Practical Skills

Many hands on skills relating to various materials including metal, ceramics, resin, wood, textiles, glass, paper and print.

Jewellery/ Metal based
Various joining techniques including soldering, hinge making, joining with rivets and making chains. Various surface techniques, including enameling, reticulation, polishing, sandblasting, using the roller press, leafing, hammering and stamping techniques. Specialist jewelers techniques, including stone setting, casting, making findings and stinging beads.

Ceramic based skills
Mould making, slip casting, coiling, throwing, and glazing.

Resin based skills
Making various moulds and polishing.

Wood based skills
Drilling, sanding, and use of band saw.
Textiles based skills
Batik dying, embroidery, machine stitching, and use of heat press machine.

Glass based skills
slumping, fusing, cutting of glass, polishing, and sandblasting.

Paper based skills
Making paper from paper pulp, making sheet paper, making paper forms and colouring paper.

Print based skills
Mono printing and embossing.

Various drawing and photography skills.

IT skills
Competent on Word and Adobe Photo shop.