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Jewellery & Metal Short Courses
Level 1: Introduction to Silver Jewellery Making
Designed for the absolute beginner, this introductory course teaches you basic silver jewellery making skills and techniques, such as sawing, filing, soldering, forming and roller printing to achieve various textures and finishes. Students will design and make their own jewellery pieces, beginning with a simple silver ring, with the option of making a brooch, pendants or earrings for subsequent projects.
No prior experience required. All necessary tools and materials are supplied; students may choose to purchase additional silver if desired.
COST: $510
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 week course
Time: Tuesday 6-9pm
Date: 4th February - 18th March 2025
Tutor: Michelle Kelly
Time: Wednesday 6-9pm
Date: 5th February - 19th March 2025
Tutor: Jess Ervin
Level 2: Bezel Stone Setting
Suitable for participants who have completed Level 1: Introduction to Silver Jewellery, extend and refine your skills in bezel stone setting; a method of setting that utilises a thin band of metal to surround and secure the stone. Over the course of seven weeks, students will be learn how to bezel-set both round and oval cabachon stones, and have the opportunity to work on an independent project.
All necessary materials are supplied including two cabachon stones, silver and bezel wire sheet for setting and fabricating your pieces. You may choose to purchase extra silver or stones in addition to these if desired. Completion of our Level 1 Introduction to Silver Jewellery short course (7-week course or 4-day intensive) or basic jewellery skills essential.
COST: $535
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 weeks
Time: Thursday 6-9pm
Date: 6th February - 20th March 2025
Tutor: Danielle Barrie
Wax-cast Signet Ring
In this two-session course suitable for complete beginners, participants will design and create their own custom signet ring, melting and sculpting wax into a form from which to create a mould that can be used to cast their piece in sterling silver.
This class is suitable for complete beginners. All wax, tools and moulding materials are supplied as part of the workshop, however outsourced casting and silver costs are charged per item based on weight. Wax pieces will be weighed at the end of the first session to provide an indication of the casting and silver fee to be paid prior to the second session.
COST: $300
All required tools supplied. Casting and silver charged per item.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 2 x 5.5 hour sessions (including lunch break)
Time: 10am-3.30pm (including a lunch break)
Dates: Saturday 15th February + 1st March 2025
Tutor: Danielle Barrie
Silver Ring Workshop
In this one-day workshop, students will create and take home a sterling silver ring to their own measurements (or create a piece to a specific ring size to gift to a friend) and have the opportunity to customise their creation with their chosen texture and surfacing.
Participants will be guided through silver jewellery techniques including sawing, shaping, forming secure joins through soldering, and learn how to create different surface textures and complete other finishing techniques such as oxidizing, sanding and polishing.
This class is suitable for complete beginners. All required materials are provided including a length of sterling silver wire to create your ring and a copper sheet to develop designs and practice different finishes.
COST: $250
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 6 hours (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday 8th February 2025
Time: 10am-4pm (with a lunch break)
Tutor: Michelle Kelly
or
Date: Sunday 23rd March 2025
Time: 10am-4pm (with a lunch break)
Tutor: Danielle Barrie
Steel Bar Stool
Create your own bespoke stool with a welded steel frame in a coloured powder-coat finish in this intensive single day workshop. Crafted using light metal fabrication techniques, students will be guided through cutting, rolling welding, grinding and finishing processes to complete a tubular steel stool.
Suitable for complete beginners, this project-based course utilises a combination of laser-cut and hand-shaped components to introduce students to a range of processes, tools and machinery with a modern approach to metal fabrication.
Upon completion, participants will select a colour for their stool frame from a range of powder-coat options, as well as a pre-made upholstered seat cushion from a variety of vinyl colours for a customised combination of their choice. Finished pieces will be available to collect from JamFactory approximately 3 weeks from the conclusion of the workshop.
