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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: $615

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 week course

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Introduction to Wax-cast Jewellery

In this six-week introductory course, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of wax-cast jewellery making - a process in which wax is manipulated into a form from which a mould is created to cast a finished piece in metal. This course will cover working with various types of wax with different properties using a range of construction and decorative techniques to achieve different forms and finishes.

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 based on the current market price of silver (students can also opt to cast their pieces in brass). 

COST: $515

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: 6 x 3 hour sessions (two-week break between 4th and 5th session)

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Silver Ring Workshop

In this one-day workshop, learn how to create and take home a sterling silver ring to your own measurements (or create a piece to a specific ring size to gift to a friend) and customise your piece with different texture and surfacing techniques.

Participants will be guided through the process of measuring and calculating ring size, basic silver jewellery techniques including sawing, shaping, forming secure joins through soldering, finishing their pieces with sanding and polishing as well as learn how to create different hammered surface textures if desired. 

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. 

If you are making a ring as a gift, please come prepared with the appropriate ring size required.

COST: $250

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 4.5 hours   

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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. 

COST: $515

BYO materials.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Jewellery and Metal Studio
Teaching Studio 1, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 week course

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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: $475

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: 7 week course

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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: $475

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: 7 week course

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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: $475

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Ceramics Studio
Teaching Studio 2, Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 7 week course

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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.

In the first session, participants will work on prepared tiles to practice their application technique, test colours, experiment with layering and consider an overall design to work on in the second session. Tiles will be fired with a clear glaze in-between the first and second session, so that students have an opportunity to assess their test pieces before applying a final design to a prepared plate. (Each participant will be provided with two small plates to work on.)

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

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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

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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 session (with lunch break)

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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: $415

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)

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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: $950

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)

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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.

Students will receive an introduction to foundational woodworking tools and techniques such as the effective use of hand tools and woodworking jigs for efficient and precise construction, and learn how to create sturdy joinery, shape, smooth and polish wood with respect to the unique natural characteristics of timber.

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.

Coffee table dimensions (mm): diameter 600 x height approx. 500 

COST: $735

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 2 x 6 hour sessions (with lunch break)

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Timber Picture Frame

Create your own A4 picture frame from solid timber using a combination of machine and hand tools in this beginner friendly, single-day workshop. 

Participants will be guided through the following woodworking processes to complete their picture frame:

  • cutting components to size with a panel saw and prepared jig for accuracy

  • simple joinery using mitre sleds and spline cutting for efficiency

  • shaping pieces with a router table

  • applying hand-finishing techniques (sanding, applying protective finishes and hardware)

All tools and materials supplied. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners.

COST: $280

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio
Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 6 hour session (with lunch break)

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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: $715

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Glass Studio
Ground Floor, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 4 hours

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Seppeltsfield Program

 
 
 

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: $165

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours

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Colour Pop Enamel Earrings

Create a unique pair of colourful enamelled earrings with jeweller and multi-disciplinary artist Sue Garrard. Participants will select from a variety of pre-cut reclaimed aluminium pieces to make up their own design, create joining holes and enamel their pieces with low-temp coloured enamel powder for a customised colour (or colour combination) of their choice. Enamelled pieces will be fired in small kilns run on tea-light power; a low-temperature, eco-friendly and compact process for firing enamel projects.

Once enamelled pieces are complete, participants will learn how to assemble their earrings with sterling silver jump rings and earring hooks; with the option to add small brass embellishments if desired.

This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. All required tools and materials will be supplied, including pre-cut pieces of reclaimed aluminium, a range of coloured enamel powders, brass embellishments and sterling silver jump-rings and hooks. Participants will complete the workshop with a customised pair of colourful earrings in a configuration of their own design.

COST: $160

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 3 hours

Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Saturday 30th May 2026
Tutor: Sue Garrard

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Linocut Printmaking onto Textiles

Learn how to design, carve and print your own lino block patterns and illustrations onto paper and fabric in this hands-on workshop led by highly-qualified printmaking artist and educator Hanah Williams.

Participants will be guided through the process of sketching and preparing their designs, carving their composition out of an Ezy Carve block using a range of techniques, and how to print by hand onto both paper and fabric, experimenting with different coloured inks and repeat-pattern printing.

All printmaking tools and materials will be supplied. You'll be provided with individual calico squares and a tote bag for printing; participants are encouraged to bring along any additional fabric or paper items they wish to print on, as well as reference images for inspiration if desired. 

Students will take home a collection of finished prints on fabric and paper, their own printed tote bag, carved lino blocks, their own set of carving tools and the skills required to continue printing at home. 

COST: $160

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 4 hours (brief 15 minute lunch break)

Time: 10am-2pm
Date: Sunday 24th May 2026
Tutor: Hanah Williams

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Children’s Workshop: Articulated Creatures

Make your own fantasy-inspired creatures with moveable limbs! Inspired by folklore and your own imagination, create whimsical hybrids, monsters of the deep or beautiful birds. Starting from sketched concepts, participants will be encouraged to explore differing possibilities and combinations of their images before constructing creatures out of cardboard, painting with a range of mediums and adding moveable joints.

