At the end of the year, students on the Diploma in Fine Jewellery with Jewellers Academy design and make a Final Project to showcase the skills they’ve learnt in the course. The brief is open to ensure they can bring their own style and creativity, with the students tasked to create three pieces that form a cohesive collection. Students also provide a summary for their mentor explaining their inspiration, how they developed the design and the techniques involved.

In this blog post takeover, Diploma Graduate Zoe Emmett shares her process and inspiration in creating her three-piece collection.

Create a beautiful bracelet with beads and chain together!

Mould making is a great way to create interesting elements to use in your jewellery designs in metal clay. In this short video tutorial Jessica Rose will show you how to create interesting and unique moulds to use for your metal clay projects using a two part moulding compound.

A tutorial for a really lovely necklace that you can make in different colours with different colours! Learn how to wrap your briolette beads, attach these to your chain and attach your clasp.

A handheld torch is an important piece of kit for your workshops, perfect for soldering silver and gold or for working with metal clay. In this short video, Jessica Rose shows you how to correctly fill your handheld torch with gas so you can confidently and safely use your torch at home.

Memory wire bracelets are a really fun make and are a great project to do with children. In this free mini tutorial, Jess makes a simple and effective design that is easy to wear!

Jessica Rose explains the two main types of flux and how to use them when soldering silver together.

A mini tutorial on how to create drop earrings with a tassel. These are simple but effective pieces which look lovely on! You can make these earrings in any design/colour that you like.

Jessica Rose explains the two main types of flux and how to use them when soldering silver together.

In this video, the lovely Anna Campbell shows you how to reconstitute metal clay. This is a really easy way to make sure that you are using up all of the clay that you buy.

Learn how to make a crystal cluster bridal hair comb in this free online jewellery making tutorial. In this short course, I will be showing you how to use the wire wrapping technique to create a beautiful bridal accessory.

Pendant motors are such great tools to have, they are so versatile and can do many jobs once you have all the wonderful attachments to go with it. In this video I walk through some of my favourite pendant motor parts for polishing, finishing, drilling, stone setting and general jewellery making.

Learn how to make a pair of gold hoop pearl earrings in this simple jewellery tutorial. You can change up this design by using silver wire or different types of beads to suit your style.