Brief Description:

How about cooking some Malaysian street food? You will be using various herbs and different techniques to create some wonderful dishes.
All ingredients will be supplied for the course; please bring an apron, tea towel and dish cloth and get ready to learn some new recipes. The tutor will demonstrate and explain the dishes. You will then cook them from scratch and take home your delicious meals (or eat them if you can’t wait!)

You will cook Roti Canai, Dhalca, Savoury glutinious rice with mushroom, chicken, bacon, peanuts and black eye beans, Black sesame seeds pudding.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• Make and cook roti canai
• Cook Dhalca
• Use and cook glutinious rice
• Cook black sesame seed pudding

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

None, but please see the list of what to bring below.

For the first session you will need to bring:

Tea towel, apron and dish cloth, sharp knife,4 x containers with secured lids of 1.5 litre capacity or larger and 5 jam jars or equivalent.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you. Book onto another cookery course with Adult Learn and Train. Try 5 week courses in breadmaking,  Indian Takeaway favourites, Vegetarian Indian Cuisine, Mediterranean, Thai. If you can’t commit to a 5 week course try our Saturday or Sunday day schools or one off sessions in Pasta Making, Oriental Dumplings and Noodles, Indian Banquet, Valentines Meal, Christmas Prep Like a Boss, St, Patricks day, Pizza Making and more throughout the year.

Brief Description

This lino printing course will offer an in-depth exploration of a range of techniques both for multiple prints or one-offs. We will cover safe working practices, cutting of lino plates and basic printing techniques. Learners will have the opportunity to print by hand using very easy to access techniques, producing both colour and black and white prints. Learners will explore how to achieve different results using reduction printing and multi-plate printing.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed:

No knowledge required

Learning Outcomes:

On this course the participants will cover:
• Safe working practices,
• Cutting of lino plates and
• Basic printing techniques.
• More advanced printing techniques

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

There is an allowance included in the fee to cover material costs. You will need to bring an apron. You are advised to have some idea of what you would like to print to ensure more time for printing.
Please also bring a Packed Lunch for the day.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you.

Your tutor also offers classes in Watercolour and Oil Painting.
The Adult Learn and Train team is also able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you. Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description

This very popular and interesting silver jewellery making course will give you a good grounding in basic techniques used by jewellers worldwide, and will be of great help should you wish to go on with further study. You will cover many basic skills making different rings which will give you the essential tools to progress onto other projects.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None, but some manual dexterity is needed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Handle and recognise silversmithing tools safely.
• Practice metal forming, wire bending, soldering, and rub-over stone setting techniques.
• Develop skills in cutting, forming, annealing and pickling metal.
• Prepare silver prior to soldering or polishing.
• Gain a basic understanding of jewellery making and the law.
• Apply techniques learned to make items of silver jewellery.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

There is an allowance included in the fee to cover material costs.

For the session you will need to bring:

A pen, tools will be provided but feel free to bring your own. You may like to wear an apron.
PLEASE NOTE: for Health and Safety reasons you must not wear open-toe shoes/sandals,and any long hair must be tied back as it is a workshop environment.
Please bring a packed lunch on both days.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

The tutor will advise you of other possible courses.
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description

Handmade Stained Glass Christmas decorations – What could be better?!  Have you ever wondered how glass is made and put together? Here is your chance to try a unique glass technique called ‘copperfoil,’ invented by Louis Comfort Tiffany, which revolutionised the way that glass was made and put together. Small scale, delicate pieces can be made using this method. You will need a steady hand and lots of patience to learn this technique, but the results will be well worth the effort! You will create a unique and beautiful copperfoil glass Christmas decoration using a combination of coloured glass and glass globs if desired.

During the first part of the course we will concentrate upon working out how to cut, foil and solder glass together. Then you will create a suitable designs and colour scheme for this project so that you will understand how to design your own piece in the future.

Learning Outcomes:

The following will be covered during the course:

Design skills Brief history of glass/makers
Glass cutting methods Grinding & soldering
Copperfoil technique Health & safety

For the session you will need to bring:

• Images for inspiration (essential)
• An apron, which is fabric or plastic coated
• A small mdf board with one raised edge (for cutting glass on) if you have one.
• A glass cutter if you have one
• An empty margarine pot or a sheet of glass with masking tape around the edge or a non-slip mat and a piece of A4 glass (for easy transportation of glass)

Extra costs on the course:

Tools and equipment will be provided.
Materials are NOT included in the course fee; There will be a fee of £17 to cover the costs of equipment and glass payable to the tutor on the first day.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you.
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Brief Description:

Flash fiction is a short, short story. Can you learn to write fiction in a flash? This workshop will get you started. Once you have an appreciation of the skills and craft that go into storytelling, you can begin to write coffee-time tales that take little time to read but are perfectly formed – short, but not necessarily sweet!

