Jewellery Techniques 1 (JEWL 1103)
Take your jewellery making hobby to the next level. This course teaches students the basic techniques of jewellery-making including piercing, filing, soldering, shaping, forming, design layout, and application. Students will create original designs in silver and can expect to make one or more finger rings and a piece of chain while working at their own jeweller's bench equipped with a torch and flexshaft tool.
Course code: JEWL 1103
Credits: 0.0
Length: 24.0 hours
Course outline:
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Additional Information
- Jewellery tools
Sawing, filing & drilling
Making a sanding stick (cedar lathe & sand paper)
Shape & stretch ring to size
Dome ring; flare ring; spinner ring
Rivetting and doming metal
Jump rings & ear wires
Finishing & polishing
Textures on metal with files, sand paper, sanding disks, flexshaft disks
S-hooks
Toggle catch
Liver of sulphur patina
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.