annual membership

ONLY £75.00* PER YEAR

The Smiddy Membership is a yearly membership that grants you access to Vanilla Ink The Smiddy during work hours (according to availability), and outwith class time. Whether you want to use the rolling mill for a morning or hire a bench, this low-cost membership allows you to access the space and specialised equipment at a time to suit you.

Once you are a Member, you can pick and choose suitable times to hire space within the Smiddy (according to availability) to develop your own work within our beautiful workshop in Banff.

*The booking fees for Members are:

Half day - £18

A half day is plenty of time to finish that project you've been working on or to begin a new one!

Full Day - £36

The best use of your time at The Smiddy! Come on and hang out with us for a full day!

Please note that The Smiddy Membership is only granted to those with jewellery experience, this means working to at least Level Two under the guidance of Vanilla Ink or another jewellery class provider.

As a Member, you are also granted a 10% discount on all Smiddy classes!

Facilities at the Smiddy

We have 7 benches with their own hand tools, sievert torch and pendant motor and we also have the following equipment;

tOOLS & eQUIPMENT

Kiln
Drawbench
Guillotine
Various mandrels
Various Swage blocks
Collet formers
Large soldering station
Rolling Mill
Ring Stretcher
Pillar Drill
Pendant motors
Barrel Polisher
Polishing motor
Hand tools
Stone setting equipment
Various hammers

And much more…

hire workshop or bench space

*please note that you must have a Smiddy Membership before you can hire workshop space.
To book, contact us at hello@vanillainkthesmiddy.co.uk