Jewelry Making Workshops
If you've ever wanted a certain look or design that you just couldn't find anywhere,
or you need custom jewelry to match outfits or costumes,
creating your own is a fun, engaging alternative,
and you can make exactly the kind of piece you want to wear.
Whether you're looking to make jewelry for personal reasons
or you're interested in creating custom jewelry professionally,
this is the class for you and KAC has the perfect teacher to guide you.
Negar Shams will instruct you in cost-effective, one-on-one or small-session classes
to get you started on your creative journey,
and you'll go home having created something that same day.
Negar offers the following classes:
Art Clay Silver Leaf
(Metal Clay) One-day class 3 hours $150 In this class, you will learn how to design, create, and complete a pure fine silver pendant or a pair of earrings using natural leaves for organic texture and design.
The leaves will be coated in metal clay, then filed and fired. The natural leaves burn off, leaving a pure, fine silver leaf imprint behind. You will also learn the burnishing techniques that help bring outshine or dimension in your organic created jewelry. |
Jewelry and Metals I
One-day class 3 to 4 hours $150 Learn the basics of jewelry-making. You will focus on drilling, sawing, filing, sanding, polishing and design.
You will also learn the properties of metals like copper, brass, and silver and learn about tools. You will then create a copper or brass pendant. |
Jewelry and Metals II
Two-day class 3 hours each $400 Session one: Learn how to safely set up a soldering station, ignite your torch, anneal, and begin to solder metal together. You will focus on cutting and shaping the metals and learn the basics of soldering with silver. You will then learn how to make a sterling silver ring.
Session two: Further develop your basic metalsmithing skills. You will learn bezel setting, wrapping bezels, and soldering/setting a round or oval cabochon stone. This is a great class if you want to learn how to add colorful stones to your work and increase your fabricating skills. You will create a silver ring or pendant using the cabochon stone. |
Jewelry Making
Welcome to Negar Shams's private Handmade Jewelry class. In these one-on-one (or small-session) lessons, Negar will teach you the basics of this intensive but highly rewarding and lucrative art.
Whether it's to explore creating custom designs, to accessorize certain outfits, or to create jewelry for costumes, you will learn the fundamentals of hand-making jewelry and be ready to set off on your own artistic journey. Negar offers three different courses that develop different skills, and each one ends with you having completed a piece of jewelry!
Art Clay Silver Leaf:
In this class, you will learn how to design, create, and complete a pure fine silver pendant or a pair of earrings using natural leaves for organic texture and design. The leaves will be coated in metal clay, then filed and fired. The natural leaves burn off, leaving a pure, fine silver leaf imprint behind.
You will also learn the burnishing techniques that help bring outshine or dimension in your organic created jewelry.
Jewelry & Metals I:
Perfect for beginners! In this class you will learn the basics of jewelry-making. Students will focus on drilling, sawing, filing, sanding, polishing and design. You will also learn the properties of metals like copper, brass, and silver and learn about tools. You will then create a copper or brass pendant.
Jewelry & Metals II*:
• Session one: Learn how to safely set up a soldering station, ignite your torch, anneal, and begin to solder metal together. You will focus on cutting and shaping the metals and learn the basics of soldering with silver. You will then learn how to make a sterling silver ring.
• Session two: Further develop your basic metalsmithing skills. You will learn bezel setting, wrapping bezels, and soldering/setting a round or oval cabochon stone. This is a great class if you want to learn how to add colorful stones to your work and increase your fabricating skills. You will create a silver ring or pendant using the cabochon stone.
*Jewelry & Metals I is a prerequisite.
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• All tools and materials provided at no additional charge
• Sessions take place at Kings Art Center in the Bannister Studio
• Sessions will be scheduled within two weeks of booking
• Please allow five business days from your booking for the class to be scheduled
• Refunds are available up to 48 hours before the session
Negar Shams is a professional jeweler and designer who graduated from University of Westminster in London, with an L.L.M degree in 2006. Her creative personality was a very strong motive for her to start learning in the world of art. She began her journey by taking professional advertising photography and jewelry-making classes. She has held numerous jewelry shows since she officially started her career in the industry in 2012.
Her pieces are all exclusively designed and handcrafted using 18K Gold, 99% Silver, Sterling Silver, as well as eye-catching glamorous stones selected for their distinctive features. Combining ancient techniques like Enameling, engraving and oxidizing with modern metalsmithing methods has made her pieces very unique and special.
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• All tools and materials provided at no additional charge
• Sessions take place at Kings Art Center in the Bannister Studio • Sessions will be scheduled within two weeks of booking • Please allow five business days from your booking for the class to be scheduled • Refunds are available up to 48 hours before the session |