Completed stool height: approximately 700mm (counter-height or low bar stool height)
COST: $995
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio -19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 6.5 hours (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
Time: 10am-4.30pm
Tutor: Tom Golin
Ceramic Short Courses
Introduction to
Wheel Throwing
Designed for complete beginners, this course will introduce you to the skills and techniques required to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. Participants will be guided through various stages of the wheel-throwing process from centering and shaping clay on the wheel, trimming and glazing.
All required materials are supplied including clay, shaping tools and a variety of glazes to select from; students can expect to take home 8-9 finished pieces in a range of cylindrical forms such as cups, bowls, small planters and vessels. Suitable for beginners and participants who are familiar with wheel work but would like to further develop their skills.
COST: $475
Students will need to bring a towel and apron. All other materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 3, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 8 week course
Time: Wednesday 1-3pm
Date: 29th January - 19th March 2025
Tutor: Holly Phillipson
Time: Wednesday 6-8pm
Date: 29th January - 19th March 2025
Tutor: Lauren Murphy
Time: Thursday 6-8pm
Date: 30th January - 20th March 2025
Tutor: Bridget Saville
Time: Saturday 10am-12pm
Date: 1st February - 22nd March 2025
Tutor: Sophie Horvat
Time: Sunday 10am-12pm
Date: 2nd February - 23rd March 2025
Tutor: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak - SOLD OUT
Intermediate
Wheel Throwing
Designed for practiced throwers who would like to further develop their skills; this course will expand your throwing repertoire with new techniques and forms such as throwing bowls and plates with a larger base, adding handles, creating matching sets and lidded vessels.
Please note that students must have completed at least 2 terms of beginner’s wheel-throwing classes and have confirmed with their teacher that this is the appropriate class for them. Participants must be comfortable and consistent with centering, opening up, pulling sides and trimming, and able to throw cylindrical forms of different proportions with intention.
All required materials are supplied including clay, shaping tools and a variety of glazes to select from; students can expect to take home 8-9 finished pieces in a range of forms such as mugs with handles, bowls, plates and lidded vessels.
COST: $475
Students will need to bring a towel and apron. All other materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 3, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 8 week course
Time: Tuesday 6-8pm
Date: 28th January - 18th March 2025
Tutor: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
Time: Friday 2-4pm
Date: 31st January - 21st March 2025
Tutor: Xanthe Murphy - SOLD OUT
Time: Sunday 1-3pm
Date: 2nd February - 23rd March 2025
Tutor: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
Introduction to Hand Building
and Surface Decoration
This course will introduce you to a range of construction and surface decoration techniques in hand built ceramics. Students will learn coiling, pinching and various slab construction methods before being guided through surface treatment techniques to apply texture and decorative elements to their pieces, and then glaze all finished work.
All required materials are supplied including clay, shaping tools, plaster moulds and a variety of glazes to select from; students can expect to take home 8-9 finished pieces in a range of sculptural and practical forms such as mugs, jugs, vases and flat slab-ware pieces such as plates or trays. Suitable for beginners and participants who are familiar with hand building techniques but would like to further develop their skills.
COST: $475
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 2, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 8 week course
Time: Wednesday 6-8pm
Date: 29th January - 19th March 2025
Tutor: Holly Phillipson
Introduction to Ceramics Studio Practice
Receive an introduction to a broad range of fundamental ceramic processes, skills and principles required to run a ceramic studio practice in this eight-week course led by JamFactory Ceramics Studio Manager Phoebe Kretschmer.
Each week will cover different practical aspects of running a studio. Participants will explore the individual characteristics and use of different clay bodies, learn basic slip casting techniques, experiment with various decorative applications (including sgraffito, engobe, and colouring with stains and oxides), mix mid-fire and high-fire glazes whilst uncovering the chemistry behind glaze development and composition, learn about kiln technology and efficient firing procedures, and gain an understanding of the principles and processes involved with clay recycling.
This comprehensive introductory course is ideal for ceramicists looking to upscale or incorporate new techniques into their practice, or setting up their own studio space. All ceramic tools and materials are supplied; participants will need to bring a notebook and pen for taking notes. Basic experience required (completion of a JamFactory introduction-level ceramics course or equivalent).