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:

• Identify the requirements of storytelling
• Explore the freedoms and limitations of flash fiction
• Identify sources of inspiration and ideas
• Produce flash fiction outlines

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

None.

For the first session you will need to bring:

Pen/pencil and paper.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Writing Short Stories
Writing Short Stories: The Sequel
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description:

On the big day of peace, goodwill and monster-sized turkeys, getting the Christmas lunch right is the one task all cooks dread today. In fact, it is all down to timing.
It’s Christmas Day, enjoy a glass of wine or catching up with family, because it’s all prepped like a boss – peeling carrots, boiling Brussels sprouts, gravy, etc.
Dinner will, of course, taste delicious – by the time you sit down for it!
With a little preparation (like a boss), such chaos can be a ghost of Christmas past.
On the day the tutor will demonstrate his practical guide for the preparation and timing for Christmas morning, followed by recipes for sauces, veg, stuffing, gravy – and, of course, the turkey itself.
Discuss ways to use up left-overs too.
The aim is to enjoy the day and prep for Christmas lunch/dinner

Pot-roast tarragon carrots/ braised spiced Red cabbage /fluffy & crispy Roast Potatoes (demo) / Brussels sprouts/ stuffing/ pigs in blanket / gravy (demo) / Yorkshire puddings / demonstration for Roast turkey
All ingredients and recipe is for 2.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:
• Cook and serve restaurant style meal at family dinner time
• To learn and improve practical skills
• Improve skills in presentation of dishes
• To show modern day skills and the use of new ingredients.
• To help build confidence and enjoyment in cooking.
• Learn how to use leftover

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

You will be given the ingredients on the day. There are no extra fees

For the first session you will need to bring:

Please bring an apron, dish cloth and tea towel as well as leak-proof containers to take your cooked foods in.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you.
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Brief Description

This very popular and interesting silver jewellery making course will give you a good grounding in basic techniques used by jewellers worldwide, and will be of great help should you wish to go on with further study. You will cover many basic skills making different rings which will give you the essential tools to progress onto other projects.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None, but some manual dexterity is needed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Handle and recognise silversmithing tools safely.
• Practice metal forming, wire bending, soldering, and rub-over stone setting techniques.
• Develop skills in cutting, forming, annealing and pickling metal.
• Prepare silver prior to soldering or polishing.
• Gain a basic understanding of jewellery making and the law.
• Apply techniques learned to make items of silver jewellery.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

There is an allowance included in the fee to cover material costs.

For the session you will need to bring:

A pen, tools will be provided but feel free to bring your own. You may like to wear an apron.
PLEASE NOTE: for Health and Safety reasons you must not wear open-toe shoes/sandals,and any long hair must be tied back as it is a workshop environment.
Please bring a packed lunch on both days.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

The tutor will advise you of other possible courses.
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description

Handmade Stained Glass Christmas decorations – What could be better?!  Have you ever wondered how glass is made and put together? Here is your chance to try a unique glass technique called ‘copperfoil,’ invented by Louis Comfort Tiffany, which revolutionised the way that glass was made and put together. Small scale, delicate pieces can be made using this method. You will need a steady hand and lots of patience to learn this technique, but the results will be well worth the effort! You will create a unique and beautiful copperfoil glass Christmas decoration using a combination of coloured glass and glass globs if desired.

During the first part of the course we will concentrate upon working out how to cut, foil and solder glass together. Then you will create a suitable designs and colour scheme for this project so that you will understand how to design your own piece in the future.

