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Material Matters – Free Brooch Making workshop – Sydney Craft Week
Brooches have been worn since ancient times. In their earliest iteration brooches were used as an aide for fastening clothes, since then they have evolved alongside humanity to be a wearable as varied as those who wear – and create! – them. In this free brooch making workshop, students will work with recycled aluminum from a local Sydney car engine manufacturer alongside recycled acrylic and found items.
At A Glance
ABOUT THE COURSE
In this fun workshop, students will make a brooch incorporating their choice of recycled materials. A ready-made brooch finding will be used to complete your creation ready to wear away at the completion of the class.
What To Expect
What Students Make
A brooch, designed and made by you!
Class Size
To ensure that students have the best learning experience, this workshop has a small class size of only 10 students
Practicalities
Minimum Age to participate - 14 years
Please note, students must be over 14 yrs to participate. To comply with our classroom capacity, 10 students may be in the classroom for the workshop.
Our Tutors
Our courses are taught by highly experienced and passionate teachers who are practising contemporary jewellers. This is the closest to an accredited course – without the assignments, stress and cost – that Sydney has to offer. Students not only gain the satisfaction of designing and hand-making their own piece of jewellery they also have the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at a contemporary professional jewellery studio while learning great new skills in jewellery techniques and design.
Emily is a contemporary jeweller who integrates diverse materials and technologies, including 3D printing and traditional silversmithing.
She earned an Advanced Diploma in Jewellery & Object Design from The Design Centre Enmore a decade ago. She is a resident artist and tutor at SquarePeg Studios and technical officer at the University of NSW Art and Design Campus.
“I love the alchemy of transforming ideas into materialised design through the varied efforts and explorations of making.”
