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.

Bring your own old, unwanted or broken silver items to melt and revamp them into new wearable jewellery.

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.

Design and make your own ring design in wax to be cast in silver or gold. This workshop will be held at Jewel Bettle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.