DIY Vintage Style Jewellery Craft Box

Make delicate and beautiful necklaces and earrings using hemp cord and Czech glass beads

Christine Smalley
(Etelage)

5.0 (12)

$69 or 4 payments of $17.25 with - Afterpay

What you'll get (delivered to you)

Add-ons available for this class

Bead Mat ($3)

Waxed Linen ($10)

Earring Kit 5 pr surgical steel ($6)

Round Nose Pliers w Side Cutter ($18)

You can add these when you book (optional).
Find everything you need to make unique beaded necklaces, bracelets and earrings in this craft box at home. You are the designer! Make 10 pairs of earrings plus necklaces and bracelets. Simply thread beads onto the hemp cord and knot to finish.

This limited edition craft box includes:
- Over 50m hemp cord in four colours
- Three packets of Czech glass bead mixes
- Two packets of earring parts (silver-plated, solid brass) - 5pr each finish
- Handouts on the techniques learnt and how to make earrings
- Bonus booklet on how beads are made, technique and design tips

Czech pressed glass beads are fine quality pressed glass beads made by an age-old cottage industry. They are made in small quantities using hot glass which is pressed into moulds and come in a myriad of shapes and sizes. Czech beads are the best quality available, and shapes include round, tubes, leaves, flowers, stars and oval shapes.

Why we love Czech glass beads and you will too:
- Their diversity: colour, shape and size
- Their quality: uniform hole
- Their heritage: Czech tradition since the 16th century of bead making
- Their design possibilities: they are perfect for both modern designs and recreating a vintage style

Plus purchase optional extras:
- Round nose pliers with wire side cutter
- Bead mat so beads do not roll everywhere
- Additional ear parts surgical steel 5prs

We believe in the power of adornment and creativity and have designed a craft box for you to design, make and play using beautiful and original elements sourced ethically and globally.
We inspire your notable style and embrace the maker culture: seeking beauty, slow, ethical and local.

What you'll need

- Round nose pliers
- Wire cutters

Knowledge Required

Beginner-friendly.

Your provider

Christine Smalley
(Etelage)

Inspiring Jewellery Designer, Educator and Stylist

5.0 (12)

I founded Etelage (French for adornment) in 2002, fueled with a passion for women to exude their notable and authentic style through jewellery.
I am a local inner west, Sydney jewellery designer, passionate educator, author, community-spirited and sustainable style advocate. My ambition is to help you develop excellent technical jewellery making and design skills and inspire you to greater creative depth in your jewellery making adventures using beautiful modern and vintage elements sourced ethically and sustainably.
I observe that generally as a society we are becoming more mindful about our choices: conscious of choosing products which are made using artisan traditions and not mass produced, and seeking quality over quantity. So it is with that philosophy that I share my skills and knowledge of jewellery design to encourage all my students to awaken their creative soul and seek beauty, slow, artisan and local.
My goal always is to create a teaching environment where participants can share ideas, be inspired and let their imaginations run wild! With over 17 years teaching experience I am dedicated to empowering my students to become better designers and better makers, equipping them with skills and confidence to create whatever my students dream!
Learn how to string chunky necklaces, knot eclectic beads, link chandelier earrings, use buttons and buckles in jewellery design, and more at our friendly and intimate studio spaces in Rozelle and Summer Hill (April 2020). Alternatively we can travel to your venue. (for group bookings only)

I invite you to come and learn some simple jewellery making techniques with a local jeweller, which will impress you as well as your friends.

Etelage jewellery workshops are perfect for individuals, corporate bookings or a group of friends.

Let's make and play together and unlock your inner creative!

Chris
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