COST: $655
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 8 week course
Time: Thursday 6-8pm
Dates: 30th January - 20th March 2025
Tutor: Phoebe Kretschmer
SOLD OUT
Advanced Wheel Throwing: Servingware Masterclass
In this intensive four-day masterclass designed for intermediate to advanced throwers, participants will be directed through the tools and techniques required to throw larger amounts of clay to produce a variety of objects of more substantial size, including but not limited to, larger bowls, serving platters, lidded pots and jugs.
Under the guidance of highly-experienced ceramicist Peter Andersson, students will learn how to use bats to throw pieces with a larger base, create spouts, pull handles off the pot for jugs and mugs and receive demonstrations in different techniques for trimming their work in order to refine pieces to their desired form.
All required materials are supplied including clay and shaping tools, however students are encouraged to bring their own tools if they have them. Participants can expect to complete 8-12 finished pieces, which will be bisque fired in JamFactory's ceramics studio for students to transport home to complete glazing and firing in their own kiln, or work can be glazed and fired by JamFactory at an additional cost.
Prior throwing experience essential. This course is suitable for participants who have completed at least two terms of JamFactory's Intermediate Wheel Throwing course or who have equivalent experience in wheel throwing.
COST: $575
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 3, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 4 day intensive
Time: 10am - 3.30pm (with lunch break)
Date: Thursday-Sunday, 3rd-6th April 2025
Tutor: Peter Andersson
SOLD OUT
Build Your Own Dinnerware
Hand build your own 12-piece dinner set (4 plates, 4 side plates and 4 pasta bowls) in this two-session weekend course. Participants will learn the process of building ceramic pieces with slump moulds; using a rolled-out clay slab which is draped and formed over a plaster mould to create pieces of consistent size and shape which can then be individualised through surface texture.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. All materials are supplied; your finished pieces will be glazed and fired in JamFactory's Ceramics Studio, to be collected 2-3 weeks after the workshop date.
COST: $400
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 2, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 2 x 4 hour sessions
Time: 9am-1pm
Date: Saturday 15th + Sunday 16th March 2025
Tutor: Lauren Murphy
Ceramic Bird Sculpture with Cassie Thring
Expand your hand-building skills and create your own unique ceramic bird sculpture in this one-day workshop led by Adelaide-based artist Cassie Thring. This fun and intuitive skills-based class combines sculptural and illustrative technique and is open to all levels of experience.
In this introduction to adding narrative to clay sculpture, students will learn how to conceptualise and make hand-built, impressionistic objects from reference imagery. Under Cassie's, tutelage, participants will be guided through the process of designing and crafting bird forms from earthenware clay as well as the application of underglaze materials to add colour and pattern.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. All tools and materials are supplied including a selection of underglaze colours to work with. Students are encouraged to bring their own reference imagery of birds that they wish to work from (some imagery will be supplied).
Finished pieces will be fired in JamFactory's Ceramics Studio to be collected 2-3 weeks after the workshop date.
COST: $180
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 2, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 3 hour session (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday 22nd February 2025
Time: 10am-1pm
Tutor: Cassie Thring
SOLD OUT
Furniture Short Courses
Shaker-style Side Table
In this weekend-long course suitable for beginners, participants will create a small shaker-style side table in solid Tasmanian blackwood and receive an introduction to fundamental woodworking skills under the guidance of highly-experienced furniture designer Adrian Potter.
Renowned for its austere, clean lines, Shaker-style furniture emerged from a religious movement known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly referred to as the Shakers, in 18th century America. Shaker craftsmanship was centered around the thoughtful use of materials and a form-follows-function approach to design, creating an enduring aesthetic with a long-lasting appeal.
Students will be guided through the safe and effective use of hand tools for drilling holes, hand-planing and sawing - as well as power tools such as a domino machine, router, sanders and thicknesser - to construct their pieces, and learn how to smooth and prepare wood for polishing.
