2027 Programme Information
Jewellery Making Retreat in Greece
Neochori, Halkidiki, Greece · June & July 2027 · 1, 2 or 3 weeks · Maximum 4 students per week
JEWELLERY ACADEMIA BY STELIOS KARANTONAS
Detailed information for joining the Jewellery Making Retreat in Greece during June and July 2027, including accommodation, travel and airport transfers, training arrangements, programme activities, materials, what is included and practical information for your stay.
Your Training in Greece
Your training is planned individually around your existing experience, what you want to learn or develop, and the number of weeks you choose to join the programme.
Before your arrival, we discuss your experience, objectives and the areas you would like to work on. From this, we plan a training schedule that makes the best use of your time in Greece.
You may focus on developing a particular technique, combining different areas of jewellery making, working on your own designs or collection, or building your training around a combination of these.
For students joining for two or three weeks, the training continues and develops from one week into the next — allowing more time for practice and repetition, introducing additional techniques, progressing a project or developing a larger body of work. While your individual training progresses, the programme alternates between Week A · Thessaloniki and Week B · Ammouliani Island, so the experiences beyond the studio also change from one week to the next.
Your training is individual. The experience isn’t.
With a maximum of four students, everyone can be working on something different while sharing the same studio, exchanging ideas, following each other’s progress and learning from what is happening at the benches around them.
Once a programme week is booked, we bring the group together on WhatsApp before the trip. It gives everyone a chance to meet, coordinate arrival plans and, where convenient, book the same or similar flights — so the group often starts connecting before reaching Greece.
And when the tools go down, the group experience continues — through the places we visit, the food we share, beaches, conversations and time spent together outside the studio.
The Jewellery Studio
The programme takes place in my second jewellery studio in Neochori, Halkidiki, fully equipped for the practical jewellery-making training offered through the Greece programme.
With a maximum of four students, each student has their own bench and the space to work independently, while I can move between demonstrations, individual guidance, practice and correction throughout the training.
The studio supports training across wax carving, goldsmithing and silver jewellery making, stone setting and specialist techniques, depending on the individual training schedule planned before your arrival.
A look inside the Jewellery Academia by Stelios Karantonas studio in Neochori, Halkidiki, Greece.
Tools & Materials
The tools and standard materials required for your training are available in the studio, including waxes, copper and cubic zirconia gemstones.
Included for training:
Tools · Waxes · Copper · Cubic Zirconia GemstonesNot included:
Precious metals · Non-CZ gemstones · Castings
During our call before the programme, we will discuss the projects and techniques you want to work on, giving us a clearer picture of what you will need during your training. From there, we will prepare a list of any additional materials, gemstones or specific items you will need to purchase and bring with you if they are not provided by the studio.