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The foundation of well designed jewelry involves a clear understanding
of your own unique style and your ability to apply design principles
in your work.. The focus of this class is to define your signature
style and apply it to your jewelry designs based on tried and
true design principles.
You will not be making jewelry in this class, but, expect
to leave with numerous well-conceived plans you can translate
into jewelry. Not only will you will have wire/sheet metal work
designs worked out on paper, you will have beads and other components
selected and bagged for the project. No drawing skills are required.
I recommend bringing your wire working tools and some copper
wire (18, 16, and 14 gauges) in case you need me to demonstrate
components to be used in your plans.
Please bring one of your pieces of jewelry that you are proud
of ("great design if I do say so myself"). And bring
a piece that is gathering dust because it never came together
very well. Come on, I know you all have a few of these tucked
away somewhere.
We will cover these topics:
Keeping a Design Journal
Defining your style
Inspiration and thematic development
Shape and form - dots, circles, curved lines, angle, straight
lines
Texture
Color
The five senses
Emotion
Positive and negative space
Repetition
Movement
Balance
Scale and proportion
Styles: organic, geometric, abstract, classic, ethnic, figurative,
narrative, symbolic, and primitive
What to bring to class:
A journal (8.5" x 11" that opens flat is ideal)
Beads in a variety of colors and sizes (something short of all
the beads you own)
Components you like to use in jewelry such as charms, found objects,
etc.
Color wheel and/or the Color Tool
Colored ink pens and/or colored pencils
#2 pencil
Scissors
A piece of finished jewelry you are proud of
A piece of jewelry you are not wild about
Wire working tools and some copper wire (18, 16, and 14 gauges) |