Learning Outcomes:

The following will be covered during the course:

Design skills Brief history of glass/makers
Glass cutting methods Grinding & soldering
Copperfoil technique Health & safety

For the session you will need to bring:

• Images for inspiration (essential)
• An apron, which is fabric or plastic coated
• A small mdf board with one raised edge (for cutting glass on) if you have one.
• A glass cutter if you have one
• An empty margarine pot or a sheet of glass with masking tape around the edge or a non-slip mat and a piece of A4 glass (for easy transportation of glass)

Extra costs on the course:

Tools and equipment will be provided.
Materials are NOT included in the course fee; There will be a fee of £17 to cover the costs of equipment and glass payable to the tutor on the first day.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you.
The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Brief Description:

As celestial traveller’s we’ll begin with a grand tour of the Solar System, galaxy and beyond. Starting outwards from our favourite star, passing the asteroids and planets of our small corner of the Universe, and beyond into the wider stellar neighbourhood. Taking in various cosmic wonders of our Galaxy along the way, from pulsars to
black holes, we’ll enter the domain of the Local group and super-clusters beyond, formed by billions of galaxies, shaped into vast filaments around vast voids. Then over the remaining few hours, we will explore some truly amazing wonders that modern astronomy has brought us, from exoplanets, to dark matter and the ultimate fate of the universe. So if you truly wish to expand your horizons, and occasionally blow your mind in the process, then please join me for this one truly amazing journey:

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None required. Just a keen interest in learning more.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

All materials are included – no extra cost.

For the first session, you will need to bring:

A light lunch. Drinks are available.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

The full course in the Summer Term.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description

The foundational elements of Ballroom dancing will be taught, focusing on Social Foxtrot and Waltz. Depending on the rate of progression in the class, Quickstep may also be taught. Depending on your personal rate of progression, you will have acquired an understanding of how the gentleman indicates his intent over the course of a dance, and the manner in which the lady attends to this indication and responds.
This course is aimed towards couples. This simply means two people; same gender is welcome, in this instance one person will need to lead in the traditional ‘male’ role and one as ‘female’ role. If you would like to enrol as a sole booking the office will take your details and will contact you if more learners enquire individually. In this instance you will be given the opportunity to trial the class together.
You will be able to perform (to music) an amalgamation of fundamental figures in each dance. You will have been exposed to some general principles of effective ballroom dancing. Mostly, it’s fun!

Method of Payment:

Fees are to be paid on enrolment. Course places cannot be reserved without receipt of payment.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed:

None.
Athletic ability is required: the course is not suitable for those who are motion impaired.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course you will have the opportunity to:

• Complete an amalgamation of fundamental figures in Social Foxtrot and Waltz.
• Understand the principles of inside and outside of turn as applied to Social Foxtrot and Waltz.
• Understand the difference between heel leads, and steps taken on ball of foot.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

None. Please also bring a Packed Lunch for the day.

For the first session you will need to bring:

Ballroom dancing is an athletic activity. Please wear clothing and footwear in which you are comfortable running about. It is beneficial if the sole of your shoe has some flex to it. In the beginning, a low heel is best for the female.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise on future day and weekend courses.
The Learn and Train office is also able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Brief Description:

This is a one-day workshop for anyone with little or no experience; you will learn how to use the block printing for printing text, images or patterns. You will have access to a range of readymade wood blocks, lino blocks and will have the opportunity to printing onto fabric as well as paper. You will print creating different motifs, repeat patterns, boarders, using colour and pattern to create your own unique artwork. This can then been used to make greeting cards or print a piece of fabric that can be made into a soft furnishing. There are endless projects, which can evolve from printing. You can create your own designs using collagraph. This relatively new method of printmaking using variety of textured materials stuck onto cardboard base to create a low relief block, which is inked-up and printed.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

No previous experience needed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• To experiment with block printing using different methods
• To design and make your own collagraph block
• To produce some print samples on fabric & paper
• To learn new craft skill

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

Pen and paper

For the first session you will need to bring:

Anything you would like to print on e.g. handmade paper or fabric
The college will supply printing inks for paper & fabric (materials fee included in the cost of the course)
The tutor will supply materials for the collagraph, wooden block prints & lino prints.
Bring a packed lunch.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce you to the concept of climate change. Throughout history, people and societies have responded to and coped with changes in climate with varying degrees of success. We will look at the causes of climate change, scenarios of reducing the causes (mitigation) and responding to the effects (adaptation).
We will analyse the human influence such as human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and look at various case studies how to manage climate change, mitigation and adaptation strategies as well as the Paris Agreement.

Previous Experience and Knowledge

No previous experience or knowledge is required

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:

• discuss the greenhouse effect and how humans are enhancing it
• discuss and analyse examples of climate change
• follow debates how to minimise the effect of climate change
• debate the effectiveness of the Paris Agreement

No textbooks required, power point presentations will be available.

