Workshops
Sharon Fitness and Jack | Thing thing string thing
An exploration into cowboy electronics using found and sourced material. This is a workshop for anyone who is interested in learning basic arduino and making simple circuits that make a thing do a thing (or not) and then adorning it on a string.
Maca Bernal | Resin Jewellery Workshop
Explore the awesomeness of RESIN with jewellery artist Maca Bernal. Learn how to make your own unique resin jewellery in this two-day workshop. All levels of experience are welcome. A Curious attitude is essential, all materials included.
Peter Deckers | My two-day variety pack
This workshop unpacks and practices a variety of design methods/possibilities for ideas' exploration and jewellery development. The workshop can be useful for those who are interested in jewellery design as an expressive art form.
Jacky Morren | Make heirlooms of the future
Bring your own old, unwanted or broken silver items to melt and revamp them into new wearable jewellery.
Mike Ward | more fun, more gorgeous and fairly sustainable
Fashioning festoonery from the stuff the plumber and the electrician leave behind
Joel Fitzwell | Making Punches and Hallmarks
This one-day class will provide you with an introduction to making textured punches and hallmarks. Students will design a personal hallmark or textured punch and then use various hand tools and drills to create it.
Jewel Beetle | Ring Fling
Design and make your own ring design in wax to be cast in silver or gold. This workshop will be held at Jewel Bettle.
Jen Laracy | The Jewel and the Jeweller @ Te Pukenga | NMIT
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a textured sterling silver band or a pair of patterned fine silver earrings. Discover jewellery-making basics using fun techniques, such as sawing, filing, soldering, drilling, forming, and planishing.
Gabby O’Conner | Radical acts of transformation: Display, installation, site, materials and place
This all-day workshop will focus on working with everyday materials. It will be experimental, mad, messy and fun- and there will be lots of making.
Annie MacKenzie | Drop Spindle for Jewellers: ancient techniques for the cords of today
This workshop will delve right into the possibilities that spinning provides for making your own cords and string from fibre, including wool, silk and linen. Participants will also learn a couple of plying techniques to add to their tool kit.
Stevei Houkāmau | Conversations with whakapapa
Come along to an exciting uku workshop with Uku artist Stevei Houkāmau and explore your own whakapapa and korero and how to connect to your own stories.
Jane Dodd | Looking for the Negative : (finding the Positive)
In this workshop participants will be introduced to the processes and techniques used by Jane Dodd in making her jewellery. Jane will present some ways she prepares for her work, how she attacks a lump of stuff and invite participants to have a go. Materials commonly used by Jane will be provided.
Judy Darragh | Habit Hands
The purpose of this two-day workshop is to play with materiality and process using a variety of found materials combined with various kinds of non-traditional jewellery materials. The aim is to experiment and extend your practice and have fun.