What you learn in FJ100 — inside the essentials course

FJ100 — Creative and Essential Fashion Jewellery Knowledge — is the
ladder's door. Here is what actually happens inside.

The knowledge half — materials science for fashion media (beads,
fibre, wire, resin-adjacent), colour and design control, tool fluency,
and the finishing standard every later course assesses against.

The making half — you leave with finished wearable pieces built
across the core techniques: strung work with correct terminations, wire
joints that never fail, and your first woven structure
(technique map).

The qualification — FJ100 is the prerequisite rung for
intricate styles and master techniques, which stack
into the fashion jewellery diploma.

Who it suits — absolute beginners (that is the design), self-taught
makers who want standards, and gift-makers levelling up. Official details,
fees and dates live on the school's course page; the
calendar holds the dates.

Questions people actually ask

What will I actually make in FJ100?

Finished wearable pieces across the core techniques — strung, wired and woven work — assessed against the professional finishing standard.

What does FJ100 qualify me for?

It is the entry certificate of the fashion jewellery ladder — the prerequisite for the intricate-styles and master-techniques rungs and the diploma stack.

What students say

“I enjoyed glass fusing because I wanted to learn about glass fusing and the class conducted provide enough information to play around with glass fusing.”

— Melani A. (Indonesia) · published student feedback

“I intend to contribute articles to jewellery magazines and hope that someday I can be an authority in this field. That's a dream.”

— Yen Ting C. (Singapore) · published student feedback

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