Bruce the Chef

By: Rena Klingenberg

Teaching jewelry making workshops is a fun and easy market niche, with
the opportunity to earn good money by sharing something you love to do.

You’ll find a ready supply of students waiting to learn from you;
currently there’s a big demand for jewelry workshops and classes.

Many people are thrilled with the idea of creating jewelry, but don’t
want to invest in the supplies until they’ve tried it. Or they may want
to add a new jewelry making skill to their repertoire, or simply enjoy
socializing while they create something beautiful to wear.

Teaching is a good way to keep money coming in during the times of year
when sales are slower for your finished jewelry. You can even choose to
limit your workshops to only those months of the year when you’re not
busy selling your own jewelry at shows.

Teaching opportunies abound. A few examples of places to hold workshops
include your own studio; in local art, craft, or bead shops; in active
retirement communities; in schools or for homeschooling groups; at
birthday parties; for women’s clubs; at lapidary clubs; in community
colleges; and at RV parks.

You can put together a variety of jewelry kits that your students can
purchase from you to use at your workshops, or bring an open selection
of supplies for them to choose their own components.

However, the more choices you make available, the longer your students
will take to select their components. Your workshops can be much easier
for you as the instructor if you simply provide a variety of kits
containing all the parts to make something.

The more jewelry making workshops you teach, the more people will ask
you to teach. Your students will want to make more jewelry, or they’ll
ask you to do a workshop for a group they’re in, or to lead a
jewelry-making session with their Girl Scouts.

Your teaching opportunities tend to snowball once you get started.

You probably won’t run out of workshop ideas, because your students
will always let you know what they want to make next, or someone will
have heard about your through the grapevine and contact you to ask if
you can teach them how to make something special.

Here is a list of potential jewelry workshop students - groups who are VERY interested in what you have to offer them:

Girl Scouts
Women’s Clubs / Organizations
City Parks and Recreation
Local Art Galleries
Local Craft Stores
Local Bead Shops
Needlework Shops
Local Lapidaries
Lapidary Club
Women’s Craft Groups
Women’s Church Groups
Country Clubs
Community Colleges
Private Schools
Home-school Groups
Active Retirement Communities
Activity Centers
Women’s Home Parties
Spouses’ Activity at a Conference
Cruise Ship Activity
Summer Day Camps
Mentally / Physically Challenged
Veterans’ Groups
YMCA’s
Retired People’s Organizations
Adult Education Centers
After-School Care Programs
Vacation Resorts
RV Parks

This list should get you started; it’s just a general list, and with a
little brainstorming you’ll probably come up with some great ideas for
the area where you live. Every region has its own culture, with lots of
possibilities for specific jewelry making workshops!

Keep your eyes open and be creative, and you’ll begin to find jewelry
workshop students everywhere! And once you get started, ask your
students and everyone else you know for suggestions on other groups who
would be interested in a workshop.

Word-of-mouth publicity will soon bring you all the new students and opportunities you can keep up with!

About the Author:

Learn more about teaching profitable jewelry making workshops at jewelry workshop success tips by Rena Klingenberg.

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