What is Art Clay Silver, and why is it an ideal material for creating jewelry during a silver ring-making workshop?
In our silver jewelry-making workshops, including the ones where we create rings, we use Art Clay Silver.
In its wet state, this silver clay can be easily shaped into jewelry. Once dry, it can be fired. During firing, the organic material binding the silver particles together burns away, leaving behind a 99.9% pure silver piece.
Jewelry made from Art Clay Silver silver clay is silver of such high purity that most people with metal allergies can wear it, as they usually react to alloying metals rather than pure silver.
We believe that a ring-making workshop should be about the joy of creating, and Art Clay Silver is an excellent material for making this possible. It is easy to shape and can be reworked — practically 100% reusable. In addition, silver clay offers an enjoyable creative process for everyone, from beginners to advanced participants, during every ring-making workshop.
With us, you don’t need to know or learn complicated professional techniques in order to create your own silver jewelry. What’s more, with the experience gained during the workshop, you can even continue creating with Art Clay Silver silver clay at home.
Choose this Art Clay workshop if you specifically want to take part in a ring-making workshop.
If you would specifically like to take part in a ring-making workshop with us, we especially recommend our one-day workshop.
What happens during our one-day workshop?
During our one-day Art Clay workshop, we create several pieces of jewelry, one of which is always a silver ring. In addition, participants typically make two smaller pendants or a pair of earrings, using a total of 15 g of Art Clay Silver material.
Two-day Art Clay Silver workshop
If you would really like to immerse yourself in jewelry making and create several silver rings, we recommend our two-day Art Clay Silver jewelry-making workshop. During this workshop, we create 4–6 silver jewelry pieces, including 2 rings. Over the two days, we use a total of 30 g of Art Clay Silver silver clay to create the jewelry pieces.
Level I Silver Jewelry-Making Workshop
The Level I workshop is the most complex of all our workshops, but also the most structured. Following the Official Japanese Curriculum, we introduce a wide range of techniques, which participants learn by creating the required pieces. During this workshop, in addition to other silver jewelry pieces, we create a total of 2–3 rings, each with a much more complex finish. One of the silver rings is decorated using the syringe technique, creating an organic, raised motif on the surface of the ring. The second silver ring is made with a complex top section, into which we also set a pearl during the workshop.
What type of jewelry can you create with us during a ring-making workshop?
To summarize the above, depending on which of our workshops that include silver ring making you choose, you may have the opportunity to create the following types of rings:
Silver ring with a structured surface / One-day workshop
Silver ring with a smooth or structured surface / Two-day workshop
Silver ring with syringe technique decoration and silver ring with a complex top section and pearl / Level I workshop
What style of jewelry can you create with us during a ring-making workshop?
Art Clay Silver allows for a wide range of techniques and styles when creating a ring.
Among beginner and intermediate techniques, participants can create rings with an organic design or ornamental decoration during a workshop. At the same time, for advanced and professional makers, the material also makes it possible to create silver rings with highly precise geometric forms.
How to prepare for an Art Clay Silver silver ring-making workshop
When coming to one of our silver ring-making workshops in Budapest, please wear comfortable clothing that is not too delicate. Other than that, there is nothing you need to prepare. We provide all the tools you will need during the workshop to create your own silver jewelry. Of course, if you have any tools or modeling tools you enjoy using, feel free to bring them with you.
Perhaps most importantly, if you are planning to make the jewelry created during the ring-making workshop as a gift, you should definitely know the recipient’s ring size — in other words, the size in which the ring needs to be made.
Don’t forget to bring your good mood and creative spirit with you!
How to take the right measurement if the ring you create during the ring-making workshop is intended as a surprise gift
When making a surprise ring, the most difficult question is how to find out your loved one’s ring size.
That’s why we’ll now go through the options available to you.
It is important to decide right at the beginning how wide you would like the ring to be, as the wider a ring is, the tighter it will feel and the less room it allows for the finger to move. For a ring that is 5–6 mm wide, you may need to make it 1–2 sizes larger than you would for a ring that is only 2–3 mm wide.
Ring sizer set
The easiest option, of course, is when you do not need to keep your plans a secret and can measure the recipient’s ring size with the help of a ring sizer set. A ring sizer set like this is not a small investment, but someone may be able to lend you one.
It is important to know that ring sizer sets are generally not standardized worldwide. For example, the numbering used on a ring sizer set in Italy may not necessarily match the system used in Hungary. That is why you should always note what type of ring sizer you used.
Paper strip
A slightly more complicated method, but one that can even be done secretly, is to use a paper strip.
To do this, cut a strip of paper to the same width as the ring you would like to make. Wrap it around the person’s finger and mark the point where the strip meets itself. It is important not to pull the strip too tight. It is better if it has a little room to move, but definitely not so much that it could easily slip off.
Bring one of their rings
A clever solution can be to bring a ring that your loved one especially enjoys wearing.
Before making the ring, we will show you how to measure the ring size from it.
How can you register?
Click on the Art Clay Workshops menu item and choose the jewelry-making workshop you would most like to attend.
There, you will also find our current workshop calendar, where you can select the date that suits you best.
Check out our jewelry-making workshop calendar!
Sign up for one of our workshops, or surprise your loved ones with a gift voucher.
Can’t find the jewelry-making workshop you would like to choose in the calendar?
In this case, please contact us at gd@glass-design.hu, and we will help you attend your chosen workshop as soon as possible.
Personalized gift voucher
You can also order a gift voucher from us, which we can personalize with a name and send to you by email.
Our jewelry-making workshops offer not only new skills, but also unforgettable experiences. Step out of the everyday and discover the joy of creating!
gd@glass-design.hu
