Choose from several classes.
Wedding rings
We, your full-qualified, expert teachers with over 65 years combined experience, will guide you – one on one – through traditional goldsmithing processes: melting, casting, forging, bending, shaping, soldering, texturing, and polishing – to ensure the result is as happy and perfect as you are. You will be amazed at how quickly you learn, and how easier it can be. We are there every step of the way, demonstrating every process first, making sure everything is crystal clear, and worry-free.
Casting with cuttlefish
Cuttlebone casting is intriguing and fascinating; a method where you can observe the transformation of solid to liquid and back to solid. Cuttlebones are regularly washed up on beaches. Precious metals, copper and brass in form of clean scraps or casting grains are melted and then gravity poured into a prepared mould. The molten liquid fills the design carved into the cuttlebone mould.
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Wedding Rings
Handcraft your own wedding bands.
Celebrate your love, your partner, and the uniqueness of your relationship by handcrafting the wedding bands yourselves. Handcrafted, personalised rings are treasure even more, and your will be reminded of your love and this wonderful bonding experience each and every time you look at them.
Unlike mass-produced rings, these are cut, struck, forged and shaped with feeling, intention, heart, love, passion and care – they will radiate the love from which they are made. No one on the planet will have a ring like yours. And, people will be enchanted by the romantic story of how they came to be.
This once-in-a-lifetime experience is for first-timers, novices, jewellery-lovers, and the young-at-heart. No prior experience is necessary! If you’ve never picked up a hammer, or held a polishing cloth before, that’s just fine…
You can ‘start-from-scratch,’ ‘re-cycle,’ or ‘up-cycle’ to create your perfect rings. Bring gold you have been gifted, rings you’d like re-fashioned, or use our own fine gold to melt into ingots to begin the making process.
The creative experience is set over one romantic weekend. You can stay the night in our dedicated, peaceful, self-contained flat adjacent to the ring-making studio. Arrive on Saturday morning and leave Sunday afternoon with two wedding bands, more expressive, resonant, and treasured than you had even imagined.
We provide expert teaching, a fully equipped studio/workshop, consumables such as sawblades and solder etc., and delightful lunch and breakfast in a tranquil Australian bush setting – you simply bring the precious metal (if you have it) and your passion for each other.
We encourage you to get in touch and start the process as early as possible. This way everything is suitably prepared for you upon arrival. Our experience has been that the sooner couples book, the more they relish and treasure their weekend with us.
We are happy to answer any specific questions you may have. Consultations regarding size of your fingers, samples material options, can be discussed and organised via Skype or WhatsApp. Please feel free to contact us on c.goldsilver@gmail.com.
Choices of workshops
Wedding Rings
Casting with cuttlefish bone
Advanced Classes
In this workshop you will learn how to carve and cast liquid metal into cuttle bone. By the end of the day, you will have created a unique and unusual piece of jewellery or a small sculptural object.
. Together with sand casting it is one of the earliest casting techniques used historically.
Cuttlebone casting
By the end of the day, you will have created a unique and unusual piece of jewellery or a small sculptural object.
This casting techniques enables you to achieve exciting one of a kind items.Cuttlefish casting or more accurately described as Cuttlebone casting is one of several casting techniques with which to achieve exciting one off a kind pieces of jewellery or small objects Together with sand casting it is one of the earliest casting techniques.
Cuttlebone casting is intriguing and fascinating; a method where you can observe the transformation of solid to liquid and back to solid. Cuttlebones are regularly washed up on beaches.
Precious metals, copper and brass in form of clean scraps or casting grains are melted and then gravity poured into a prepared mould. The molten liquid fills the design carved into the cuttlebone mould.
Your designs can be carved freehand with simple tools or can be pressed with found objects or textures into the pre-prepared cuttlebone. Any necessary tools or equipment will be provided. Even if you have never worked with metals before you don't need to worry! You will be amazed at the end of your workshop duration what you will have achieved, whilst having a great time.
Cuttle bone casting is easy, sustainable,fun, creative and full of suspense. Like your fingerprint no one cuttle bone is the same. The pattern created from the casting reminds of the pattern left on the beach by receding waves.
