The Fascination of Jewellery Making

Tutor in Residence

Maurice Maunsell, Brisbane

Maurice Maunsell graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with an Associate Diploma of Fine Art in 1972, majoring in sculpture.  He followed this with courses in gold and silversmithing and advanced silversmithing at the Queensland College of Art, where he later became a technical assistant and tutor, then a lecturer in gold and silversmithing.  He has also tutored for the Arts Sink Programs for the Queensland Arts Council, the McGregor Schools and Flying Arts Inc. Exhibitions include the Queensland Gift Exhibition (1986), Contemporary Queensland Jewellery at Queensland House, London (1989), Bolt Touring Exhibition Queensland College of Art (1996 – 1998) and a solo exhibition at the Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery (2006) among others. 

Class Synopsis

This workshop will explore the techniques and processes necessary for the confident fabrication of jewellery and precious metal work and will cater for absolute beginners to those who have had experience in jewellery making. For those taking their first tentative steps as jewellers, the course will cover all the basic techniques such as sawing, filing, hard silver soldering and polishing and will progress to basic stone setting.

Those who have already taken those steps as jewellers can explore more advanced methods of ring construction (such as hollow box rings, double banded rings, rings with split bands etc.) or more advanced methods of setting stones, or they can create a more advanced piece of their own design.

The skills, once acquired, will enable all participants to fabricate other forms of jewellery such as pendants, bracelets, earrings etc.

Materials

Estimated material cost $200.00 plus for metal and tools, $10 to $20 for wax available from the tutor. Experienced students should have most of the equipment. The materials list contains a list of suggested materials to bring.

Level

All levels

Enrolment

An enrolment form for the Winter School is in pdf formatfor you to complete to either fax or post.