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Have a go at making your own piece of jewellery with the help of our friendly learning officers in this special children’s jewellery workshop activity.

Design and create either a bracelet or pendant, learn and use real jewellers techniques like texturing metal, hammering, stamping and enamelling to make something unique and personal to take home with you.

Pre booking is essential as places are limited.

Recommended for ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult. Due to limitations on space, no more than 2 adults per booking.

Pre-booking essential.

When the proprietors of the Smith & Pepper jewellery manufacturing firm retired in 1981 they simply ceased trading and locked the door, unaware they would be leaving a time capsule for future generations.

Explore this extraordinary time capsule on a lively guided tour. Watch demonstrations at the jewellers’ bench of the traditional skills of this fine trade, and discover what it was like to work here.

This is an exclusive tour that takes place only on the dates shown.

Pre-booking essential.

Birmingham’s world-famous Jewellery Quarter has been Britain’s main seat of jewellery and silver manufacture for at least the last 150 years. It has been described as a ‘National treasure, a place of unique character and a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metal working that doesn’t seem to exist anywhere else in the world.’

Join us on a guided walk looking at the people, places and themes that have helped to shape this singular working district.

Pre-booking essential.

Make stunning pieces of jewellery at our beginners jewellery making course starting this September! During this six week course, learn a variety of jewellery making techniques under the careful guidance of jeweller and teacher Vanessa Miller.

You will learn the skills to make two rings and a pendant, all made from sterling silver, that will be yours to keep.

Skills
You will use a range of jewellery making tools and equipment, and will learn jewellery making skills including:

• Measuring (sizing, measuring metal length)
• Marking and Saw piercing
• Soldering and pickling
• Finishing techniques (filing, buffing, polishing)
• Texturing
• Reshape metal using rolling mill
• Shaping
• Annealing

No experience is necessary as this course is for beginners. Vanessa will demonstrate each technique and be on hand to support your learning during the six weeks.

The workshop at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has all the tools and equipment you need to make your rings and pendant. The course fee of £195.00 includes sterling silver to make two rings and a pendant, copper sheet to practice techniques, a starter kit of saw blades, wet and dry paper and a dust mask. Additional equipment can be purchased for a small cost: wet and dry paper £1.10 each, saw blades £2.00 set of 12.

You will be provided with eye protection. Students must wear flat closed-toe shoes and long hair must be tied back.

The course takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm – 9.00pm on the following dates:

• 14th September
• 21st September
• 28th September
• 5th October
• 12th October
• 19th October

This course is suitable for adults. It is a course for beginners but all levels are welcome. As the course is led by a fully qualified tutor, you do not need any experience.

At the time of advertising, there are not expected to be government Covid-19 guidelines or restrictions. If changes occur and new guidelines and restrictions are introduced, we will notify guests who have booked to advise how this affects the course.

Pre-booking essential.

Make stunning pieces of jewellery at our beginners jewellery making course starting this September! During this six week course, learn a variety of jewellery making techniques under the careful guidance of jeweller and teacher Vanessa Miller.

You will learn the skills to make two rings and a pendant, all made from sterling silver, that will be yours to keep.

Skills
You will use a range of jewellery making tools and equipment, and will learn jewellery making skills including:

• Measuring (sizing, measuring metal length)
• Marking and Saw piercing
• Soldering and pickling
• Finishing techniques (filing, buffing, polishing)
• Texturing
• Reshape metal using rolling mill
• Shaping
• Annealing

No experience is necessary as this course is for beginners. Vanessa will demonstrate each technique and be on hand to support your learning during the six weeks.

The workshop at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter has all the tools and equipment you need to make your rings and pendant. The course fee of £195.00 includes sterling silver to make two rings and a pendant, copper sheet to practice techniques, a starter kit of saw blades, wet and dry paper and a dust mask. Additional equipment can be purchased for a small cost: wet and dry paper £1.10 each, saw blades £2.00 set of 12.

You will be provided with eye protection. Students must wear flat closed-toe shoes and long hair must be tied back.

The course takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm – 9.00pm on the following dates:

• 14th September
• 21st September
• 28th September
• 5th October
• 12th October
• 19th October

This course is suitable for adults. It is a course for beginners but all levels are welcome. As the course is led by a fully qualified tutor, you do not need any experience.

At the time of advertising, there are not expected to be government Covid-19 guidelines or restrictions. If changes occur and new guidelines and restrictions are introduced, we will notify guests who have booked to advise how this affects the course.

Pre-booking essential.