A 4-day jewellery making & slow living retreat in Leh, Ladakh
Workshop
What the days hold
You’ll learn to create jewellery from scratch
using brass sheet and wire—
moving from ideation to a finished piece,
entirely shaped by your own hands.
No prior experience is needed.
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What’s included
* 4-day jewellery workshop (with materials)
* Introduction to tools, materials & techniques
* Hands-on exploration of form and making
* Cutting, filing, soldering, joinery & finishing
* Personal guidance through your process
* All pieces you make, you take home
* Apron
* All materials, tools and machines will be provided
On the final day,
the studio opens—
allowing the process to be seen and shared, together.
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Food
Tea, local snacks & lunch are included during the day.
Dinner is left open—
to explore or order as you wish.
Schedule
25-26-27-28 June 2026
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
25th June
DAY ONE · ARRIVE Welcome & settle in
Introduction to brass — sheet and wire
Initial Technique Introduction
Tools, safety, and first cuts
Practice
Evening bonfire
26th June
DAY TWO · MAKE
Full workshop day
Forming, shaping, joining
Practice One-to-one with the maker
Film screening (evening)
27th June
DAY THREE · DEEPEN
Full workshop day
Finishing techniques
Explore Leh together
28th June
DAY FOUR · FINISH
Final making session
Carry your work home
Complete your pieces
Closing circle
Fees
Fees: ₹15,000 (includes all materials)
Early Bird: ₹12,000 (till 15 May)
Stay
We stay at The Hearth Stays—
A quiet, shared space in Horzey, 10 min drive from Leh town in a quite valley with streams and ample open spaces.
Accommodation shared with one other person at 1000 per night
We have 5 Unique individual pods built by architects. 10 Spots available in our stay units. First come basis.
Participants will have access to a common bathing and toilet facility on campus.
Breakfast is on the house that stay with us which will be nutritious and based on the local produce. One can expect occasional movies, bonfires and barbecues after long days of work.
* Dinner will be Ala carte and not included in the program.
Simple, warm, and communal—
for those who wish to stay close to the experience.
Learning experience
The learning opportunities in this workshop are experiential in nature. Practical skills, and material know-how will be developed while physically and mentally engaging with the work and participating in the design dialogue with the facilitator and construction team. The workshop attendees will engage in the design dialogue with the facilitators and will be assigned a suitable role.
An explorative atmosphere is encouraged, with enough space for parallel discussion. All this would be done through hands-on approach by immersing oneself into the scenario and responding to the immediate requirements of the design process and the program that is chalked out for the workshop, with much room for improvisation on site.
Facilitator
Jinal,
Founder of Dookdi.
Trained as sculptor has been working in the industry for more than a decade and has been teaching the skills in various institutions across the country. Graciously is now partaking her skills with the world.
At Dookdi, the process of creation is similar to prayer, a slow attentive journey of healing. Every pieces is born out of the belief that we are part of nature and not apart from it, and reconnecting constantly with the meanings of the mundane.
Various organisms and nature’s phenomenas become vehicles of the inner mental projections. They sometimes become wearable objects.
I invite you to be a part of our journey by experiencing our pieces
Here is a link to my explorations before Dookdi was formed
The Hearth Builds 