Jewellery Making Holidays, Short Breaks & Workshops in the Beautiful Aveyron, SW France
We run a variety of jewellery making breaks all year round. From beading to silversmithing, all are suitable for absolute beginners and
those looking to expand their skills. Class sizes are kept very small ensuring you have lots of one to one tuition.
Featured in the Sunday Times Best 100 Summer
Holidays 2011 -
NEW WORKSHOPS - Fold Forming & Riveting and One Day Workshops (add ons to workshops below)
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You will stay in our lovingly restored farmhouse in your own large comfortable attic bedroom with exposed stone walls and lofty high ceilings.
We are also vegetarian friendly, just let us know when you book ! We'd love you to click on our new Facebook button !
Price Includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch, transfers from and to Rodez airport* and materials.
Cheap flights are usually available via RyanAir. Please feel free to call with any questions - 00 33 6 30 74 20 35 or 00 33 5 65 46 13 55.
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Introduction to Silversmithing 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £295 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person We will take you through all the basic techniques Including sawing, hammering, forming, soldering, cleaning and polishing and you will design and make a number of pieces including rings and a pendant. NEW - Introduction to Silversmithing PLUS Jewellery Making Basics - 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 - We added a day of jewellery making basics to our standard 2 day workshop for those of you who want to include beads in your silver work but don't have any basic jewellery making experience - the additional day includes wire wrapping, opening and closing jump rings and making ear wires and basic beaded earrings. |
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NEW - Stone Setting Using Bezels 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £295 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person Learn how to set beautiful semi precious cabochons and dichroic glass in your own handmade bezel settings for rings, pendants and earrings. This workshop is available in 3 ways depending upon your existing skills (absolute beginners are very welcome)- Please click for more information. |
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Introduction to Jewellery Making 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person All the basics from choosing and using tools to learning how to make your own findings & ear wires, making wire wrapped loops, using crimps, beading etc and you'll have a choice of projects including earrings, bracelets, necklaces and wire rings. NEW - Introduction to Jewellery Making PLUS Basic Soldering - 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 - Our 2 day Introduction to Jewellery Making workshop plus 1 day of basic soldering making your own soldered jump rings and heavier hammered soldered rings as elements to use in your jewellery making plus a pretty set of stacker rings. |
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NEW - Fold Forming & Riveting Workshop (both techniques available as one day add on workshops) |
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Silversmithing Special - Rings Workshop - Stacker, Spinner, Anticlastic & Barrelled ! |
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Fine Silver Fusing Workshop - Soldering without the chemicals ! |
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Wireworking Workshop including Making Perfect Wire Wrapped Loops 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person This workshop will teach you all the basics from making wrapped or simple loops, through to forming shapes, making simple chains and clasps, making ear wires& earrings, opening & closing jump rings, making light fine silver head pins with a torch, hammering to harden, making a wonderful bracelet and lots more.. NEW - We are now including the beautiful herringbone wrap technique and our new herringbone ring ! |
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NEW - Handmade Findings Masterclass 2 Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person Make your handmade jewellery really special and unique with your own handmade findings - learn to design and make ear wires to suit your earring designs, clasps, earring, bracelet and necklace elements - Please email me for more information. |
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Tiara Making & Wedding Jewellery 2 Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights -£395 You will learn to design and make 1-2 stunning tiaras and a beautiful, sparkly hair vine as well as earrings, bracelets and necklaces and maybe presents for your bridesmaids too ! |
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Stamping Workshop 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person Basic jewellery making and stamping - Stamped, personalised jewellery is becoming more and more popular, learn how to stamp words, designs, pendants, rings and bracelets. Workshop by arrangement - please email me with your preferred dates. 3 day workshop includes general jewellery making |
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Introduction to Chainmail 2 Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person We will make lots of earrings (giving you chance to learn a number of weaves in a short time) and at least one bracelet - the weaves covered will include European 4 in 1 weave and the timelessly beautiful Byzantine Chain. You will also learn wire wrapping and how to make your own findings. |
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Charm Bracelet - Silversmithing and Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Includes 9g PMC 2 Days / 3 Nights - £305 per person 3 Days / 4 Nights - £405 per person You will make your charm bracelet from scratch using sterling silver wire and silversmithing techniques and design and made charms using PMC along with learning how to create dangles for your bracelet using semi-precious stones - You'll go home with lots of new techniques (including torch and kiln firing PMC) and a gorgeous unique charm bracelet (we'll make sure we have some time for earrings too !) Please email me if you would like to book this workshop. |
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A Week of Jewellery Making - Learn to Design and Make Your Own Jewellery -
£700 per person A fabulous week of jewellery making covering a wide variety of projects from stringing to wire work, earrings & wire rings and an introduction to chain mail. We will cover all the basics plus much much more and you'll go home relaxed with lots of beautiful jewellery. 5 workshop days, 1 free day for relaxing / 7 nights. |
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Come With a Friend (also Perfect Mother and Daughter Breaks) Book a short break or weeks holiday with a friend and you will get the workshops and cottage to yourselves we won't take any other bookings for the time you are with us. |
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One to One Workshop - Workshop designed to suit you and you get the cottage to yourself ! Just add 50% to Standard Price The Ultimate in attention - one to one tuition and you get the whole cottage to yourself as we don't take any other bookings whilst you are with us. Spoil yourself - you know you deserve to get away from it all and have some "me time" Design your own workshop, pick one day workshops from above or pick elements from our standard workshops. |
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NEW - One Day Workshop Only- £80 per person including materials and lunch (no accommodation) Maybe you are visiting the Aveyron or live nearby and would like to book a days workshop without accommodation. We can run a variety of one day workshops including, Make a silver band ring or two, A day of earrings, Perfect Stringing, Byzantine Weave Copper Bracelet, Fold Forming and many more. Please email me for more information and availability. |
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Rosary Workshop & Sightseeing 3 Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person A two day workshop exploring various methods of making rosaries including rosary bracelets - Dates will be by arrangement so please email me if you are interested in this workshop. There will be 2 full workshop days plus a day of sightseeing. The sightseeing day will be spent visiting Conque and at least two stopping off points along the pilgrims route "Les Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle " Workshop by arrangement - please email me to arrange |
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Dichroic Glass Fusing & Jewellery 2 Workshop Days / 3 Nights - £285 per person 3 Workshop Days / 4 Nights - £395 per person (includes 1 day general jewellery making) 2 half days of fusing this fantastic glass interspersed with 2 half days of making your glass into jewellery. Workshops by arrangement - Please contact me if you would like to book a date for this workshop . |
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| NEW - Special One Day Workshops - Can be added to any of the above workshops ! Make the most of your time with us by adding a one day workshop to your chosen break. eg If you have decided on our 2 day Introduction to Silversmithing, why not learn Fold Forming, or if you are new to jewellery making and are interested in our 2 day introduction to Jewellery Making you can add on a silversmithing soldering taster day and make a set of silver stacker rings. 3 days / 4 nights - £395- Please click for more information |
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Wire Ring Workshop - Fun and addictive - Once you start making wire rings you won't be able to stop - This popular workshop is part of a number of our holidays - please click the photo for more details |
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