Behind every beautiful piece of jewelry, there’s an inspired designer.

Turn your inspiration into designs with a course that will bring out your innate creativity and help you design with confidence. As an apprentice designer, you will learn the basics of designing any type of jewelry, along with its manufacturing aspects.

Through practical work, your instructor will direct you in designing a portfolio - and you will be able to cover essential topics such as drafting, shading, design theory, and illustration of shape and form using several mediums and techniques.

This course is designed for beginners in jewelry design - including enthusiasts and aspiring professionals.

Course Outline:

• Understand jewelry design theory and artistry
• Develop sources of inspiration and shape ideas
• Illustrate shape, form, and texture of metals
• Draw and illustrate faceted and non-faceted gems with rendering/coloring
• Use design concepts including texture, shape, form, balance, spacing, and color
• Learn traditional drafting techniques
• Design various forms of jewelry (necklaces, earrings, pendants, rings, etc)