Introduction to Silver Clay Jewellery

Silver Daisy is running an introduction to silver clay jewellery workshop on Saturday 16 January, from 10:00 to 13:30. It's a three-and-a-half-hour session designed for complete beginners, so you don't need any previous experience to get involved.

If you've never heard of silver clay, it's a bit of a magic trick. It's worked much like traditional clay: you roll it out, texture it, and cut and shape it using stamps, cutters, moulds and texture mats. Once you're happy with your piece, it goes into a kiln and is fired until it emerges as 999 fine silver. Over the course of the morning, you'll shape your own piece and finish it to a professional standard, and you'll leave with something you actually made yourself.

Silver Daisy is a jewellery-making studio in central St Albans, run in a new, light and airy space that hosts small-group workshops in silver clay, silversmithing and jewellery. The class is suitable for ages 12 and over, and under-16s need to attend with an adult.

The price is £95, and it covers more than just the tuition. You get 7g of silver clay, jump rings, ear wires or sterling silver chain, a gift bag and a polishing cloth, plus refreshments. The studio is at Foster Studios, Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road, AL3 4DG, on the second floor with no lift.