Our Beginners – Jewellery Making Course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of jewellery making and design. Over seven weeks, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to make your own silver ring. All tools and base metals are provided, as well as a strip of silver. No previous experience in design or jewellery making is required.
Our Intermediate One – Jewellery Making Course is suitable for students who have completed our Beginners Jewellery Making Course at SquarePeg Studios or equivalent studies elsewhere.
In July 2020 Intermediate One will run Tuesday nights with Emily Copp and Wednesdays with Danielle Lo from 6.30 – 9.30pm
This class is suitable for students who have completed our Beginners course or have prior experience but need to brush up on the basics before continuing to our Intermediate and Continuing Jewellery Making Course.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you wish to discuss your experience and get help in finding our most suitable class for you.
3D Modelling for Jewellery and Objects – an introduction to the world of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) with Fusion 360
This 3D Modelling course is an introduction to designing jewellery and objects in a digital environment using Autodesk’s Fusion 360 software.
Learn how to 3D model your designs from scratch and export them for 3D printing and casting. Over this seven-week course, you will learn the principles and workflow of 3D modelling using Fusion 360 and have the opportunity to work on your own 3D modelling project with guidance and support.
This course will be taught online so you can learn from the comfort of your own home.
Learn jewellery making and become an accomplished artisan at the SquarePeg Jewellery Making Atelier course! This is a unique opportunity to spend one day per week working with a discerning expert jeweller who will assist you to become successful in developing your own line of jewellery or to create special one-off pieces.
The Jewellery Making Atelier is an exciting course for students at an intermediate level or above. Offering a broad range of subjects and techniques, participants are encouraged to produce – through the process of design and making – jewellery pieces that are individual in design and well made.
In this two-day jewellery making workshop students will be introduced to a variety of wax working techniques, including carving and mouldable wax forming.
On day one, students will have the opportunity to experiment with different types of wax and make a wax ring that will be cast by a commercial caster. On day two students will learn how to clean up their cast ring, how to remove the sprue, emery and polish it ready to wear. Students will also learn additional tips and tricks for making wax models.
This jewellery making workshop is designed to provide you with new skills and a unique piece of jewellery created by you.
In this four-day jewellery making workshop students will be introduced to carving waxes to make stone-set jewellery.
On days one and two students will have the opportunity to make a ring, pendant or earrings with a bezel setting in wax that will be professionally cast in time for the second week of the workshop. Making settings for rough-cut stones will also be explored during days one and two of the workshop.
On days three and four students will learn how to clean up their cast pieces, prepare them for setting, and how to set their stones. Students will also have the opportunity to solder onto their castings to attach claws or extra bezels, particularly if they are working with rough-cut stones.
This jewellery making workshop is designed to provide students who have attended the ‘Carve Your own Silver Ring- Wax Workshop’ at SquarePeg Studios with greater skills, enabling them to make a unique piece of stone set jewellery – created by their own hand!
For the first time this Spring we bring you UnEarthed, a very special workshop presented by guest tutor Kirra-lea Caynes.
In this one day workshop, Kirra, with her passion for raw materials and natural phenomena, will guide you through the process of designing and sand-casting your own sterling silver jewellery pieces or small objects with cast-in-place sapphires or gemstones.
Over three days in September, Kirra-lea will lead three one day workshops designed to cater to both novices with no previous jewellery experience and more experienced jewellers who are interested in adding to their skill set. Students will complete the workshop inspired, with a sense of accomplishment and with jewellery pieces polished and ready to wear.
An extraordinary, nurturing environment combining design and craft to bring your ideas to life. I would highly recommend SquarePeg - no matter what level you’re at.
SquarePeg Studio is unique space for making & learning all things jewellery and silversmithing combining a jewellery school and studio spaces. We have courses to suit every level, from beginners through to advanced students.
With space for 14 contemporary jewellers and a well-equipped workshop, a tenancy at SquarePeg is an opportunity to interact with a mix of emerging and established makers in a supportive and creative environment. As well as the studio space, we have a class room and day access area, and a number of tenants are also tutors in our jewellery school.
I'm really enjoying the variety of backgrounds and approaches everyone has - collectively there's a wealth of knowledge. You might be wrestling with a thorny problem and *bam* some-one has a brilliant solution you hadn't thought of. And we all like cake. What's not to love?
Elena Sorenson, Squarepegger since March, 2019
Elena has completed a Bachelor of Design (Jewellery and Ceramics) at the University of New South Wales school of Art & Design. She is currently completing her Certificate III in Jewellery Manufacture at Enmore Design Centre.
Her practice is preoccupied with the medium of jewellery and its ability to impact across all contexts of creative expression.
Elena enjoys working with a range of materials from the traditional to experimental and is interested in collaborating with practitioners from a wide range of design and artistic disciplines.
Elena was a graduate resident at SquarePeg Studios in 2017-2018 and became a resident artist in 2019.
Save the date! Come shop quality locally made jewellery at our annual xmas market – direct from our bench to you! Join us for our annual Xmas Jeweller’s market at SquarePeg Studios on Saturday, 19 December from 10am to 4pm. Always a lovely day to catch up with our community, we look forward to welcoming...
SquarePeg Studios are proud to be once again participating Craft Week 2020, an initiative of The Australian Design Centre. SquarePeg Studios opens its doors with an Open Studio, Exhibition and Market. Visit SquarePeg Studios – we are a vibrant coworking jewellery workshop, studios and school. SquarePeg is home to thirteen Resident Jewellery Artists and one...
Introducing our early 2020 Graduate Resident 😍 Meghan Kelly concluded her Bachelor of Design (Honours) at UNSW Art & Design with Majors in Jewellery Design and Graphics Media at the end of 2018. She officially graduated in May 2019 with Class 1 Honours and was awarded the Dean’s Honours List for Semester 2, 2018. We have...