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Jewellery & Metal Short Courses
Level 1: Introduction to Silver Jewellery Making
Designed for the complete beginners, 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: $595
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: 3rd February - 17th March 2026
Tutor: Michelle Kelly
Time: Wednesday 6-9pm
Date: 4th February - 18th March 2026
Tutor: Jess Ervin
Level 2 Jewellery: Bench Access
Suitable for previous participants of JamFactory's Introduction to Silver Jewellery (and/or Level 2 Jewellery) courses, work on your own projects in a well-equipped jewellery and metal studio under the guidance of a skilled and experienced tutor. This independently-led 7-week course is suitable for participants with prior jewellery-making experience: all previous students of JamFactory's Introduction to Silver Jewellery course (or equivalent experience) are welcome to participate as well as more experienced jewellers.
A 5x5cm square of 1mm sterling silver and 30cm of 1mm silver wire will be supplied; students may wish to purchase additional materials for their project needs as required.
COST: $550
Materials supplied (students may wish to purchase additional silver for independent projects).
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 week course
Time: Thursday 6-9pm
Date: 5th February - 19th March 2026
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 28th February 2026
Time: 10am-4pm (with a lunch break)
Tutor: Jess Ervin
Date: Saturday 28th March 2026
Time: 10am-4pm (with a lunch break)
Tutor: Michelle Kelly
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 21st February + 7th March 2026
Tutor: Danielle Barrie
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: $440
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: 6 week course
Time: Tuesday 6-8.30pm
Date: 10th February - 17th March 2026
Tutor: Sophie Horvat
Time: Wednesday 1.30-4pm
Date: 11th February - 18th March 2026
Tutor: Holly Phillipson
Time: Wednesday 6-8.30pm
Date: 11th February - 18th March 2026
Tutor: Bridget Saville
Time: Thursday 6-8.30pm
Date: 12th February - 19th March 2026
Tutor: Lauren Murphy
Time: Saturday 10am-12.30pm
Date: 14th February - 21st March 2026
Tutor: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
Time: Sunday 10am-12.30pm
Date: 15th February - 22nd March 2026
Tutor: Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
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: $440
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: 6 week course
Time: Friday 1.30-4pm
Date: 13th February - 20th March 2026
Tutor: Holly Phillipson
Time: Sunday 1.30-4pm
Date: 15th February - 22nd March 2026
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: $440
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 2, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 6 week course
Time: Wednesday 6-8.30pm
Date: 11th February - 18th March 2026
Tutor: Holly Phillipson
Decorative Underglaze with Golshad Asami
Learn the basics of mixing and applying coloured underglaze decoration to earthenware pottery in this workshop led by JamFactory Ceramics Production Manager Golshad Asami. In this two-day workshop set over two weeks, participants will learn about underglaze composition, how to create their own colour palette and apply underglaze to greenware pottery with brushes and other tools and decorative techniques such as sgraffito to paint their own set of two small plates.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. All tools and materials are supplied, including a selection of underglaze colours, prepared test tiles and two small plates. Students may wish to bring a notebook and pencil to take notes and sketch ideas. Finished pieces will be glazed and fired in JamFactory's Ceramics Studio, to be collected 2-3 weeks after workshop concludes.
COST: $380
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: Saturday 9am-1pm
Date: 7th + 14th February 2026
Tutor: Golshad Asami
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 31st January + Sunday 1st February 2026
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.
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.
Ages 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 28th February 2026
Time: 10am-1pm
Tutor: Cassie Thring
Furniture Short Courses
Timber Wall Shelf
Make your own wall-mountable entryway organiser from solid Tasmanian Oak in this intensive one-day workshop, suitable for beginners.
Participants will learn how to accurately measure and mark out components with squares and gauges, how to cut, bevel and smooth pieces by hand with Japanese hand saws, hand planes and chisels, and create secure attachments with glue. Students will then be guided through the process of using a drill press to create accurate repeatable angled holes to attach dowel hooks, which will then be secured with wedged joinery.
All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners.
Shelf dimensions (mm): 600 L x 115 H x 110 D
COST: $385
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 5.5 hour sessions (with lunch break)
Time: 10am - 3.30pm (with lunch break)
Date: Saturday 14th March 2026
Tutor: Peter Fong
Wedged Tenon Step Stool
Create and take home your own solid timber step stool in this fun and intensive single-day workshop held in JamFactory's Furniture Studio. Pieces will be constructed with wedged tenons (a visible form of joinery that creates an exposed end-grain in the stool-top) for a sturdy and unique piece.
