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York School of Jewellery and Silversmithing

York
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WHERE

York

What it’s like

Two-hour jewellery, silversmithing or design classes where you make something with your own hands rather than just watch.

This is a hands-on session, not a demonstration. You pick a class, jewellery making, silversmithing or design, and spend two hours actually shaping metal rather than watching someone else do it. That two-hour block seems to be the standard shape of a visit, long enough to get past the fumbling stage and finish with something you made yourself.

It's an adult workshop rather than a family activity, so this one's for you and whoever you bring along, not the kids. If you've never so much as held a jeweller's saw, that's presumably the point of a class rather than a barrier to booking one.

The site lists all the workshops as wheelchair accessible, which is worth knowing if that's a factor in choosing where to go. Beyond that, the details are kept simple: three class types, a two-hour session, and you turn up ready to make something rather than sit through a lecture.

Need to know

Wheelchairs
All workshops are wheelchair accessible
  • Sessions run for two hours, so it's a proper chunk of your day rather than a quick drop-in
  • Choose between jewellery making, silversmithing and design classes
  • All workshops are wheelchair accessible

Plan your visit

What classes can I do?

Jewellery making, silversmithing or design classes. Each one runs as its own session.

How long does a session last?

Two hours, which seems to be the standard length across the classes.

Is this suitable for kids?

It's set up as an adult workshop, so this one's for grown-ups rather than children.

Is it wheelchair accessible?

All the workshops are wheelchair accessible.

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