Posts in Jewellery Making
Get 50% off online courses in our summer sale

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August is here. In the UK we’re starting our summer holidays and what better way to spend our time than on jewellery?! So we’re having a summer sale to help make that even easier. Get 50% off our individual courses, jewellery making and business, until Wednesday 4th August. What would you like to learn?

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Join the Jewellers Academy jewellery making challenge for JULY

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Join in with our July jewellery-making challenge. This month the challenge is to make a trinket box

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how to make and set claw settings - free online course

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Claw setting (also known as prong setting/basket setting) is a versatile method of setting gemstones into your jewellery designs. In this FREE course professionally filmed for you by us at Jewellers Academy, you will follow jeweller Stelios Karantonas who creates a claw setting from scratch, designing and making it to fit with the gemstone shape and size.

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Join the Jewellers Academy jewellery making challenge for JUNE

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Join in with our June jewellery-making challenge. This month the challenge is to make a piece with granulation

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Join the Jewellers Academy jewellery making challenge for MAY

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Join in with our May jewellery making challenge

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a jewellers guide to hoop earrings

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Hoop earrings have been worn for centuries by many different cultures. Check out this guide to different styles and sizes of hoop earrings and get inspired!

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YOU’RE INVITED TO THE ALL THAT GLITTERS LIVE WATCH PARTY

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All That Glitters season 1 starts tonight and you’re invited to join the conversation. Each week we will be holding a live watch party in the Jewellers Academy Facebook group plus a bonus live chat with a jeweller mentor over on Instagram live once the episode is over.

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jewellery Diploma versus degree: which is right for you?

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If you've been wondering how the Diploma courses from Jewellers Academy compare to degree courses then the differences may surprise you ..

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Join the Jewellers Academy jewellery making challenge for APRIL

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Join in with our April jewellery making challenge

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Job opportunities for jewellers with jewellers academy

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Would you like to help teach the next generation of jewellers?

We are expanding our team of Jewellery Diploma Mentors and Tutors here at Jewellers Academy and we are looking for you!

The roles are part-time, working from home with flexible hours, competitive pay and the chance to be part of an amazing community!

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a Jewellers guide to wax carving and casting

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Have you heard of wax carving but are not sure what it is and how to do it? Check out our beginners guide for jewellers covering the different types of wax, how to calculate the weight of your finished metal piece, how the casting process works, how to make multiples of your designs, what size of ring you should make and much more.

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Join the Jewellers Academy jewellery making challenge for MARCH

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Join in with our March jewellery making challenge

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a gift for you .. free mini-course: make a wax signet ring

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Would you like to try wax carving?
Or, if you've tried it, would you like to learn how to make a signet ring?
Then I have great news for you! We have a FREE Wax Carved Signet Ring mini-course available for you!

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Which Foredom Pendant Motor Should I Buy? And Compatible Hammer Handpieces

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As jewellers, we have a huge variety of tools available to us and some are definitely used more often than others. For intermediate to advanced level jewellers, one of those frequently used items is a craft drill or rotary tool. Laura-Jayne of Small Dog Silver jewellery shares her knowledge of the Foredom pendant motor/flex shaft to help you make an informed decision when purchasing.

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Join the Jewellers Academy 2021 jewellery making challenge

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Does a new year start you thinking about what you'd like to achieve in the coming months? If one of your goals is to develop your jewellery making skills this year then I would love to invite you to take part in the Jewellers Academy Challenge for 2021.

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Watch the replays of our Jewellery Diploma open days

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Thank you to everyone that joined me for the live Diploma open days. It was great to get the chance to speak with you and answer your questions about the Diploma courses.

If you missed them don’t worry! You can watch the replays here.

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Introducing the next level of Jewellery Diploma

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We have built on the success of our Diploma programme to bring you an exciting new course for 2021 - the Diploma in Fine Jewellery. This is an intermediate to advanced level online Diploma learning experience which features exciting jewellery techniques, one to one support and feedback from a goldsmith and much more

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Which Diploma in Jewellery course is right for me?

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We are excited to be opening up for enrolment for our two online Diploma courses but which one is right for you? Here’s a comparison that we hope will help you decide.

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Black Friday 2020 offers for jewellers

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Have you been waiting until Black Friday to stock up on the jewellery making supplies and equipment you’ve had your eye on? We are sharing Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for jewellers from around the world. Keep checking back here as we will continue to update this post as we find more offers.

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Get 50% off our individual courses this Black Friday

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Get 50% off our individual jewellery making and business courses this Black Friday. Click here for a full list of the courses on offer

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