Students will be guided through the process of marking out their wooden components, how to shape and prepare their pieces with a combination of hand tools and machinery (including hand planes, drills, saws and table routers) in order to create precise and sturdy joinery with wedged tenons, as well as sand, polish and oil their finished pieces for a smooth finish.
All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners.
COST: $395
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 6.5 hour session (with lunch break)
Time: 10am-4.30pm
Date: Sunday 1st March 2026
Tutor: Adrian Potter
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: 31st January - 14th February 2026
Tutor: Peter Fong
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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.
Coffee table dimensions (mm): diameter 600 x height approx. 500
COST: $725
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 21st + Sunday 22nd March 2026
Tutor: Adrian Potter
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: $665
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
Children’s Workshop: Illustrated Botanical Mandalas
Dive into the mindful drawing practice of botanical mandalas, experimenting with composition through three-dimensional arrangements before transforming these to illustrated artworks. Suitable for children aged 5 years and over, participants will arrange a mandala of fresh flowers and garden ephemera; using this as inspiration to create a pen drawing to be brought to life with watercolour.
This workshop is suitable for children aged 5 years and over (guardians and caregivers are also welcome to book in and participate). All tools and materials will be supplied; students will go home with their own botanical art work on quality watercolour paper.
COST: $25
All materials supplied.
Ages 5+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 1.5 hours
Time: 10-11.30am
Date: Wednesday 21st January 2026
Tutor: Deborah Twining
Children’s Workshop: Wild Things Mask Making
Create an animalistic spooky mask to scare your family and friends using cardboard - our greatest resource for crafty play. Guided by artist Deb Twining, participants will be shown how to assemble an assortment of repurposed cardboard and decorate with paint, paint pens, fabric, and other embellishments to make a one-of-a-kind mask. Participants will take home their own handmade mask along with all the inspiration needed to keep making at home using accessible recycled materials and found objects to create their own colourful characters.
This workshop is suitable for children aged 5 years and over (guardians and caregivers are also welcome to book in and participate). All tools and materials will be supplied; students will go home with their own mask.
COST: $25
All materials supplied.
Ages 5+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 1.5 hours
Time: 12.30-2pm
Date: Wednesday 21st January 2026
Tutor: Deborah Twining
Etched Pewter Earrings
Design and construct a unique pair of etched earrings from reclaimed pewter under the guidance of jeweller and multi-disciplinary artist Sue Garrard.
Participants will be introduced to basic metal etching using saltwater electro-etching with resist designs applied in permanent markers. Students will have the opportunity to sketch and refine their own designs which will then be transferred to pewter sheet and electro-etched in a saltwater bath. Once the etching process is complete, participants can clean, cut, file, sand and polish the etched pewter sheets into their desired shapes ready to assemble and attach to sterling silver hooks.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners; all required tools and materials will be supplied, including reclaimed pewter, jump-rings and sterling silver hooks.
COST: $150
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Saturday 28th February 2026
Tutor: Sue Garrard
Wooden Spoon Making
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.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Sunday 15th March 2026
Tutor: Anna Lane
Silver Origami Jewellery
Inspired by the craft of paper folding, this workshop will introduce participants to the transformative process of forming silver-clay paper into a unique pendant or pair of earrings using 99.9% fine silver clay (a material that begins as soft, paper-like clay and transforms into solid silver when fired) with Adelaide-based multidisciplinary artist and jeweller Shirley Wu.
After practicing their designs in origami paper, Shirley will guide participants through the handling and manipulation of silver-clay paper, how to apply origami-inspired folds, and experimenting with cutting, tightening, rolling and gluing techniques to create unique designs. Participants will also learn how to attach earring or pendant findings to complete their pieces, ready for wear.
Each participant will create one pendant or one pair of earrings, including jump rings and/or earring findings (such as hooks or hoops). Please note that chains are not included for pendants. Due to kiln space requirements, all pieces will be fired after the session; finished works will be available for collection approximately one week after the workshop, from JamFactory Seppeltsfield or Adelaide.
COST: $225
All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Saturday 21st March 2026
Tutor: Shirley Wu
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:
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.