Courses
SUMMER SCHEDULE
This summer at The School of Jewellery Ireland we are running a busy new schedule of classes some are new courses and some are firm favourites like the summer week courses. Stone setting is back after loads of requests and Sand Casting now over a 2 day course. Why not try your hand at wax carving a signet ring or engraving a pendant maybe even enamel a bowl. All courses are now availible to book.
JEWELLERY SKILLS TERM COURSES
Traditional Goldsmith Skills Courses 9 Week Courses... this is an intensive, really fun and challenging course taught by experienced tutors who work in the goldsmith trade both in Ireland and abroad.
This is an intensive and professional course that will teach the many valuable skills needed to begin a full-time career in the Jewellery and Goldsmith industry.
It is taught by experienced tutors who currently work in the goldsmith trade, both in Ireland and abroad.
Courses are project-led with an emphasis on completing jewellery pieces over 9 weeks.
The Traditional Goldsmith Skills course is suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
As a beginner you will be introduced to and learn extensive use of the piercing saw and will complete a filigree project in the first few classes. In the subsequent classes you will make a ring and a contemporary silver pendant or earring design of your choice - lots of samples to choose from and will learn filing, piercing, polishing, using the pendant drill and polishing motor. You will also learn techniques such as planishing using a ball pein hammer and sandblasting. You will be introduced to soldering skills and will learn how to anneal metal to make it malleable so that it can be formed.
The projects learned are not repeated – each course is a follow on from the next and your tutor will make sure to only repeat the tasks if you particularly want to focus on a skill. Normally, students progress in the second term to Wax carving and soldering skills – however we are very flexible once the basics have been covered!
The course fee includes base metal materials. Silver is not included in your course fee and the cost usually amounts to approximately €60 per course (maximum) for a standard silver ring (€15 - €35) and silver pendant / earring design (€25) silver is purchased in class from your tutor in advance of any chosen project.
Classes are 3 hours in duration and numbers are limited to 8 students per class.
Students must be at least 16 years of age in order to enrol in any course at The School of Jewellery Ireland.
Part-Time Jewellery Bench Skills - One Year
Booking for September 2023
This is an intensive and professional course that will teach the many valuable skills needed to begin a full-time career in the Jewellery and Goldsmith industry.
Suitable for Beginners and also Intermediate Students. Only 7 places on the course.
Level 1 - Beginners: This course will fit around a busy schedule but suit the ambitious student who prefers to follow a definate structured course with goals and achievements. All basic skills are covered to finish in a piece of jewellery that has been designed with the students achieved skills in mind.
Level 2 - Intermediate: Have you achieved a level of experience on our courses already and would like to fine tune your skills? This course will bring you to the next level in your skill set. Intermediate projects are available to select to finish in a piece of jewellery that has been designed to showcase the student's achieved skills. Having completed the 14 week Foundation Course, this course could be an ideal on-going up-skilling course.
ONE DAY COURSES
Our one day courses are very popular and are a great way to explore your creativity in the exciting world of jewellery.
One Year Full Time Certificate Course
SELECT - Full Time One Year Certificate Course in Traditional Jewellery Skills
TSOJI Online
Welcome to TSOJI Online - PREVIEW HERE
Do you have a workbench at home, even a bench peg clamped to your kitchen table or attached to the window sill?
These online videos will help you to make pieces with our technical help.
Videos made by Deirdre O'Donnell, Jill O'Malley and Paul Coyne.
These concise but comprehensive videos will give you all the steps that you need to make professionally finished and technically correct jewellery in your chosen medium using traditional jewellery skills.
Step by step information and video demonstrations can be purchased online and sent to you by return with your video link.
"We have found that the students of our school, both in Ireland and abroad have found our online courses enormously helpful. As we hoped, we have also helped online students not living in Ireland, to work under our online instruction using our videos. Our goldsmiths are traditionally trained in trade skills so the training is not craft based - the skills demonstrated for you to follow are traditional jewellery and goldsmith skills" Deirdre O'Donnell
If you are interested in this exciting new opportunity to access videos, please take a look at all that is on offer.
Toolkits available here
