Upcoming Taster Silver Clay Workshops

Silver jewelry including earrings and necklaces with heart and teardrop-shaped pendants, displayed on a wooden surface.

Examples of pieces that you can make at a Taster Workshop

Saturday 26th September 2026 FULLY BOOKED

11:00 - 15:30

The Potter’s Wheel, Wallingford

Basic course information as above with an 11:00 start time. As the pieces will be kiln fired there will be a lunch break of about an hour starting about 13:30

£75 per person.

Sunday 4th October 2026 10:30 - 13:30

Kingfisher Studios and Gallery, NEW STUDIO ADDRESS

2 Gate Farm, Kiddington, Woodstock, OX20 1DB

Basic course information as above. £75 per person

Booking at Kingfisher Studios 4th Oct 20206

Taster Course Information

We cover the basics of using silver clay while using basic tools and making simple pendants and/or earrings. A range of cutters and textures will be available for use. The price of the workshop includes 5g of Art Clay Silver. It also includes earring hooks, jump rings and a sterling silver chain so you can leave wearing your piece(s) of jewellery or have it ready to gift.

NB There won’t be the opportunity on this workshop to make rings or stud earrings: These may be covered in future workshops. Sign up for updates to find our about new courses

NEW LOCATION

I am delighted to be able to offer a taster workshop at the ceramic studios of Charlotte Manser in South Fawley. Hopefully this will be the first of many silver clay workshops at this location so do let me know if there are any particular skills you would like to learn if you have already attended a taster workshop.

Saturday 4th July 2026

10:30 - 13:30

Charlotte Manser Ceramics, South Fawley

Basic course information as above. All students will have the opportunity to torch fire one of their pieces. I will also have my kiln there if you prefer.

£75 per person

Includes the silver and silver chain and findings. More details on the booking page. Use the link below

Saturday 4th October Silver Clay Taster Workshop Charlotte Manser Ceramics Studios

Some pieces made by students at recent beginners workshops

Oxfordshire Arts, East Hendred

I have been invited to run a series of silver clay workshops at the fantastic ceramics studios of Oxfordshire Arts. The Taster workshops are aimed at those with no experience of using silver clay. The other workshops can be adapted to provide the right level for beginners and improvers.

Check out the 2026 dates on the Oxfordshire Arts website using the button.

Dorchester Festival - FULLY BOOKED

I am delighted to have been asked to take a workshop at the festival to help raise money for their charity for 2026, Be Free Young Carers, a local charity supporting Oxfordshire Young Carers.

Join me on Sunday 3rd May at 13:00 for a 3 hr workshop to make a moon gazing hare pendant. Suitable for beginners or improvers.

Booking on their website. Direct link using the button.

Booking silver clay courses at Oxfordshire Arts

New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester

I have been invited to run a silver clay workshop at the brilliant arts and crafts hub at New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester. The Taster workshops here is still aimed at those with no (or very little) experience of using silver clay, however this one will be with the aim of making a moon gazing hare pendant (and a set of small dangle earrings if the size of pendant chosen allows).

New Dates will be added when confirmed

Four women sitting around a table in a pottery workshop, engaged in making crafts with various tools and supplies, in a brightly lit room with shelves and blackboards on the wall.

Students at a workshop at The Potter’s Wheel

Silver pendant necklace with engraved design of a leaf, a hare, and the moon, on a chain resting on a brown rock.

Sample for the Moon Gazing Hare workshops