Introduction to Jewellery Design Online Short Course

This online short course is an introduction to jewellery design. You’ll study trends and ways of working within the practice prior to designing and costing your own pieces.

Topics:

• Trends within current and historical jewellery design
• Visual research and where to look for inspiration
• Reviewing museums, libraries, and galleries
• Interpreting images through mood boards
• Sketching – greyscale and texture
• Demonstrating an awareness of light
• Matt vs. polished surfaces
• Colour theory and matching: hues, intensity, shade
• Rendering shapes for gold, silver, and platinum
• Cabochon cut gemstones
• Perspective technical drawing
• Responding to and writing a design brief
• Model making
• Designing a box ring
• Costing your designs