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A few months ago, two amazing students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, Department for Product Design - Amila Tihic and Ena Hukic - expressed their wish to learn about the jewellery design process and jewellery making at our studio.
We were impressed by their enthusiasm and willingness to learn a whole new process of making one piece of jewellery.
Apprenticeship at ELIRD Jewellery studio lasted for eight weeks and the aim was to make two different kinds of rings, signet ring and halo ring - a single stone ring, by mastering the complete process of designing and making the ring. The approach was based on classic and fundamental techniques characterized for design thinking, jewellery design and jewellery making.
Apprenticeship started with the initial sketches for the two kinds of rings, after which the students have started to learn how to materialize their ideas into the jewellery wax. Afterwards, students have seen the process of lost wax casting and working with the jewellery furnace, in order to continue to learn how to work with the casted jewellery pieces, which were made of bronze. During every stage of apprenticeship, the importance of the "working hands", precision, dedication and trusting the process was emphasized, because it opens one's mind and liberates one from the fear of mistakes, which hinders the progress. After acquiring the pivotal knowledge in jewellery design and making, students Amila and Ena have learned about the post-production process and photography in the jewellery market.
It was our honour to be able to teach young designers about jewellery design and making.
