Start a complete beginner and leave confident in intermediate pewter casting skills. Great for a new hobby or to kick start a new craft business.

This exciting process involves making and using moulds, melting and pouring the pewter, finishing and polishing your design and turning it into products or jewellery. With expert tuition this workshop is suitable for anyone. You will leave with at wide variety of pieces with different techniques, finishes and styles.

We will begin with simple moulds using a variety of moulding materials and techniques. We will explore the different finishes and textures that can be achieved with the varied materials and tools from organic natural textures to refined brushed or polished finishes.

Once you have mastered the basic skills you can move onto designing your own moulds, working on a larger scale and embedding other materials. There is so much to experiment with you’ll leave with multiple examples from each day and so many ideas to keep playing at home.

Once you've had two day to explore this accessible process you are just a couple of bits of kit away from setting up at home.

There is a maximum of 4 students per course so there will be lots of help and time to create your beautiful jewellery.