Jewellery

Hands-on jewellery workshops

Make something personal.

Learn traditional techniques, work with real materials and create jewellery that feels unmistakably yours.

A jewellery instructor demonstrating hand tools at a shared NewMakeIt workshop table — Small-group jewellery workshops in Newmarket

Jewellery at NewMakeIt

Make jewellery from scratch.

Explore the techniques behind handmade jewellery in our welcoming, hands-on studio. Whether you are picking up jewellery tools for the first time or ready to expand your skills, our workshops guide you through transforming metal, gemstones and wax into pieces you can actually wear.

You bring the curiosity. We will help you turn it into something worth wearing.

Jewellery instructor Jim Travers demonstrating a technique during a workshop

A maker soldering a silver ring with a small torch

Choose your starting point

Start where you are comfortable.

Our levels make it easier to choose a workshop that fits your experience. Jewellery workshops are intentionally small, with a maximum of six participants for most projects.

Beginner Level 1 · Your first step

No previous jewellery experience is needed. Learn foundational tools, safety and techniques with supportive instructor guidance.

Beginner Level 2 · Build on the basics

Ideal after a Level 1 workshop or with basic jewellery-making experience. Explore more detailed designs and multi-step techniques.

From raw material to finished piece

What you will learn.

Every project is different, but these core skills are at the heart of handmade jewellery.

Five-step jewellery-making process: Cut, Form, Solder, Texture and Finish

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Learn by doing

Real tools. Traditional techniques.

Work step by step with instructor guidance while developing the control and confidence behind handmade jewellery.

A maker cutting silver at a jewellery bench pin

Cut and shape

Use hand tools to measure, cut, file and form metal accurately at the bench.

A maker heating a silver ring with a blue torch flame

Solder and assemble

Learn controlled heating, clean joins and safe torch work for a strong finished piece.

A maker polishing the inside of a handmade silver ring

Texture and finish

Refine edges, add surface detail and polish the work until it feels ready to wear.

Ready to make something?

Find your next jewellery workshop.

Browse current projects, upcoming dates and availability.

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Past projects

Skills become ideas.

Your instructor will guide the process while giving you room to make thoughtful choices about shape, texture and finish.

A jewellery maker working carefully through a magnifying visor — Precision at the bench

A set of metal ring-sizing gauges on a jewellery worktable — Size and proportion

A finished handmade silver rolling ring held in a participant's hand — Finished in silver

Ready when you are

Make something you will want to keep.

Explore upcoming dates and choose a jewellery workshop that fits your experience.

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