JEWELLERY DESIGN

 

6 Sessions 2 hours each

Schedule: Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm

Course Fee: Baht 8,000

 

Instructor: Rahila Malik (GIA certified gemologist)

 

For people with little or no knowledge of gems and jewelry or design, and who wish to learn the basics of freehand drawing and to understand the techniques of how to represent jewelry design using techniques to represent the general idea of the piece of jewelry first through sketches and pencil drawings.

 

Topics to include:

 

Sketching in pencil: study of lines, solids and voids and proportion

 

Background techniques: tones – shadowing – haching

 

Two and three dimensional represent of the pieces: line-form-light-shadow

 

Solid and empty spaces

 

Analysis of form: lines-volume-proportions-symmetry

 

Colour: reproduction-application-layering-colour scales

 

Study of the colouring of metal surfaces

 

Representation of the processing techniques: hammering-diamond cutting-silking

 

Study of the colours of the different types of stones: simple-cut stones-cabochon-cuts on matte and semi-transport stones-diamonds, opals, pearls.

 

Representation of decorative techniques: embossing-enameling-modeling-engraving-casting.