Sea Glass Jewellery
This is our very highly anticipated BRAND NEW online course:
sea glass jewellery
Designed and filmed especially for you if you would love to learn how to use sea glass in your designs
And right now you can get this course for 50% off in our launch sale.
Firstly, what is sea glass?
Sea glass is polished and weathered glass picked up on the beach or beside bodies of salt water. It has usually started life as a bottle or other type of glass that has been thrown into the sea. The waves and the salt naturally tumble and weather the glass.
You can also get man made glass that is smashed up and tumbled in a rock tumbler for hours to give it a similar appearance. The man made glass tends to be smoother and often comes in more choice of colour.
Learn THREE different ways of working with sea glass
On this comprehensive online workshop you will learn step by step how to:
1. bezel set sea glass
Such a beautiful option for capturing sea glass in silver and making unique pieces of jewellery every time.
2. claw set sea glass
By it’s nature, sea glass is irregular so creating your own claw setting is a great option for some pieces.
3. safely drill sea glass
Learn how to drill holes in the glass for adding a jump ring to make a simple but gorgeous piece of jewellery
What will I learn?
Let’s get into the detail. Here is what you will learn on this online course
How to select and prepare your sea glass
How to shape your sea glass
How to create a bezel setting with sea glass
How to solder on a bail
How to securely bezel set sea glass
How to safely drill sea glass
How to create a claw setting for sea glass
How to claw set sea glass
And lots more tips and tricks.
Who will you learn from? Well,
meet your tutor, kelly twigg
Kelly began making beaded jewellery as a hobby several years ago whilst still serving as an officer in the Royal Navy. In 2013 her husband was given an overseas posting to the USA, so she left the military to accompany him and focus on having a family.
On their return to the UK they moved to Alverstoke on the south coast of Hampshire, where Kelly’s love for the sea and beachcombing led to her taking up metalsmithing in order to make something with all the sea glass she found.
She went on to establish her own business in the summer of 2019 and her love for jewellery making continues. She works mainly in silver and loves to include gemstones in her pieces too.
Whilst proud of being self-taught, Kelly decided to help her business grow by enrolling on the Diploma In Silver Jewellery 2024/25 so she can consolidate her existing skills and learn a variety of new techniques too.
She is also very active on Instagram where she shares lots of jewellery-making tips and techniques as well as her finished work.
What do I get?
When you enrol on this course you get:
Ongoing access to comprehensive video lessons, guiding you through all the techniques, tips and tricks
Downloadable course notes to work alongside the videos
Full list of kit and materials to learn the techniques (you can find that below if you want to check before you join the course)
Access to our supportive community of jewellers and tutors to help you at every stage of the process
Access to the videos 24/7 - you can stop, pause, rewind and replay as much as you like
Excellent close-up shots to see what is happening in each step so you don't miss a thing
Ready to enrol? This course is just £119 for lifetime access, but right now you can get 50% off in our launch sale (end on 19th March 2025). That’s £59.50 instead of £119. Click the button below to enrol now with your discount and get started straight away!
Questions?
What level of jeweller is this course designed for?
This course is intermediate level and designed for jewellers with some experience with soldering and stone setting particularly bezel setting.
We recommend taking the Silver Jewellery Workshop, Soldering Masterclass and Stone Setting in Silver first.
i don’t live near a beach, how do I get sea glass?
If you don’t live near a beach and can’t collect your own sea glass don’t worry! There are sellers on Etsy and ebay that are selling both sea glass and man made glass so have a search for suppliers in your country.
Kelly recommends you start with man made glass because it can be more consistent to work with and you can often source more interesting colours. It has the same opaque quality that diffuses the light, but it’s really smooth. Natural sea glass is slightly rougher and has tiny pits and inclusions in it but even natural sea glass can be super smooth if it’s from sandy beaches!
what is the difference between sea glass and man made?
Sea glass is polished and weathered glass picked up on the beach or beside bodies of salt water. It has usually started life as a bottle or other type of glass that has been thrown into the sea. The waves and the salt naturally tumble the glass.
You can also get man made glass that is smashed up and tumbled in a rock tumbler for hours to give it a similar appearance. The man made glass tends to be smoother and often comes in more choice of colour.
What tools do I need to complete all the projects on this course?
We always recommend watching the course through before deciding on what tools you want for the projects you want to do. Here is the full list of tools for all projects - bezel, claw and drilling sea glass
Jewellers toolkit - Saw and saw blades, Bench peg, Sharpie, Tin snips, pliers set, needle files, safety glasses
Dremel or pendant motor, Safety goggles and mask, Diamond sharpening stone, White carbide wheel, Black carbide wheel, Knife edge rubber burr black, Cylinder carbide burr - blue, Inverted cone burr - 2mm, Selection of radial discs, Flame shaped rubber burr (blue), Fine pumice wheel, Fine rubber wheel, Diamond coated burrs
Soldering equipment- soldering block, torch, flux, flux brush, tweezers, pickle, third hand
Stone setting tools - bezel rocker or square pusher, curved burnisher, Drill bit - 1mm, Lubricant - beeswax, oil or burr life, Beeswax or pick up stick, Pin vice or dremel/pendant motor, Flush setting tool - created from an old nail or broken burr, Curved burnisher
Ring clamp, Pendant motor, Dremel or a pin vice, Setting burr (pointed end) or ball burr - 5mm (this needs to match the size of your stone), 2mm round/ball burr or stone setting burr (pointed end), Lubricant - beeswax, oil or Burr Life
Polishing materials Emery paper (400-600 grit)
Optional - Baby oil, Dremel versaflame torch, barrel polisher, Baby wipes, Cup burr, 1.2mm, bezel rocker, optivisors/magnification
what materials do I need?
These are the materials used to make all the projects in the online course. We recommend watching the course through to choose which project to start with.
Selection of sea glass
Bezel wire - 5mm tall, 0.3mm thick, LENGTH - 20cm
Silver sheet - 0.5mm thick, DIMENSIONS - 4cm x 4cm
6mm silver jump ring - open, heavy/1mm wire
8mm silver jump ring - open, heavy/1mm wire
Hard solder
Medium solder
Easy solder
Optional - easy paste solder
Jump ring or pinch bail
1mm round silver wire - 50cm length
