Two Day Workshop on Wire Jewellery Making

A two day workshop on Wire Jewellery making by Widad Mogral The workshop will introduce participants to marking tools, hammering wire, forming loops, wrapped loops, closed spirals, open spirals, weaving with wire, wrapping beads, making earring hooks, neatly finishing wire jewellery, trimming ends, fining sharp points etc. Partcipants also get to learn basic properties of metal, work hardening, softness, hardness, annealing. One gets to work on different wire gauges, different types of metal - coloured and non coloured metal. All materials needed for the workshop i.e. wire and beads etc will be provided. Partcipants will take away neatly finished jewellery pieces. In addition, tools (round nose pliers, straight cutting pliers, top cutting pliers) and a few metres of wires of different gauges in copper and brass can be taken home.