Diploma in 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 12 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
Drawing/ Sketching
Design Development & Communication
Workshop Theory & Practice
PROCESSES OF METALWORK
Cutting
Melting
Forming
Soldering
Setting and Drilling
Finishing and Polishing
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. This course is for people following a professional career in the jewellery industry, showing responsibility and an independent interest and motivation to develop their skills further and bring together design and technical knowledge.
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: 12 MONTHS
Design & Research Techniques
Metallurgy & Fabrication
Design & Concept Development
Digital Design
Gemmology & Metalworking Techniques
Design Communication
Final Major Project
Professional Practice