Learn Jewellery Making

Every jeweller you admire started with one clumsy, over-proud, slightly
lopsided first piece. Jewellery making is unusually beginner-friendly for a
craft with "precision" in its job description — because the first skills are
small, cheap to try, and immediately wearable.

There are three broad doors into the craft, and it barely matters which one
you walk through first. What matters is walking through one.

The three doors

• Bead and wire work — no heat, no bench, first piece inside a session.
• Metalsmithing — saw, file, anneal, solder silver. The fine-jewellery
  foundation.
• Design and drawing — the craft on paper first. Many professional
  designers never leave this door.

What a realistic first year looks like

1. A one-day taste class to find which door excites you.
2. A foundation certificate course in the family you picked.
3. Your own small projects between classes — the habit that actually builds
   skill.
4. A second family once the first clicks; jewellers who cross-train progress
   fastest.

The Singapore advantage

JDMIS
has structured this exact journey since 2007 —
experience classes
for the curious, certificate courses for the committed, and three full
diplomas for people who catch the bug properly. The
beginner's roadmap lays out the whole path,
and the 2-minute course finder
gives you a personal recommendation before you spend anything.

This site is published by JDMIS, 91 Bencoolen St, #03-01 Sunshine Plaza, Singapore — come see the studios.

The bead door

No heat, no bench, first piece in a session. Beads, fibre and wire — the classic and fastest entry into the craft.

The beginner roadmap →

The silver door

Saw-piercing, filing, annealing, soldering. A slower start, deeply satisfying, the foundation of fine jewellery.

First silver skills →

The design door

Sketch and render jewellery before making it — for people who arrive through art rather than materials.

Hobby to certificate →