All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners; no prior experience is required.
COST: $600
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 2 x 6 hour sessions (with lunch break)
Time: 10am - 4pm (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday & Sunday, 22nd-23rd March 2025
Tutor: Adrian Potter
SOLD OUT
Sashimono Bench Seat
Create and take home a small Japanese-style bench with a split top seat, crafted purely from solid Tasmanian Oak using hand-formed joinery. Suitable for complete beginners, this three-week course will introduce participants to traditional hand tools and techniques with a particular focus on the strength of traditional wedged mortise and tenon joinery for sturdy construction without the use of screws, nails or glue.
Over the course of three full-day sessions, students will learn how to accurately mark out joinery with a range of layout tools including bevel gauges, marking gauges, squares and marking knives. They will then be guided through cutting joinery and shaping wood by hand with chisels, Japanese saws, hand planes and spokeshaves.
All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for beginners and intermediate woodworkers who would like to refine their skills in hand-joinery. Perfect for students seeking to develop their skills in hand-tools with very little use of power tools; please note that due to the nature of this making process, some patience and elbow-grease will be required.
COST: $925
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 3 x 5.5 hour sessions (with lunch break)
Time: Saturday 10am - 3.30pm (with lunch break)
Date: 15th February, 22nd February, 1st March 2025
Tutor: Peter Fong
SOLD OUT
Blackwood Coffee Table
Suitable for complete beginners, create and take home your own circular coffee table crafted from solid Tasmanian Blackwood in this two-day workshop held in JamFactory's Furniture Studio. Pieces will be constructed with visible wedged tenon joinery for a unique tabletop finish.
Under the guidance of highly-experienced furniture designer and maker Adrian Potter, participants will be guided through the process of marking out, gluing and joining timber components with wedged tenons as well as using an electric jigsaw, plunge routers and hand planes to refine and customise the shape of their pieces; creating a smooth circular tabletop and tapered legs which can then be sanded and polished for a professional finish.
All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for beginners and intermediate woodworkers.
COST: $695
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 2 x 6 hour sessions (with lunch break)
Time: 10am - 4pm (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday 5th + Sunday 6th April 2025
Tutor: Adrian Potter
SOLD OUT
Glass Short Courses
Individual Glass Blowing
Experience an intensive one-on-one introductory session in the JamFactory's hot glass studio. Under the tutelage of a professional glass artist, participants will be guided through traditional glass blowing skills in gathering, rolling, blowing, shaping with hand tools and removing pieces from the blow pipe. This session is suitable for complete beginners and all required tools and materials are supplied.
Final pieces will be annealed and refined via cold-work processes and available for collection 1-2 weeks after the workshop date (students will be contacted once their pieces are ready to collect). Postage can be arranged at an additional cost.
COST: $630
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Glass Studio
Ground Floor, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 4 hours
Time: Saturdays and Sundays 8AM - 12PM or 12:30PM - 4:30PM
Seppeltsfield Program
Felting with Igora Opala
Join textile artist Igora Opala in this immersive introduction to wet felting. Starting from fluffy merino wool roving, participants will be guided through the process of composing their own design from a variety of dyed wool colours, and binding the loose fibres together into a flat felted piece.
Working by hand, students will be shown how to create a sturdy and pliable piece of felt that is resistant to fraying; manipulating the natural characteristics of the fine wool fibres to reinforce connections between each layer. Participants will complete the workshop with their own finished felt artwork, as well as the knowledge and skills required to continue working from home to experiment with more complex designs and incorporate other materials.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. All tools and materials will be supplied including fine merino wool roving in a range of colours. Please note that the final part of the felting process does require some physical work in order to compress and bind the piece together.
COST: $285
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: x5 hours with lunch break
Time: 10am-3pm
Date: Saturday 22nd February 2025
Tutor: Igora Opala
Wooden Spoon Making with Anna Lane
Join Anna Lane of Sawdust Lane Woodworks to create your own functional wooden serving spoon. Starting with a spoon blank, participants will customise their pieces to a form of their choosing and add their own unique design elements; Anna will guide you through the process of marking out and shaping your spoon with a variety of rasps and files, before sanding and oiling your spoon for a smooth and food-safe surface.
