Introduction to Fashion Jewellery

Introduction

Make your own stylish fashion jewellery using a range of beads, wire and chain and guided by fashion jewellery expert Hayley Kruger.

Hayley will guide you through all the basics of making your own fashion jewellery including attaching beads to chain, using different metal components and laying out your designs before creating a matching necklace, bracelet and earrings set.

Once you have mastered the fundamental techniques you will look at top tips for getting inspirations for your designs and can apply all these elements to create your own sets of bespoke, trend-focused jewellery.

This is a great follow on class from the 'Jewelry Making for Absolute Beginners' by Jessica Rose and is suitable for complete beginners.

What you can make

Techniques covered

• Introduction to the tools and materials used
• Laying out your designs and gaining inspiration
• Cutting wire and creating loops
• Opening and closing chain links
• Using a range of beads, findings, chains and cast components
• Making a matching set of earrings, necklace and bracelet

Tools & Materials

Essential

• Pliers: side cutters
• Pliers: chain nosed pliers or flat nosed x 2
• Pliers: round nosed pliers
• Selection of beads (including large feature beads and medium and smaller beads for clustering)
• Findings: Silver plated jumprings
• Findings: Silver plated clasps x 2
• Findings: Silver plated headpins
• Findings: Silver plated earhooks
• Selection of silver-plated chain

Optional

• Silver spikes with loops on (or other cast components)
• Gold-plated selection of chain and findings
• Beading mat
• Swarovski crystals

80 MINUTES - 4 LESSONS - UNLIMITED ACCESS - COURSE NOTES INCLUDED - WORLD RENOWNED TUTORS