Diploma in Jewellery Design

Jewellery Design

 

Today, the creation of fine and costume jewellery is a multi-billion-dollar global industry dominated by big names. To succeed in this competitive, highly specialized field, jewellery designers need imagination and creativity as well as professional training. Ability to foresee trends that will soon be in high demand, and to design and manufacture custom pieces to meet exact measurements are not born talents.They come with education and experience. This 15 month Diploma in Jewellery design at AOD will provide a platform of skills and knowledge to create professional jewellery designers. AOD is Colombo’s only fully integrated Design Institute and is Sri Lanka’s foremost private sector Center for Art and Design with over 300 full time design students and it’s high quality teaching faculty from around the world, AOD offers students a dynamic environment in which to study design whilst taking one of the most time – hounoured traditions of adornment, 21st century & a competitive field that demands creativity as well as technical skills. AOD’s program trains students to see both trend and innovation inside of a modern market.
 

CORE SKILLS ACHIEVED

Digital Skills
Jewel CAD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop

 

PROCESSES OF METALWORK
Melting
Hammering, Rolling
Wire Drawing
Soldering
Tube Forming
Setting and Drilling

 

IS THIS PROGRAMME FOR YOU?

All those interested persons who have been waiting long to formalize their talent, engage an interest, follow a dream or simply acquire a new talent in the Jewellery Design field. 

 

JEWELLERY CAREERS 

  • Jewellery Designer
  • Jewellery Merchandiser
  • Jewellery Product Manager
  • Casting Manager
  • Accessories Designer
  • Design Consultant
  • Illustrator
  • Entrepreneur
  • Planning and Concept Manager
  • Jewellery Setter
  • Jewel Business Owner

 

COURSE STRUCTURE

DURATION: 15 MONTHS

Design & Research Techniques
Metallurgy& Fabrication
Design Method & Principles
CAD for Jewellery Design
Gemmology & Metalworking Techniques
Design Communication
Final Major Project
Professional Practice