[Jewelry making - Article 00611] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry design - what & where to learn

[Elaine Luther]

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>     I've never had aesthetic design classes, and I feel it shows in my
>     work. 
>
>     What advice would the forum give to people who want to be more than
>     just a technician, soldering part A to part B? 

    Take non-jewelry classes at your local community college or college. 

    Take drawing, take Sculpture 101. 

    Find the closest metals guild and take all the workshops you can. 

    Read books on Design, start with Tim McCreight's Design Language,
    the illustrated one. 

    I have a book review on my blog that mentions two more design books.
    The title of the post is DIY Design Education, the name of the book
    escapes me at the moment. 

    Take an art history class or two if you can. 

    Increase your vocabulary of art. 

    I am assuming that as an engineer, you are behind on these things,
    so play catch up. 

    And learn design on your own and apply it to jewelry. 

    There are no "design jewelry classes," that I know of. (There are
    probably some in college programs somewhere, RISD, for example.) So
    chart your own course. 

Elaine
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