Jewelry Making Classes in North Miami, FL

Jewelry Creations Workshop, North Miami:
Located just 5 minutes from Miami Beach in North Miami FL, Jewelry Creations Workshop is the place to begin your artistic journey into the exciting world of jewelry making. We offer a wide range of beginner to advanced level 18-hour jewelry making classes with quality instruction from experienced and qualified teachers. Day, evening & weekend study options are available, and tuition consists of 6 three-hour classes for a total of 18-hours of hands on instruction. Courses include General Jewelry Fabrication, Chasing & Repousse, Wire Working, and Stone Setting among others.

Beginner to Advanced Level Jewelry Making Classes:
Day, evening & weekend study options are available. Tuition consists of 6 three-hour classes for a total of 18 hours of hands on instruction (unless stated).

Small class sizes ensure each student gets the special attention they need to explore their creative potential.

Beginning to Intermediate Fabrication
Students become familiar with the hand tools, torch, jewelers flex shaft, and the polishing motor, among others. 

Through individual help and class demonstration you will learn about layout, piercing, filing, forming, soldering, stone setting and finishing.  You will gain confidence in the jewelry studio environment.  No previous knowledge is required.

Intermediate to Advanced Fabrication
This class focuses on honing your skills while learning new ones.  We have a few projects that will teach you the next level of jewelry construction.

Learn to forge metal, make tubing, advanced stone setting, texturing and patinas, chain making, clasps and hinges.  We will also touch on techniques such as chasing and repousse, fold forming, and mechanisms. Some previous knowledge & experience is required.

Wire Working and Beading
Make amazing jewelry without ever using a torch or needing to solder. This class introduces you to the wonderful world of wire. With design assistance and creative inspiration you will understand how beaded jewelry is made.

Learn to wire link beads, fabricate your own findings like clasps and ear wires, endings, and chains. No previous knowledge required.

Fold Forming
Learn to create complex high relief forms from single sheets of metal in 3 to 5 minutes  These forms resemble chased, constructed and soldered shapes.

Our Fold Forming class is a great way to learn the metals natural tendencies of plasticity, ductility and elasticity.  No experience necessary.

Stone Setting
This class takes a closer look at the professional side of stone setting. Students learn to use tools such as burs, bezel roller, punches, gravers, and burnishers. 

You will be introduced to the most common settings in the trade - prongs, bezels, flush setting, and tube setting.  Students will set stones in a thin bezel, thick bezel, square bezel, tube and prongs. Experience is necessary to attend this class. 

Chains Course
Several classical bracelet designs are taught in this class, at various levels of difficulty.  You may choose to make samples of each design or create a few finished pieces. 

Learn how to make links in quantity and how to assemble and finish them to resemble ancient chains.  No experience is necessary to attend this class.

Wax Carving
Learn beginner to advanced wax carving techniques.  Learn to carve, saw, drill and melt wax into interesting forms.

Wax is a great technique to learn for making models for custom work and production.
    
Chasing & Repousse (3-Day Workshop)
Guided by an Italian Master who is heir to a long lineage of metalworkers, students learn the Italian approach to creating reliefs and forms in sheet metal.

Students learn to make a several specialized tools specific for this technique, including iron prick-punches. Instruction includes various sawing and piercing techniques. Students should bring a jewelry design with fruit, flower, or abstract image.

Precious Metal Clay (6-hour class)
Under the direct supervision of the instructor, you will learn the foundation skill of the unique craft of PMC.

Through demonstrations, students learn to understand the basic techniques of PMC and tips and tricks to minimize performance anxiety.