Design to Fabrication
“Narrative in Jewelry”
Hand Fabricated Pendant
with Camille Rendal
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Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 7 & 8
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Cost: $315 BoMA members $365 for non-members Materials fee: $7 Location: Boulder Metalsmithing Association 4919 Broadway St, Unit 15 Boulder, CO 80304 |
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Design of jewelry can be the biggest hurdle in creating a piece. Additionally if you are creating a series, or doing a commission work – you need to know how to create a rendering of your work to present to a client. The workshop takes the students from design to fabrication, it will give you the tools to generate design ideas in sketches. Students will then learn how to make a 3D and plan view rendering of your piece and use that to plan how much metal and materials you need for your project.
Day 1
Design day: First half of the day focuses on design and drawing/rendering/ model making techniques. Texturing and forming Demo. We will then experiment as a group with texturing techniques and one on one consult on fabrication questions. Each student will be designing and working on an individual and unique project. The theme of the pendant though will be “Narrative” – creating a work that tells a story. The pendant will have representational as opposed to abstract forms.
Work day: Fabrication day to work on your piece. Students will work on their final project with the help of instructor. Each student will be working on a project of their choice with the instructors help.
Depending upon the complexity of your artwork you may not finish the piece in this workshop, but will have the information to complete it in the studio after the workshop.
PREREQUISITES
Intermediate skills: students should be well skilled with all solder joints, sawing, filing, stone setting, (instruction will not include stone setting techniques). Beneficial if students have some basic drawing skills
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Camille Rendal has been teaching art and jewelry at the college level for 25 years and earned her MFA in metalsmithing from New Mexico State Univ. She was head of the art and jewelry program at FRCC/Longmont. Camille is a successful artist now living in Wyoming where she teaches workshops and private sessions in jewelry, sculpture, drawing, and painting.
Materials kit (instructor will provide) $7
STUDENTS NEED TO BRING:
Number of Seats
Maximum five students. All participants will be required to sign a waiver.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registration Open Now
Design of jewelry can be the biggest hurdle in creating a piece. Additionally if you are creating a series, or doing a commission work – you need to know how to create a rendering of your work to present to a client. The workshop takes the students from design to fabrication, it will give you the tools to generate design ideas in sketches. Students will then learn how to make a 3D and plan view rendering of your piece and use that to plan how much metal and materials you need for your project.
Day 1
Design day: First half of the day focuses on design and drawing/rendering/ model making techniques. Texturing and forming Demo. We will then experiment as a group with texturing techniques and one on one consult on fabrication questions. Each student will be designing and working on an individual and unique project. The theme of the pendant though will be “Narrative” – creating a work that tells a story. The pendant will have representational as opposed to abstract forms.
- How to jump start the design process for jewelers.
- How to create “narrative” in your work.
- Drawing rendering for jewelers (drawing to scale, drawing for commissions etc. Each student will create a drawing of your work.
- Making scale models. Each student will create a plan drawing, and to scale model.
- Demo on texturing and forming techniques. Experiment with texture and forming techniques
- Demo on overlay design and fabrication.
- Group and one on one consult for project
Work day: Fabrication day to work on your piece. Students will work on their final project with the help of instructor. Each student will be working on a project of their choice with the instructors help.
Depending upon the complexity of your artwork you may not finish the piece in this workshop, but will have the information to complete it in the studio after the workshop.
PREREQUISITES
Intermediate skills: students should be well skilled with all solder joints, sawing, filing, stone setting, (instruction will not include stone setting techniques). Beneficial if students have some basic drawing skills
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Camille Rendal has been teaching art and jewelry at the college level for 25 years and earned her MFA in metalsmithing from New Mexico State Univ. She was head of the art and jewelry program at FRCC/Longmont. Camille is a successful artist now living in Wyoming where she teaches workshops and private sessions in jewelry, sculpture, drawing, and painting.
Materials kit (instructor will provide) $7
- Canson mi Tientes paper
- Graph paper
- Tracing paper
- Gouache and brushes
STUDENTS NEED TO BRING:
- Bring all of the tools you have that you normally use to fabricate with ( saw, files, sandpapers, beeswax, etc.), If you have any fretz or texturing hammers please bring them.
- Chasing tools if you have them.
- Bring all metals / materials that you have ( metal sheet, wire, solder, Cabochon/faceted stones you may want to set )
- Drill bits for riveting
- Wire for riveting
- Colored pencils - set of Prismacolor colored pencils: Or if buying individually: 1-2 browns, 3-4 greys, 1 orange, 1-2 blues, white.
- Graphite pencils: 2H, HB
- Pencil sharpener for colored pencils and graphite pencils
- Erasers: white eraser
- Masking tape
- Found objects or relics you might want to “capture” or memorialize in your work.
- Cash or check for $7 payable to instructor for materials kit
Number of Seats
Maximum five students. All participants will be required to sign a waiver.
CANCELLATION POLICY
- You may cancel up to 10 business days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $10 processing.
- Cancellations 5-10 business days prior to the start of the class are eligible for a 50% refund.
- Cancellations occurring less than 5 business days prior to the start date will not be refunded,
- In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
Registration Open Now
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