Silver Jewellery Precious Metal Clay: Ring Making

Learn how to craft something meaningful with our jewellery-making short courses in Sydney!

Expand your jewellery skills with our intermediate Precious Metal Clay (PMC) course, designed for students who have completed the beginners Silver Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay Course. Create a stunning ring under the guidance of our professional jeweller.

An experienced jeweller tutor will guide you through the design process – from development to finishing – to help you achieve your creative goals. You will be introduced to various techniques to transform your creative ideas into a finished ring.

The class will focus on techniques and calculations necessary for creating a PMC ring in the correct size, considering PMC’s shrinkage. Building on the skills learned in the beginner class, you will apply them to the more challenging round surface of a ring.

You will gain a better understanding of the tools used with Precious Metal Clay and how to use them effectively to make a perfectly fitting ring. By the end of the class, you will take home a beautiful ring crafted by you, along with lasting jewellery-making skills.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this PMC ring-making course, you should have:

• Gained knowledge of Precious Metal Clay and its capabilities for ring making.
• Understood ring sizing and the tools required for PMC.
• Learned correct safety procedures for handling PMC.
• Acquired various artistic methods for working with PMC to create rings.
• Learned the advantages and disadvantages of PMC compared to traditional silversmithing techniques for rings.
• Produced a ring using Precious Metal Clay.

Course content

What will be covered in this PMC ring-making course?

• Proper handling of PMC for the ring
• Rolling
• Shaping
• Texturing
• Hole making
• Sanding/filing
• Torch firing
• Polishing highlight for PMC

Who is this course for?

• students who have already attended our Silver Jewellery: Precious Metal Clay Course

Materials provided

• 15 grams of Precious Metal Clay. Students are welcome to bring their own if they wish to work with more.
• Air-drying clay
• All tools and safety equipment (aprons, goggles and masks)
• A selection of textured surfaces will be provided, though students may bring their own

What to bring to class

• Pens and pencils
• Notebook
• Selection of textures to impress into the clay (stamps, buttons, textured surfaces – items should be plastic, wood or fabric)

Additional information

• Closed-in shoes required
• Please wear old clothes
• Long hair must be tied back
• Does not include stone setting