Dublin: Make a Hammered Silver Ring on Drury Street

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

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You Walk Into a Dublin Studio and Leave With a Ring You Made

You arrive at a small Dublin studio, learn to cut, form, solder and texture sterling silver, and leave with a finished ring you made. The 2-2.5 hour class includes all materials, expert instruction, and chocolate. No experience needed, but arrive on time—the studio is small and the class starts promptly.

Step-by-step itinerary

Create a hammered silver ring

Choose finger and mark silver length
Cut silver with handsaw
Form ring using mallet and mandrel
Watch soldering by expert tutor
File ring to personalize curve
Select and apply one of three textures
Choose polish style for ring
Keep your finished silver ring

The Experience

Two to two and a half hours. That's how long you're in the workshop on Drury Street, and by the end of it you're holding a sterling silver ring you shaped with your own hands. The studio is small—old Dublin building, plenty of stairs, no lift—but that's part of it. You're not in a factory. You're in a place where people actually make things.

The class starts with marking. You choose which finger the ring goes on, measure the silver to length, and cut it with a handsaw. Then comes the mallet and the ring mandrel—you're forming the band, watching it curve into shape under your own swing. An expert tutor is there the whole time, explaining what's happening as she solders the joint in front of you. You see the metal join. Then you file it smooth with hand files, which sounds tedious but isn't—it's when you start to see the actual ring emerge. After that comes the part people talk about afterward: the planishing hammer and texture. You choose from three different finishes and hammer in the pattern you want. It's creative, tactile, and entirely yours.

Last decision is the polish. Inside only, for that artistic, hammered look, or fully polished for the glittery finish. Then you're done. The ring is yours. Sterling silver, made by you, in Dublin, in one afternoon. The workshop includes all materials and chocolate, and you don't need any experience—people of all fitness levels do this. Just show up on time (more than 10 minutes late and you lose your spot), wear clothes you don't mind getting a bit marked up, and bring anyone under 16 with a paying adult if that applies to you.

What’s included

Your class includes all sterling silver for your ring, use of all hand tools and equipment, expert instruction through every step (marking, cutting, forming, soldering, filing, texturing, and polishing), your choice of finish, and chocolate. You walk out with your finished ring.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Silver Works

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a hands-on souvenir from Dublin that you actually made yourself, not something bought in a shop—the small studio and expert instruction are what make it possible to go from raw silver to a finished ring in one afternoon.