You make jewellery every day for your business, but how often do you sit down to carve something for the fun of it?
You and I both know the best new ideas come from playing around and trying something new, not from working through a to-do list. Embrace your creativity and join carving club!
What’s Carving Club?
Carving club is creative free time for you the person, not business you with that to-do list. Every 2 months a theme is chosen and you get to design and carve a piece (or more!) of jewellery based on it from the comfort of your studio. Try out a new technique you’ve been wanting to learn but haven’t had the time for. Make earrings for a change if you always make rings. Be brave and try out a completely different style. Use that new-for-you wax to find out what it’s like to work with. Finally figure out how to make cufflinks! Carving club is a safe testing ground for you to flex your creative muscles and meet other creatives who are looking to do the same. It’s carving for fun, not business. The goal? For you to have fun carving, get weird and creative with it, find new inspiration and meet other people who want the same things! And really, joining carving club is a win-win situation! You grow as a maker by designing around different themes you might not have chosen yourself. You’re improving your carving skills and techniques because you’re still making. Best of all, the pieces you make in carving club can be the beginning of a new collection!
How does it work?
Carving club runs for 2 months at a time. At the start of a new block, a theme is revealed. You get access to a video lesson that shows you how to make a piece of jewellery based on the theme. Watch it for inspiration and motivation! Then it’s up to you! Design and carve something based on the theme. Or better yet, carve multiple pieces; you have 2 months! To keep you motivated, you can share photos of your progress on the discussion board. Ask for advice if needed, and encourage other makers. A co-carving session is set up each month (so 2 total). Bring your laptop to the studio, join the online meeting and we can carve and chat together for a couple of hours. It can be lonely working by yourself all the time, so let’s enjoy each others company virtually! Good company, motivation to take the time to actually carve a piece, and it’s fun to know we’re all working on the club project at the same time. At the end of the 2 months you share your finished pieces on the discussion board and we celebrate all the beautiful jewellery that was made together! Then we do it all over again with a new theme in a new 2 month block!
What’s included?
- 1 instructional video and PDF with a make based on the theme.
- Access to a discussion board
- 2 online co carving sessions
- Permanent access to the material
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One carving club session
Six carving club sessions
2027 dates
- January - February
- March - April
- May - June
- July - August
- September - October
- November - December