JD100 MODULE 1: BEGINNING YOUR JEWELLERY JOURNEY

JDMIS · Lesson Plan

LESSON 1 · Getting Started (40 mins)

  1. Meet your Instructor, Tanja Sadow
    • Personal Message from Tanja
  2. School and Curriculum Overview
    • Introducing the Jewellery Design and Management International School
    • The JDMIS Design Curriculum (Online and In-school)
    • Course Learning Sequence
  3. Introducing the JDMIS Online Learning system
    • Introducing the JDMIS Online Learning System
  4. Do you have what it takes to be a jewellery designer?
    • Why do we need Designers & What does it take to design?
    • 3 Things you must always keep in mind when designing jewellery
    • Customer Requirements and Practical Limitations

LESSON 2 · Introduction to Jewellery Design (40 mins)

  1. Becoming a Jewellery Designer
    • The Role of the Jewellery Designer
    • Productivity and Design
  2. Understanding Jewellery
    • Types of Jewellery You will Learn to Draw
  3. Basic techniques and preparation before you start designing
    • Before you start designing…

LESSON 3 · Basic Drawing Techniques (2 hours 15 mins)

  1. Easy Exercises to get Started
    • Parallel Lines
    • Circles
    • Ovals
    • Graduating Circles
    • Circles to Ovals (Foreshortening)
    • ‘S’ Curves
    • How are you doing? Self-Checks to Keep You On Track!
  2. Improving Productivity
    • Realising Productivity Improvements
    • Steps to Maximise Your Productivity
    • Measuring Your Productivity
  3. Tracing Techniques for Creative Variation
    • Introduction to Tracing
    • Axial Symmetry & Tracing (Pendant)
    • Radial Symmetry & Tracing (Brooch)
    • Partial Tracing
    • Repetitive Linear Tracing (Bracelet)
    • How are you doing? Self-Checks to keep you on track!
    • Using Tracing to Find Inspiration
  4. Assignment 1
  5. Enlarging, Reducing and Distorting Design
    • Uses for Enlarging, Reducing & Distortions
    • Enlarge Your Chosen Design
    • Reduce the Same Chosen Design
    • Distort the Same Chosen Design
    • Combining Sketches
    • How are you doing? Self-Checks to keep you on track!

LESSON 4 · Enhancing Creativity (40 mins)

  1. Assignment 2
  2. Using AI in Jewellery Design
    • Introduction to AI and AI for Jewellery
    • Using the JDMIS BijouVision AI tool

LESSON 5 · AI IN JEWELLERY DESIGN (1 HOUR 15 MINS)

  1. Congratulations, you have completed JD100 Module 1