After many years of research and collection of tools, the Essendon Gem Club now offers silversmithing courses to members. For a reasonable fee, members can learn silversmithing techniques by making...

Every few months, workshop teachers Don and Len hold a faceting course for members. The club provides all the tools and machines and also some gemstones to get started with and there's a fee to...

Making cabochons is a lot of fun and is the first (and easiest) way to learn how to shape gemstones. There's plenty of material you can purchase from the Club at dirt cheap prices and there's no...

Excited members of the Club gathered together on a Sat and Sun to learn how to stitch beads around a cabochon on leather, using a peyote stitch technique. Our tutor was Jan Bartlett, and she...