Looking for a short and fun weekend activity with the chance to craft your own custom made jewellery? Our 1/2 day workshops might be a great match for you!

This Saturday at Jewel Envy we ran our 1/2 day cuff-making class where students learn to texture metal in a variety of techniques and apply them to their own hand-forged cuff. You can make your cuffs using a combination of silver, copper, and brass.

Today both of our students applied a ball pein hammered texture and used stamps for their cuff designs.

Snippets of the process:

Looking at metal selections and sample textures. Students have the chance to test out a few textures before deciding which one(s) to apply to their cuff!

Testing out different stamps.

Using the rolling mill to emboss textures and/or imagery. Textures can be imparted from several different materials such as textiles, metals, sandpaper, and even dried leaves! Your choice of texturing material is layered on top of your metal and are rolled through the mill together. The pressure of the mill imprints the texture from the material.

Touching up the form of the cuff using a soft mallet to prevent damaging the design on the cuff.

While taking stock of our class pics I compiled some of the rings students have made in our classes. I included a description of what class(es) were took to create the rings (there’s more then one way to make a ring;o)

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Resident goldsmith and studio Manager Alexis Kostuk has been on a creative kick as of lately! After dipping her toes into some micro mosaic she recently dove back in, using more glass colours and experimenting with different background colours, take a look!

This weekend at Jewel Envy we have started our 2 day gem cutting and setting workshop. On day one of the workshop students map out and cut the shape of their cabochon, and begin polishing. Students will cut 3 to 5 gemstones and choose one to set into a pendant.

Cabochon stones have a flat back and domed face, and they can be made in a variety of shapes and sizes.

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First we look at templates and decide on the shape we want our cabochon to be.

The next step is cutting out the basic shape from a slab.

After that we move on to shaping and smoothing the stone through several steps/grits on a lapidary machine.

This workshop is another way of making a completely customized and personal piece of jewellery, from stone to setting.

Jewel Envy classes are back! From newbie intro classes to professional enhancement, make sure you get our newsletter to see what is open.

You can register on our website, and you are welcome to call or drop by during business hours to ask your questions and find the best type of class for you.