Combined Course
Six-month course in jewellery and design (440 hours in 22 weeks)
Crafting
264 hours - 12 hours per week
Characteristics and behavior of metal during working.
Constructing a jewel:
components and combinations for joining the parts.
Hot and cold wax modeling
and rendering on the basis of drawings and models: rings with different
kinds of shank and preparation of the relative collets, earrings and pendants
with jointed clasps, constructing hinged joints, tunneled pins with two-pin
clasps.
Finishing the pieces rendered, honing, cleaning, polishing and enhancing
processes.
Exercises will be held in stone setting, engraving as well as
introductory lessons in casting.
Design
176 hours - 8 hours per week
The course emphasizes the technical training necessary for carrying out a
project properly.
Technical drawing, mixed graphic techniques, volumes and
surfaces of metals, chromatic matching and coloration of the various kinds
of stone.
Clasps, joints, articulations, mechanisms, systems of assembly
and joining.
Designing a set: necklace, earrings, brooch, bracelet and ring.
Study and selection of materials and decorative techniques.
The course objective is to create legible models which can be rendered for
production.
Course Prices 2008
| C - SIX MONTH COURSE OF JEWELLERY AND DESIGN (440 hours in 22 weeks) |
€ 5,700.00 |
Registration fee
for 6 months - € 80.00
Notes
- With the exception of those attending the monthly course, all students who have no knowledge of technical drawing, must attend 16 hours of technical drawing and design which is included in the price.
Begining Dates 2008
7.1 - 4.2 - 3.3 - 31.3 - 28.4 - 26.5 - 30.6 - 1.9 - 29.9 - 27.10 - 24.11
National Holidays Observed
24.3 - 25.4 - 1.5 - 2.6 - 24.6 - 8.12
School Holidays
26.7.2008 - 31.8.2008 and 20.12.2008 - 4.1.2009
