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JEWELRY DESIGN

Jewelry Design is the application of basic principles of artistic expression and construction. The jewelry artist applies these principles or rules when making choices about how best to manipulate the elements of the piece.

These design elements might include:
- the Positioning and/or Ordering of things
- the Volume or Area the piece takes up
- the Scale and Size of the pieces
- the Colors, Textures and Patterns of individual pieces, and/or sets or groupings of pieces
- the Forms and Structures (identifiable sets of pieces, highly integrated)
- the Materials – beads, stringing material, jewelry findings
- the interplay of Light, Dark, Shadow, Reflection and Refraction
- the clasp assembly and other supporting systems

Good Jewelry Design answers the question:
Why do some pieces of jewelry draw your attention,
and others do not?





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JEWELRY DESIGN

After the ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS Class...

Then do
BS1.01
STRINGING WITH CABLE WIRE - CRIMPING: Crystal Excitement Bracelet

and,

BS1.02
STRINGING WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD: By The Sea Bracelet


Next, do one or more of the Bead Weaving Stitch of the Month classes, particularly of interest would be the Square Stitch, Peyote Stitch and Right Angle Weave Stitch.

Learn some basic wire working techniques, particularly how to make Simple and Coiled Loop, and the Mix N' Match Bracelet

Now, you are ready to being the JEWELRY DESIGN sequence:
Learn about Color And Beads.
Pick up principles about Composition and about Forms and Functions
Study Fringe, Straps, Edges, Bails, Surface Embellishment
Study Materials and Techniques
Select any electives that you might be interested in
NOTE: With the descriptions and instructions for each class, there are suggestions about which classes to take next.



 

Start With This Class:

ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS

- Learn how to make choices about how to buy beads and other jewelry findings, what goes together with what and when, what happens to all these pieces over time, and what the the quality is of the pieces you are using, whether beads, metals, or stringing materials, and, finally, how to relate this to design goals, and if you are selling your stuff, your marketing goals as well.

 

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We suggest first learning both the crimping approach as well as the needle and thread approach to bead stringing. Then, making 3-4 bead weaving and/or wire working projects before you begin the Jewelry Design Sequence.

CORE COURSES Sequence:
 

JD1.COLOR.1
COLOR AND BEADS

INTERMEDIATE
What you learn in this class...

 

 

JD2.COMPOSITION.1
JEWELRY DESIGN 1: PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION

INTERMEDIATE
What you learn in this class...

 
 

JD3.FORMFUNCTION.1
JEWELRY DESIGN 2: PRINCIPLES OF FORM AND FUNCTION

ADVANCED
What you learn in this class...

 

ELECTIVE COURSES Sequence:

Wear that mystical, bead-bezeled stone close to your heart! Use tubular peyote, circular peyote, and spiral tube Ndebele stitches while exploring design ideas about fringe, edge, bail, surface embellishment and strap.

 

JD4.FORMFUNCTION.2 (also BW3.PEY-01)
BezelWorks Pendant

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Olive and Brown Fire Opal
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS AND KIT

Create a sophisticated, contemporary Etruscan-style collar! Layer two Ndebele stitched strips, slightly curving the interior edge and embellishing with chain. Learn ideas about color simultaneity effects and contemporizing traditional designs.

JD4.COLOR.02
[Also, BW3.NB-01
]
ETRUSCAN COLLAR

Intermediate/Advanced Level

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Teal Terra / Antique Rose
* 2. Antique Amethyst / Sage Green
* 3. Spectrum Gold
* 4. Terra Cotta
* 5. Brilliant Gold

* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS and/or KIT

Adapt the beauty and craftsmanship of the classical world to contemporary style! Learn to apply contemporary principles of design, using Peyote Stitch, Brick Stitch and simple Wire Working, to create and arrange Butterfly Bracelet components.

JD5.COMPOSITION.1
CONTEMPORIZING TRADITIONAL JEWELRY

PROJECT: The Etruscan Butterfly Bracelet

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

[Also BW4.BRICK-01]

* ABOUT KIT
* LEARNING OBJECTIVES
* PHOTO DETAILS
* 1. Squash /Raspberry /Olive /Black
* KIT CONTENTS

* ORDER INSTRUCTIONS AND KIT

 

 

JD4.COMPOSITION.2
REVITALIZING VINTAGE JEWELRY

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

 
 

JD4.FORMFUNCTION.3
DIMENSIONAL BEADWORK

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

 
 

JD4.FORMFUNCTION.4
MIXED MEDIA BEADWORK

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

 
 

JD4.MATERIALS.1
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

 
 

JD5.FORMFUNCTION.1
JEWELRY SUPPORT SYSTEMS

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

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Learning Goals for
Jewelry Design

CRITICAL SKILLS TO LEARN:

1. How "Quality" is defined, relative to beads and other materials

2. What the pros and cons are, of different kinds of beads, stringing materials, clasps, finishes, metals and the like

3. How "Craft" differs from "Art" differs from "Design"

4. How to build "support systems" within your piece

5. How the bead asserts its need for color

6. Principles of Composition

7. Principles of Form and Function

8. Principles of Techniques and Materials

9. Forms and Components

10. Contemporizing Traditional Jewelry

11. Reviving Vintage Styles

12. Mixed Media Compositions

13. Adding dimensionality and movement

14. Developing Your Personal Style

 

 


 

SUPPLIES AND TOOLS
To KEEP ON HAND

Sketch book
Folder of images of jewelry you like

Bead board (with 3 or more channels)
Work surface
bracelet and necklace sizing cones

Enough bead and jewelry making supplies to approximate and artist's palette, including beads, findings and stringing materials.

Assorted tools, especially chain nose pliers, round nose pliers, flush cutters, needles

Colored pencil set
Color Wheel

Calculator


Our LEARN TO BEAD program
is based on
The Design Approach
:

- Focused on teaching how to make smart choices
- Developmentally-based, where you learn skills in an orderly way, and understand how skills build upon each other
- Easy to follow


You may purchase:
o Written instructions for each lesson
o Kits of Supplies
o Recommended Books


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THE JEWELRY DESIGN DISCUSSION GROUP
Please join our group on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jewelrydesign/

 
 











Visit
Land of Odds - Jewelry Design Center for all your beading and jewelry making supplies.

Visit our LearnToBead Blog

 

The Design Approach....

Teaches you how to make choices
about function and appeal,
movement and context,
when you construct a piece of jewelry.

 

JEWELRY DESIGN CAMP 
October 2013 (Enrollment Closed)
2015 (TBA)

 

Immerse yourself into a week-long study of jewelry design theories, and their applications and manipulations with various materials, techniques and strategies.

 

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