Create stunning wearable art in just three hours. This popular afternoon workshop teaches you to make beautiful fused glass jewellery using gorgeous materials including shimmering dichroic glass, vibrant colours, mica inclusions and special reactive bullseye glass alchemy techniques that create unique effects.

You’ll make multiple pieces of jewellery – pendants, earrings, keyrings – all completely unique and ready to wear (after firing). Whether you’re making pieces for yourself or creating thoughtful handmade gifts, you’ll discover how satisfying it is to craft jewellery that catches the light and sparks conversations.

The best part? You don’t need any experience. Jennifer guides you through glass cutting, colour selection, and design, then after the course fires your pieces in the kiln and mounts them professionally on jewellery findings. You’ll collect finished, wearable jewellery ready to show off.

What You’ll Learn

• Basic glass cutting for jewellery – working at small scale with precision
• Colour combination techniques – what works together beautifully
• Using dichroic glass – that magical metallic shimmer that makes fused jewellery special
• Creating texture and pattern – using frits, stringers, and bubble pens
• Mica inclusions – add sparkle and dimension
• Reactive glass alchemy – special Bullseye glasses that create surprising colour effects when fired together
• Design principles for wearable art – what makes good jewellery design

What You’ll Make

Multiple pieces of fused glass jewellery during your three-hour session, typically including:

Pendants – Various sizes and shapes for necklaces Earrings – Matching pairs or mix-and-match sets Keyrings – Practical art you see every day

You choose what to make based on your preferences. Want to focus on making several pairs of earrings as gifts? Great! Prefer to create a stunning statement pendant? Perfect! Jennifer helps you plan what’s achievable in the time while letting you follow your creative interests.

Design possibilities:

• Abstract colour combinations
• Nature-inspired patterns
• Geometric and contemporary designs
• Subtle and elegant pieces
• Bold statement jewellery
• Matching sets

Perfect For

• Anyone wanting to create unique, handmade jewellery
• Gift-makers seeking thoughtful, personal presents
• Those with limited time but wanting to try glass art
• People who love jewellery with a story
• Craft fair sellers looking to add glass jewellery to their range
• Testing whether glass art is your thing before committing to longer courses
• Mother’s Day, birthday, or Christmas gift-making

Why This Workshop is Special

Dichroic Glass Magic The highlight of this workshop is working with dichroic glass – that gorgeous iridescent, metallic-looking glass that shifts colour as light hits it from different angles. It’s the material that makes fused glass jewellery truly special. When your pieces come back from the kiln, the dichroic elements sparkle and shimmer like nothing else.

Multiple Finished Pieces Unlike some jewellery workshops where you make just one piece, you’ll create several items in three hours. This means you can experiment with different styles, make gifts for multiple people, or create a collection of coordinating pieces for yourself.

Professional Finishing Included Jennifer doesn’t just fire your glass – she professionally mounts each piece on quality jewellery findings (earring wires, pendant bails, keyring attachments). Your jewellery arrives ready to wear, not half-finished bits you need to figure out yourself.

Reactive Glass Alchemy You’ll be able to experiment with special Bullseye reactive glasses that create surprising effects when certain colours are combined and fired together. Silver can turn gold, clear can develop colour halos, metals react to create unique patterns. It’s like magic, and every piece is one-of-a-kind.

Collection & Professional Finishing

Your jewellery pieces fire in the kiln overnight where the magic transformation happens – colours intensify, dichroic elements become even more lustrous, and reactive glasses create their unique effects. Jennifer then professionally mounts each piece on your chosen findings.

Everything will be ready for collection 1-2 weeks after your workshop – completely finished, boxed, and ready to wear or gift.

Collection strongly recommended rather than posting (jewellery is delicate and can break in transit). However, posting available at your own risk (postage cost is £8).

Perfect Gift Experience

Glass jewellery making workshops are brilliant gifts because:

• Creates multiple wearable pieces – practical and beautiful
• Short time commitment – just 3 hours
• Affordable – only £75 for everything
• Unique results – no two pieces ever the same
• Regular availability – easy to find a suitable Thursday
• Finished professionally – not a half-done project

Gift vouchers available

Please use the calendar above to select the course date and book

Can’t make the date? Please email us to register your interest at jen@cheshireschoolofglass.co.uk and we can let you know when further dates are added

When does the course start and finish? This course runs from 1pm until 4pm

Cost: £75

Your Tutor: Jennifer Barker – Lead Instructor & Founder

Jennifer has been working with glass for over 30 years, having discovered her passion for the medium while studying at Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Universities, where she completed a BA and MA in Glass.

Her expertise spans the full spectrum of glass techniques – from delicate kiln-formed pieces to large architectural installations. Jennifer’s specialist areas include kiln-formed glass, surface manipulation, and kiln-casting, but she’s equally passionate about traditional techniques like stained glass and copper foiling. For 12 years, Jennifer was Head of the Glass Department at Glyndwr University, where she discovered that teaching glass art was almost as addictive as making it.

What sets Jennifer apart as an instructor is her genuine love for sharing knowledge. She believes that anyone can learn to work with glass beautifully – it just takes the right guidance, encouragement, and plenty of hands-on practice.