For the first session you will need to bring:

A snack or packed lunch, writing pad and pen.

On completion of this course, what might your next step be?

You can follow a course on www.futurelearn.com on climate change
University of Reading “Our Changing Climate: Past, Present and Future” 5 weeks
University of Exeter “Climate Change: Solutions” 4 weeks
University of Exeter “Tipping points: climate change and society” 2 weeks
University of Exeter “Climate Change: The Science” 4 weeks

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description:

If you love a Chinese dumplings and want to learn how you make them then this is the course for you!

All ingredients will be supplied for the course; please bring an apron, tea towel and dish cloth and get ready to learn the art of dumpling making. The tutor will demonstrate and explain the dishes. You will then cook them from scratch and take home your delicious meals (or eat them if you can’t wait!)

You will make chinese pork and prawn dumplings, seaweed (fried and water based type) chives, prawn and tofu dumplings. Make sauce to go with the dumplings.

The tutor will also demonstrate how to make dumpling wrappers from scratch and Chinese egg noodles. Time permitting you, as the learner might be able to make some noodles to go with your dumplings!

This is an authentic course that really is too good to miss!

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• Make the dumpling stuffings using a variety of ingredients
• Crimp the edges of the dumplings
• Methods of cooking the dumplings
• Make dumpling skins and Chinese egg noodle from scratch.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

None, but please see the list of what to bring below.

For the first session you will need to bring:

Tea towel, apron and dish cloth, sharp knife, containers with secured lids (further information on amount and sizes will be given at a later date)

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Your tutor will advise you. Book onto another cookery course with Adult Learn and Train. Try 5 week courses in breadmaking,  Indian Takeaway favourites, Vegetarian Indian Cuisine, Mediterranean, Thai. If you can’t commit to a 5 week course try our Saturday or Sunday day schools or one off sessions in Pasta Making, Malaysian Street Food, Indian Banquet, Valentines Meal, Christmas Prep Like a Boss, St, Patricks day, Pizza Making and more throughout the year.

Brief Description

The course will cover the following topics:
• Why do people get married and the significance and practicality of various wedding locations
• Where to start? – managing and organising yourself
• When to start? – time differences in production and delivery of various wedding     suppliers such as florists, cake makers, etc.
• Attention to detail – what to look for if you want things to be perfect
• Risk management and assessment
• What can go wrong and how to avoid it

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• Effectively plan and organise a wedding
• Source external suppliers and negotiate rates
• Multitask and manage your time effectively
• Co-ordinate with involved third parties and communicate in efficient and clear manner
• Identify possible risks and apply techniques to prevent and minimise them

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

Professional or personal interest in event management or specifically wedding planning

For the first session you will need to bring:

Pen and paper

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

On completion of this course, you will feel confident in designing and managing a variety of events for friends and family. The Adult Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description:

Do you plonk your flowers in a vase or wish they looked better? This session will show you how to arrange flowers in a vase to best effect. With tips on choice of materials plus a few practical tricks and interesting touches for that designer feel! All materials are included in the course fee to create a beautiful vase to take home and admire.
This session combines well with the bouquets and gift-wrapping day.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

None required. Just a love of flowers

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• Arrange a secure vase of flowers and foliage
• Learn tips to prepare and choose your flowers and prolong their cut flower life
• Investigate alternative ways of arranging flowers and foliage to best effect

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

All materials required are included in the course fee.

For the first session, you will need to bring:

Strong scissors (and secateurs if you have them). Bin bag. Something to wrap your design to take it home eg bubble wrap and a crate or supermarket bag. Apron.
Please notify the college of any plant allergies before the course. A light lunch. Drinks are available.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Flower arranging leisure course on Wednesday evenings at Coleridge
Further floral workshops eg, Bouquets and Gift-Wrapping on Sunday 9 February 2020 and Floral Foam Free workshop Saturday 16 May 2020.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description:

Gain the ability to make confident presentations is a skill that can be essential in personal, academic and work life: from job interviews to best man speeches and from college talks to networking speeches. In this interactive workshop you will discover tips and techniques to overcome nerves and create effective presentations

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

No experience needed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to:
• Set appropriate aims and objectives for presentations
• Structure a presentation
• Present more confidently and effectively
• Use techniques for managing emotional state
• Answer questions following presentations
• Practice speaking in front of a small group

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment

None

For the first session you will need to bring:

A means of taking notes. This course runs on both Saturday and Sunday. Please bring a packed lunch each day. Tea and Coffee will be provided on both days for a small cost. (cheaper if you bring your own cup!)

