Sea Glass Setting Workshop

Book your space here: https://beccygillatt.com/event/sea-glass-setting-workshop-bi14x4gl/

On this 3.5 hour sea glass setting workshop at our teaching studio in Great Linford, you will learn how to encase sea glass into fine silver frames to create beautiful pendants or earrings. Choose from pieces we cave collected from Charlouth, Scotland and Cornwall or bring your own.

Experienced tutor Beccy will gently guide you through a wealth of techniques to enable you to make your very own pieces of jewellery from these lovely treasures of the sea.

You will learn how to:

* Select the perfect piece of sea glass
* Measure your glass
* Select and form the appropriate fine silver strip size for the glass
* Solder setting and jump rings
* Make fittings using pliers and silver wires for your pendant or earrings
* Solder all components together
* Use acrylic and metal stone setting tools to secure your glass
* Sand and polish your piece


If you wear reading glasses please bring them with you.
Please wear closed toe shoes and avoid wearing floaty scarves or skirts.
If you would like to bring your own sea glass we can definitely look through your pieces to find any suitable ones.

Materials: All materials for 2 pendants are included in the course fee.

Level: Some experience of soldering and stone setting is beneficial but not essential

Important information: Good hand dexterity and reasonable hand strength is essential as we are using small components to construct your piece and it takes quite a bit of force to set the glass. Good eyesight is also essential as we will be working in very small scale. Reading glasses and

Tutor: Beccy Gillatt