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 collection of cardboard creatures.

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 22nd April 2026
Tutor: Deborah Twining


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Children’s Workshop: Sea Creatures Tetra Pak Printmaking

Explore the eco printmaking process of Tetra Pak printmaking with artist and educator Deb Twining! Participants will use repurposed milk cartons to create uniquely textured prints of their favourite sea creatures; Deb will show students how to create velvety lines and variations in tone by scratching, peeling and cutting into the silver lining of milk carton packaging before inking and printing onto dampened paper using a printing press.

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 several prints (one 'first' and two ghost prints) of their design.

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 22nd April 2026
Tutor: Deborah Twining


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CPD Programs

 
 
 
 

CPD: Solid Timber Furniture Design & Construction

Hosted in JamFactory's Furniture Studio, this Continuing Professional Development program will provide architects with an in-depth overview of the end-to-end process of designing and making timber furniture with a focus on the production methods involved in manufacturing a solid timber chair.

Through practical demonstrations and discussion, this course highlights material behaviour, manufacturing workflows, and how design decisions impact durability, production efficiency and craft quality in the end product.

Students will complete the session with a certificate of completion for the accrual of 5 formal CPD points. This session is designed for architects seeking Continuing Professional Development, however participants of any profession are welcome to take part. No prior experience in woodworking required. 

CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39

COST: $300

All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio - Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 5 hours 

Date: Friday 19th June 2026
Time: 12-5pm
Tutor: Stuart Colwill

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CPD: Woodworking Fundamentals

Enhance your understanding of the unique characteristics of timber as a material and how this affects its use in furniture, industrial and interior design in this hands-on professional development program.

Led by JamFactory's Head of Furniture Studio, Stuart Colwill, the session will begin with a tour of the furniture studio, which provides facilities for production and commissions as well as JamFactory's associate program for creative practitioners, and public short course program.

This professional development program will comprise a tour, informal information session, discussion, hands-on demonstrations and practical application of knowledge through a series of small skills-based exercises in different varieties of timber commonly used in Australia.

Students will complete the session with their own selection of hand-finished timber samples and a certificate of completion for the accrual of 5 formal CPD points. This session is designed for architects seeking Continuing Professional Development, however participants of any profession are welcome to take part. No prior experience in woodworking required. 

CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39

COST: $300

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio - Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 5 hours


AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE BOOKINGS (GROUPS 6-10)
$300 per person | enquire: doris.chang@jamfactory.com.au

CPD: Woodworking Production Methods

Further develop your knowledge of woodworking design and production processes in this hands-on introduction to common production methods, tools and techniques in this Continuing Professional Development program.

Hosted in JamFactory's Furniture Studio, students will be guided through the process of efficiently cutting components to size with a panel saw and prepared jig, simple joinery and hand-finishing techniques to create a timber picture frame.

This professional development program will comprise an informal information session, discussion, hands-on demonstrations and practical application of knowledge through a small skills-based project; a solid timber photo frame.

Students will complete the session with their own A4 photo frame and a certificate of completion for the accrual of 5 formal CPD points. This session is designed for architects seeking Continuing Professional Development, however participants of any profession are welcome to take part. No prior experience in woodworking required. 

CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39

COST: $300

All materials supplied.
Ages 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Furniture Studio - Level 1, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 5 hours


AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE BOOKINGS (GROUPS 6-10)
$300 per person | enquire: doris.chang@jamfactory.com.au

 

CPD: Introduction to Metal Fabrication

Gain practical skills and fundamental knowledge of the properties of various metals commonly used in furniture, industrial and interior design, with a focus on the context and history of metals and production methods within Australia.

Hosted in JamFactory's Jewellery and Metal Studio, the session will begin with a tour of the teaching studio and machine room, which provides facilities for production and commissions as well as JamFactory's associate program for creative practitioners, and public short course program.

This professional development program will comprise a tour, informal information session, discussion, hands-on demonstrations and practical application of knowledge through a series of small skills-based exercises in 6 different metals. Students will be guided through a variety of techniques such as folding, hand-hammering, applying patinas and brush-finishing individual samples to take home in a custom-made sample holder.

Students will complete the session with their own selection of 9-10 metal samples in 6 different metals and a certificate of completion for the accrual of 5 formal CPD points. This session is designed for architects seeking Continuing Professional Development, however participants of any profession are welcome to take part. No prior experience in metal-work required. 


CPD Category: Formal
SA CPD Core Area: Design
NSCA Mapping: PC39

COST: $300

All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+ 
Location: JamFactory Metal Studio - Level 2, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 5 hours


AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE BOOKINGS (GROUPS 6-10)
$300 per person | enquire: doris.chang@jamfactory.com.au