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Additional reading around the subject

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.

Brief Description:

On this one day course you will be introduced to using a jelly roll. ‘Jelly roll’ is a term given to a ‘pre-cut’ set of coordinating fabrics comprising 40 strips cut 2 ½” x 42”. The tutor will show you how to quickly piece these strips together to make one of three designs, depending on your ability. Whilst this course is suitable for the relative newcomer to patchwork and quilting, time will only allow us to make and join the blocks together.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

Prior experience in using a sewing machine is advised.
You need not have done patchwork before as this course will be offered at three levels starting from very easy leading to slightly more challenging. A full list of requirements will be provided.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this session participants will be able to:
• Do strip piecing
• Use specialist rulers to cut and make a quilt
• Consider how best to quilt their design.
• Go home knowing how to complete the piece

The basic lap quilt, measures about 48” by 72”. The colours and patterns will depend up the jelly roll you choose to use. With basic quilting this can be made in a day. This is an easy, no stress, patchwork! The only experience you need is to be able to sew in a straight line!

A different design quilt is slightly more difficult but smaller. It measures about 40” x 40”. About 20 strips from a jelly roll are teamed up with a plain white fabric. Again this size of lap quilt can be made and quilted in a day. It could be made larger by using all the strips from a jelly roll. Being able to stitch a ¼” seam with some accuracy is needed.

A double bed sized quilt is made with several jelly rolls. This is a more challenging patchwork design and cannot be completed in a day. Strips are sewn together and then re cut using a ruler with a 45 degree angle. If you were to use only one jelly roll you may finish the basic piecing in one day.

(photos are available on the course description in centre)

For the session you will need to bring:

You will need to bring in a jelly roll you have purchased (Approx. costs per jelly roll are from £16 to £30). One jelly roll would make a ‘lap sized’ quilt of about one metre square. Two jelly rolls would make something larger. The centre has available a number of Janome machines with patchwork feet and you are welcome to bring your own machine.
Other tools you will need to bring include a rotary cutter, pins and sharp scissors. A notebook and camera (or camera phone) would be useful. Please also bring a Packed Lunch for the day.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Enroll onto a 10 week Patchwork and Quilting course. An improver’s course could look at making larger or more complex designs. Speak to the tutor. The Learn and Train office is able to give course information or search for alternative courses for you.

Brief Description

Make some stunning jewellery by releasing your creative impulse and learn more about this incredibly fulfilling craft. Use the skills you have learned to impress friends and family with gifts or start your own business. You will develop your silver jewellery and stone setting skills, building on previous learning from the Beginners class.

Previous Experience and Knowledge Needed?

Previous knowledge is essential. This could be from other jewellery classes within the last 12 months that included soldering techniques, stone setting, metal forming and patination, casting and patterning/surface texturing. Please contact the office if unsure.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course participants will be able to:
• Handle and recognise silversmithing tools, and be able to use them safely.
• Use a variety of tools and techniques to create silver jewellery projects.
• Improve their skills with metal forming and a variety of stone setting techniques.
• Observe different techniques in practice including Delft Clay casting, patination, balling.
• Understand about precious metals and the law, hallmarking, precious metal alloys.
• Prepare precious metals and stones use improved techniques and complete own projects using skills learned.

Extra costs on the course for example text book, materials or equipment:

Silver costs have been covered in the cost of the course, maximum £15. The tutor will bring a selection of stones for which there will be a small extra cost usually no more than £6. Feel free to bring your own but please be aware that they may not be suitable for use within the projects being covered during the weekend.

For the first session you will need to bring:

Tools will be provided but if you have your own tools please feel free to bring them… Make sure they are marked for you to identify them.
Dremel/pendant drill – if you have this please bring.
Bezel rocker, Burnisher etc.
PLEASE NOTE: for Health and Safety reasons you must not wear open-toe shoes/sandals, and any long hair must be tied back as it is a workshop environment.
Please bring a packed lunch on both days.

On completion of this course, what might your next steps be?

Start your own business, or enrol on another Silver Smithing course.

Adult Learn and Train offer courses through-out the year.
Try similar courses or maybe look at learning something completely new.
You will find provision on some Saturday and Sunday’s , you will also find courses available in the day and evening at different venues in Cambridge. Courses vary in length from one-off sessions to 10 weeks or more.