Bush Jewellery Studio

Jewellery making tuition at most levels with a focus on hand technology. Teaching modules: the finger ring, soldering (heat control, flux technology, simple holding devices), advanced soldering (stick soldering, hard joins, binding wire, lamination, dissimilar metals), practical alloying (golds, silvers, bronze) for button ingots, or sheet and rod, roller printing and texturing, fold forming, press forming, pillowing sheet metal cold joining, rivets, setting cabochon gemstones, steel tool-making, make your own texture and design punches. lo-tech gravity casting (delft sand, cuttlefish), eyeglass frame building Private tuition intensives on a timetable to suit your needs. Come to New Zealand for 'jewelry tourism' and stay in the room above the studio or come for one of the First Saturday of the Month One-day Workshops.