Courses · Index 005
Learn eyewear by making it.
Step inside our East London workshop and learn how handmade acetate eyewear is designed, cut, shaped and finished.
Overview · 01
Two real training routes.
Eyewear Ltd currently runs two training options: a small group course for people new to frame making, and a private one-to-one programme for those who want focused, advanced support. Both happen inside the working Wick Lane workshop, surrounded by real production.
Entry Level Handmade Eyewear Course
Two days inside our East London workshop. You leave with a frame you have made yourself, fitted with lenses, and a real understanding of how handmade acetate eyewear is designed and produced.
What you learn
- The fundamentals of frame design and eyewear craftsmanship
- Hands-on experience making your own frame from start to finish
- An introduction to design software and CNC processes
- How a working eyewear workshop is set up
- Practical knowledge of materials, tools and frame making workflow
What is included
- Workshop manual
- Fusion manual
- Machinery portfolio
- Measuring tools and manual
- All materials needed to create the frame
- The frame made by the student
- Lenses for the final frame
Booking · £450 deposit to secure your seat. Remaining £450 due two weeks before the course.
Course payments are not refundable once a place is secured, unless Eyewear Ltd cancels the course.
Advanced One to One Eyewear Training
A private, advanced training programme inside the Eyewear Ltd workshop. Designed for makers, designers, opticians, students, startups, or anyone who wants focused support to design, make, understand and produce handmade acetate eyewear. Each programme is tailored to the person attending.
What you can work on
- Advanced frame making
- Design refinement
- Acetate production workflow
- Technical drawing understanding
- CNC preparation
- Workshop setup advice
- Material selection
- Production planning
- Troubleshooting real frame making problems
- Developing your own eyewear ideas
Section · 02
More than a course.
Students do not just learn how to make a frame. They step inside a working East London eyewear workshop, surrounded by real production, real tools, real materials and real manufacturing knowledge.
Eyewear Ltd can support students beyond the course by helping them understand how to develop their own frames, improve their making skills, explore workshop setup, and potentially use the Eyewear marketplace to start presenting and selling their own work.
Section · 03
From learning to launching.
For students who want to build their own eyewear brand or maker profile, Eyewear can offer a route beyond training. The workshop gives them practical knowledge. The marketplace can give them a place to show their frames, tell their story and start building an audience.
This is an opportunity, not a guarantee of sales. The marketplace creates a route for makers to start putting their work in front of customers — what they build from there is up to them.
Section · 04
Who the courses are for.
- 01People who want to learn handmade eyewear
- 02Opticians who want to understand frame making
- 03Designers who want to create eyewear
- 04Students building a portfolio
- 05Independent makers
- 06Startup eyewear brands
- 07People planning to set up a small workshop
- 08People who want to create their own frames