Thematic Saturday - Making earrings from links
This is for all your earring lovers. We make an elegant pair of earrings from links made of wire while heating and bending the metal.
This workshop is for beginners who want quick results, without passing by the base techniques like sawing and filing. But it is also for students who already followed the ‘Basic techniques + soldering’ workshop and want to learn how to solder links.
We work with 2 fixed models, one for absolute beginners who don’t know how to solder yet, one for students who already know some basics of soldering, to move up a level. There is therefore no freedom of choice of designs, as in the other workshops. You learn different techniques directly on the chosen model.
Dates
no new dates at the moment
11h > 18h (with a 1 hour break from 13h > 14h)
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General information
6h of class
min. 6 - max. 8 persons
16-99 years
Language : Dutch/French/English
Place : Grand Hospice (former Pacheco Instituut), rue du Grand Hospice 7, 1000 Brussels
Instructor: Hade Quaghebeur, jewellery designer and goldsmith
Content
What will you learn during this day?
You will learn the basics of heating and bending metal wire in different shapes.
You will learn the basics of soldering (beginners) or some more advanced soldering (if you already followed a workshop on soldering).
Finally, you will finish your jewellery.
You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the base techniques of jewellery design. But if you do have some, this workshop is still useful: you will be focusing on the technique of bending wire. You will better master the use of different pliers and do some soldering that you have never done before.
We will work with copper and brass. These are relatively inexpensive metals, but they can still be perfectly finished into a wearable piece of jewellery. As we work with a few fixed models, you cannot choose your own design as for the other workshops. But you can still choose in which metal you want to make it and the type of wire (round, square,…).
You will go home with min. 1 pair of earrings.
Registration
Your place is only reserved after receipt of the registration fee.
Registration fee: 150€ (130€ course fee + 20€ cost of materials)
Included in the course fee :
the use of the necessary tools
non-precious metals (brass and copper wires)
Optional: silver (can be bought on site if you want to work with it)
To take with you:
sketchbook/notebook
writing materials
comfortable clothes that can be dusty; you may want to bring a cotton or leather apron (no plastic because of the risk of fire)
an elastic band to tie your long hair together (safety)
food and drink (or to buy on site or in the neighbourhood)
mouth mask (depending on the sanitary obligations)
What to do in case of cancellation?
Please read the general conditions of the workshops.