Create sensational colourful metal earrings with eco jeweller Sue Garrard.

Here's what you will do.

You will colour and decorate pre-cut and primed pieces of reclaimed aluminium using acrylic paint and paint pens. 

Once dry, you will enamel your pieces using low-temp enamel powder and then fire them in small kilns that run on tea-light power.

Using discarded Tupperware lids and other plastics you will use scissors to cut a variety of shapes to design the rest of your earrings.

Finally, you will assemble and complete all the pieces using sterling silver jump rings and sterling silver hooks.

Sue keeps her workshop participant numbers small, making it easier for her to give you her undivided attention.

About the facilitator

Sue Garrard is a South Australian artist practicing in the areas of jewellery, printmaking, and sculpture.

Her work focuses on sustainability and challenges society’s perceptions of preciousness.

Using reclaimed and recycled materials enables Sue to balance her desire to create with a practice that treads lightly on the planet and sparks conversations about sustainability and our relationship with materials.

Sue believes workshops are where this dialogue becomes hands-on. It’s a chance to challenge ideas about what’s “precious” and show how beauty and sustainability can coexist.

Seeing participants discover the potential in something overlooked is incredibly rewarding.

What you need to know

• Workshop fee includes all materials, use of tools and equipment.
• We supply everything you need to produce your earrings. You will also be supplied with reclaimed pre-cut metal, reclaimed Tupperware, sterling silver findings, acrylic pigments, low-temperature clear enamel.
• Suitable for beginners 16 years and older (No previous jewellery making skills required).
• Requires working with tools.
• If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend this workshop, please email niki.vouis@ahc.sa.gov.au before 5pm, Thursday 1 May 2025. We cannot issue refunds after this time and date.
• Tea and coffee provided.

Image supplied by the artist.