There will be a range of spoon blanks in various shapes/dimensions and different timbers such as Mahogany, Tasmanian Huon Pine and Queensland Kauri to select from on the day; choose the piece that speaks to you!
All required tools and materials will be supplied and this workshop is suitable for complete beginners. (No prior experience necessary, just a bit of elbow grease!)
COST: $160
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Sunday 2nd March 2025
Tutor: Anna Lane
SOLD OUT
Children’s Program: Embellished Ecosystems
Suitable for participants aged 5 and over, participants will create their own colourful wearable brooch in intricately patterned compositions using repurposed materials such as craft foam and reclaimed packaging. Students will be guided through different techniques to add texture to their pieces in accessible adaptations of the metal-smithing techniques of repoussé and chasing. Each brooch will become a miniature reef ecosystem, rich in its diversity, texture and form.
Developed and facilitated by multidisciplinary artist and arts educator Deborah Twining this workshop is running alongside ‘Chasing a Passion’; a solo exhibition by renowned jeweller and metalsmith Julie Blyfield. Inspired by a recent visit to the Great Barrier Reef and the marine collection of the South Australian Museum, the collection reflects on the fragility and preciousness of endangered ecosystems through handcrafted sculptural representations of the Australian landscape.
Students will be guided through the planning and composition of their pieces, with a strong emphasis on sustainability as a focus in both the making process, creative inspiration and concept development.
COST: $25
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 5+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 1.5 hours
Time: 10-11.30am
Date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
Tutor: Deborah Twining
Children’s Program: Lego Letterpress
Suitable for children aged 5 years of age and over, join Deb Twining of Twining Arts to become your own lego art master!
Participants will create their own lego print board with a unique design formed from lego pieces, and be shown how to ink it up and print their design onto paper using a studio printing press. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with their designs using multiple print plates and different colours to create their own playful finished artworks.
All tools and materials including paper, ink and lego for printing will be provided during the session. Participants will complete the workshop with their own range of printed artworks, and the knowledge required to continue printing at home with their own lego collection.
COST: $25
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 5+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 1.5 hours
Time: 12.30-2pm
Date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
Tutor: Deborah Twining
CPD Programs
CPD: Private Group Workshops for Architects
JamFactory is now offering all Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs across our furniture and metal studios for private group bookings on-request, specifically tailored for architects seeking formal CPD points.
CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39
5 FORMAL CPD POINTS
$300 pp
participants per group: minimum 6 – maximum 10
duration: 5.5 hours (with half-hour break)
Please see below for full range of options, details and booking information:
CPD: Introduction to Metal Fabrication
Gain practical skills and fundamental knowledge of the properties of various metals commonly used in furniture, industrial and interior design, with a focus on the context and history of metals and production methods within Australia.
Hosted in JamFactory's Jewellery and Metal Studio, the session will begin with a tour of the teaching studio and machine room, which provides facilities for production and commissions as well as JamFactory's associate program for creative practitioners, and public short course program.
This professional development program will comprise a tour, informal information session, discussion, hands-on demonstrations and practical application of knowledge through a series of small skills-based exercises in 6 different metals. Students will be guided through a variety of techniques such as folding, hand-hammering, applying patinas and brush-finishing individual samples to take home in a custom-made sample holder.
COST: $300
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Metal Studio - Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 5.5 hours (with half hour break)
CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39
Date: Friday 21st March 2025
Time: 9:30am - 3pm
Tutor: Tom Golin
Workshops for Private Groups
JamFactory has a selection of tours, hands-on experiences and workshops available for private group bookings designed for social events, tour groups and corporate team-building sessions. Please see below for our full range of options, pricing and booking information:
General information on our short course requirements, facilities and refund policy can be found here
Gift vouchers for our short course program can be purchased via our online store here.