Hammered Silver Ring Workshop

Shelley Ide is running a hammered silver ring workshop at Orla James Jewellery in Broadwater on Thursday 5 November, from 18:00 to 21:00. It's a small-group silversmithing class where you make your own silver ring and take it home with you.

Shelley Ide is a Worthing-based silver jewellery designer and maker who works by hand, creating coastal-inspired pieces with a focus on textures, sea glass and organic shapes. That same approach carries over into the workshop: it's a hands-on evening where you'll work through the traditional steps of the craft. You'll go through annealing, forming, soldering, sizing, texturing, filing, finishing and polishing, and you'll leave with the ring you've spent the night making.

It's described as a relaxed, beginner-friendly session, and the numbers are kept low—four or five spaces per workshop—so it's not a crowded room. The format is pitched as a good fit for creative friends, milestone birthday surprises or family evenings out. The ring workshop sits alongside a wider series of taster sessions where you can make your own silver necklace or earrings as well.

Practical details: it runs from 18:00 to 21:00 at Orla James Jewellery in Broadwater, Worthing, and costs £85.00. The minimum age is 16.