This is a fun activity in Old Alresford, Southampton
Join us for an immersive chainmail jewellery workshop in Winchester, where you'll use pliers and metal jumprings to create a copper, stainless steel or coloured aluminium piece of chainmail jewellery!
Perfect for beginners, this three-hour workshop includes all materials and step-by-step guidance throughout, introducing you to the traditional techniques used to create metal textiles and adapt them into wearable jewellery.
**What to expect:**
- Learn the ancient art of creating chainmail using metal jump rings.
- Use pliers to weave and interlink rings into a decorative pattern.
- Create your own design using copper, stainless steel, or coloured aluminium.
- Make a bracelet and/or earrings to wear or give as a gift.
- Learn techniques that can be used to create other chainmail jewellery pieces.
By the end of the class, you'll leave with your own handmade chainmail jewellery and the skills and confidence to continue exploring this traditional jewellery-making technique.