Traditional Jewellery Design
A strong foundation in jewellery design is the basis for many jewellery career paths. Working on paper allows for refinements and prevents costly errors and miscommunication. A good sketch can close a sale; effective renderings reveal the designer’s spirit and build excitement for the design; accurate technical drafts communicate fabrication requirements to any jeweller. Together with a focus on practical, beautiful and comfortable design, these skills ensure competence and understanding in this most creative and limitless field.
Participants in this course learn, from first principles, the fundamentals of jewellery design. No prior design or art experience is required and students will complete a full portfolio of designs by the conclusion of their training and leave with a clear understanding of how to design beautiful jewellery that is durable, saleable & suitable for manufacture.
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JD100: Drawing Techniques
The tools and techniques for drawing, sketching and tracing are introduced and practiced. These include enlargement, reduction and application of creative variation to jewellery lines, use of basic forms and combinations of these techniques to rapidly produce creative, unique pieces of jewellery !
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JD100: Drawing Gemstones
Master drawing all the common gem cuts in all three views. Understand when to use faceted, cabochon and fancy shape gems and how to use common length-to-width ratios for most typical cuts create perfect gemstone designs.
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JD100: Settings and Findings
Settings and findings keep the gem on the metal and the jewellery attached to the wearer. Learn about the hundreds of types of findings designers use, and many exciting ways to set gemstones into your jewellery designs.
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JD100: Rings with Gemstones, Pendants and other designs
Differences between the varieties of pearls readily available in the market today are identified. Origins of some of the most beautiful specimens as well as common imitations and tests are covered. South sea, Japanese and Chinese pearls are closely inspected.
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JD150: Shading
Learn how to create realistinc shading on a wide variety of jewellery surfaces to bring your designs out of the paper and into your viewer’s imagination. Shading adds depth, conveys function and can make a sale! Learn quick techniques for working at the counter, and more accurate, elaborate methods to shade your masterpieces.
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JD150: Colour Rendering
Add a touch of colour to highlight a key gem or section of your design, or create full-colour works that will take your breath away! Learn to use wax-based coloured pencils and pigment inks instead of traditional paint to supercharge your rendering efficiency!
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JD150: Perspective Drawing
The drawing techniques of two point and three point perspective will give you the ability to accurately visualize your jewellery designs from new viewpoints and to accentuate key elements of yoru design. Implement amazing short-cuts that allow fast sketching of perspective views to achieve visual impact (and impress customers!) in counter-sketching scenarios.
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JD150: Layout and Presentation
Portfolios and exhibitions bring the inner world of the jewellery designer to the real world of manufacturers, customers and jewellery competitions. The class is full of tips, examples and suggestions to make your presentation the best it can be.
In order to be a great designer, you must understand the technical aspects of accurate drawing and drafting as well as master the techniques to quickly applying creative variations to existing shapes and designs. Starting with foundation techniques and essential jewellery knowledge, progress to producing fast, creative sketches and accurate top, side and end view drawings of beautiful, durable, practical jewellery.
Drawing Techniques
The tools and techniques for drawing, sketching and tracing are introduced and practiced. These include enlargement, reduction and application of creative variation to jewellery lines.
Basic Forms
Basic forms are introduced as well as how to draw them in various views. The way these shapes relate to jewellery is fully explained and how the combinations of these forms help to produce quality designs.
Drawing Gemstones
Participants learn to draw typical gemstones in all three views , as well as proposed gemstone jewellery designs. Faceted, cabochon and fancy shape gems are also covered together with common length-to-width ratios for most typical cuts.
Settings and Findings
Settings and findings keep the gem on the metal and the jewellery attached to the wearer. The limitations and consid-erations of findings & setting gems into metals are explored.
Rings with Gemstones
How to design and accurately draw rings incorporating gemstones in top, side and end views. Handling the complex topic of foreshortening explained and practiced for vairous scenarios.
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