses or our one day workshops - unless otherwise stated.
Each student attending our jewellery classes will have their own workbench fitted with a bench peg. Each bench also has the necessary hand tools – plier set, needle files, jewellers saw and blades, plus more. You will also have access to the wide range of bench machinery - pendant motors, grinders, polishers etc.
Our soldering station has enough room for two students to solder at the same time. There are two propane tanks, various burners, turntables, tripods and various soldering tweezers and picks on hand,
Our class sizes are small to allow you plenty of dedicated time with your tutor and also access to the bench tools without having to wait to long for access.
For more information on dates and times, please contact us.
The heart of the studio - our student benches. Our intimate studio has four student benches, which means no class is overfull. Each bench has a tray with its own hand tools which can be stored on the lower shelf, leaving you with more workspace above.
Each student bench is equipped with its own bench peg and hand tools
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and tools are kept in a tray which can be stored beneath the bench for more space on top
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Tutor bench
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Metal and Flame Jewellery School
Weather permitting, you can have your tea or lunch in the garden |
Tool Station
Hydraulic Press, Drill Press, Bench Grinder and Polisher |
Tool Station
Pickle Pot, Ultrasonic, Barrel Polisher, Mini grinder and polisher with pendant drill |
Tool Station
Rolling Mill to add texture to your metal |
Tool Station
Hammers - from nylon and rawhide Mallets to texture hammers for texturing and shaping your metal |
Tool Station
Sand bag and steel blocks. Doming and Swage blocks. Disc cutter, Punches which include alphabet, numeral and various decorative designs |
Tool Station
Mandrels and Triblets in different shapes and sizes which include - round and oval bangle mandrels. Neck mandrel and various shaped mandrels - teardrop, heart, star, oval, rectangle square, triangle |
Tool Station
Ring and bangle sizers |
Benches
Each student has their own bench with cutout and bench skin. Each student bench will have a set of safety glasses, and hand tools which include, piercing saw, plier set. Files in two grades. |
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Soldering Stations
There is ample space for 2 people to solder at the same time. We have two propane tanks, with different size burners. We also have hand held torches which can also be used at your bench. |
Library
We have lots of inspirational and technical books to help with your designs. We also have various beading and precious metal clay magazines. Lovely to browse through whilst you are having lunch or your tea. |
Kitchen and Chemical Station
We have all the general chemicals jewellers use - pickle, polishing compounds, barrel brite, Silver dips, Liver of sulphur etc, and we also have acid for etching. |
