Where do they study to become a jeweler? Education, courses, master classes

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The profession of a jeweler is experiencing a rebirth, and is “overgrown” in a variety of directions. People who are interested in learning today mean a variety of things: jewelry making as a craft, jewelry design, entrepreneurship and running your own jewelry brand, managing a jewelry company or its division, being an expert (for example, stone grading), and much more.

Let's go through the main options for obtaining a jewelry specialty - from the most thorough (universities) to secondary professional (colleges) and highly specialized (courses, master classes).

In this article we have posted the main, most famous jewelry schools. The situation in the field of education today is changing very quickly, different schools are merging, and familiar names are changing. Write to us if we missed something or the information has changed since our publication - we will promptly make changes!

College of Decorative and Applied Arts No. 36 named after. Carla Faberge

Here you can not only master the necessary techniques, but also develop your creativity and learn how to create designer jewelry. Children interested in the use of information technology in jewelry can take 3D modeling courses at college and learn how to create jewelry designs using special computer programs. To enter here, you must pass two entrance tests: drawing and metalwork. After each exam, interviews are held at which the advantages and disadvantages of the completed tasks are discussed. Applicants who have graduated from art school can have a presentation of their portfolio instead of a drawing exam. You can study on the basis of the 9th and 11th grades - in the first case, the training will take three and a half years, in the second 10 months.

How to choose a course

Dozens of choices of schools and studios are overwhelming. To choose effective jewelry courses , we recommend looking at the following points:

• Goals: do you want to repair products, work from someone else’s sketches, or create your own.
• How many years has the school been operating?
• Availability of a license to carry out educational activities.
• Find out about the teachers: experience, skills, products.
• Works of graduates.
• Reviews on forums and social networks. Pay attention to how the school reacts to outside opinions: they explain whether cases are examined. Or they ignore complaints.
• View more prices to get the average price. Compare the cost of approximately the same number of classes and program content. Sometimes the high price is justified by a well-known brand, teachers, or expensive rent in a posh center.
• The school may be named after a well-known person in the community. Be careful: often this is only a name. It is not necessary that the master conducts the classes. Especially for beginners.
• Find out if the school offers open or trial lessons. During such visits, you can evaluate the school’s equipment and teaching methods.
• For job opportunities, look for courses that will lead to a certificate or rank.
• A big plus is the possibility of employment.

Pay attention to the important points for you: how comfortable it is in the workshop, work schedule, common language with the teacher. Studying is productive when it is fun.

College of Arts and Crafts No. 59

Along with the Carl Faberge College, it is the most popular specialized secondary specialized educational institution in the field of jewelry. At one time, Sergei Dunin, a master engraver, teacher and author of numerous textbooks on jewelry and engraving, studied here, as well as current engineers from leading jewelry factories. Among the innovative educational methods, the technical school practices preparation for entrepreneurial activity in the field of decorative and applied arts. Like the students of College No. 36, students are given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in creative competitions. The duration of training in the specialty “Jeweler” is 1 year 10 months on the basis of the 11th grade and 3 years 6 months on the basis of the 9th grade. For successful admission, no additional creative tests are required.

Talentsy (online)

Website: https://talentsy.ru/dizayner-ukrasheniy Cost: 2,085 rub. per month

Profession “Jewelry Designer” Comprehensive training program for the profession “Jewelry Designer”. A course with video lessons, masterminds and feedback. From scratch to my first collection.

More than 30 modern, stylish jewelry was developed specifically for the course, with a total cost of more than 30,000 rubles, by creating which you not only master basic techniques according to the “from simple to complex” principle, but also gain the skills necessary for further independent creativity.

What will you learn

1. Understand materials, tools and techniques Fishing lines, threads, wires, chains, pliers, side cutters, beads, clasps, many different stones - this is an incomplete list of what you will become friends with during the course.
2. Understand styles, types of jewelry and current trends Select jewelry taking into account individual characteristics, helping people look as harmonious and well-groomed as possible.
3. Create stunning jewelry with your own hands Earrings, bracelets, crowns, rings, pendants, necklaces, brooches - you can create them for yourself, give them to loved ones or prepare them to order.
4. Create analogues of expensive branded jewelry You can save on jewelry by buying materials that are several times cheaper than finished products.
5. Make money by selling the jewelry you create. How to sell through Instagram? How to sell your products through Etsy and Crafts Fair? How to promote a master’s personal brand?

Moscow Polytechnic College

Training in the profession of “Jeweler” is carried out here only on the basis of the 9th grade and lasts for 2 years and 5 months. Admission of applicants is based on the results of the State Examination Test; the college does not conduct additional independent tests in this area. Upon completion of training, the graduate receives the qualification “Insert Cutter” - mainly his future work will be related to precious and semi-precious stones. The Moscow Polytechnic employs most of its graduates, and those who wish to study further enter universities under a shortened program. Among the higher educational institutions where young jewelers can continue their career are the Moscow State University of Design and Technology and the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.

Concept

The profession of “jeweler” presupposes the presence of artistic skills and the ability to grasp the aesthetic preferences of the customer. A person who has this specialty is able to perform manipulations to mount jewelry. He knows how to secure inserts in a product and carry out other operations for the manufacture and repair of jewelry.

In addition, such a specialist is capable of not only being an employee, but also starting his own business. Namely, a jewelry workshop. Approximately this concept is given in specialized courses.

In any training center, when a future student is asked what prospects the profession of a jeweler offers, they will answer: high wages, demand. But, of course, not everyone can master this creative specialty. Just like not everyone is given the opportunity to become an astronaut, lawyer or assistant driver of a long-distance train.

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College of Automation and Radioelectronics No. 27 named after P.M. Vostrukhina

Almost all areas of study here are related to technology; only two professions stand out from the general list: environmental engineer and jeweler. The curriculum includes a lot of work in machine tool laboratories and jewelry workshops. The key task of preparation is to get the hang of it. It is worth noting that there are special groups for students with hearing problems. After graduating from college, young jewelers can continue their studies at a university: KAIR No. 27 cooperates with the Faculty of Technology Design of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. For those who do not plan to receive additional higher education and want to plunge headlong into work, the college promises guaranteed employment. You can enroll here both after 9th and 11th grade. There are no special requirements for jewelry applicants.

Flaws

Being a jeweler also has its downsides. And first of all, they include a sedentary lifestyle. Jewelers strain their eyes every day and receive, albeit minor, hand injuries. Burns from chemicals are also possible. To all of the above it is worth adding great responsibility.

A jeweler who evaluates expensive items has no room for error. After all, it can lead to huge expenses and loss of reputation of the enterprise.

An applicant who has decided to become a jeweler should answer the following questions:

1. Does it match your personality traits?
2. Do you have enough perseverance?
3. Can you become a specialist in a narrow focus (for example, work exclusively with cold enamel).
4. Will you be able to evaluate jewelry products?

Like any other profession, the profession of “jeweler” requires special personal qualities. Reviews about this craft are sometimes negative. But, as a rule, those who choose this profession by mistake, without analyzing their own abilities in time, leave it.

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5. Polytechnic College No. 13 named after. P.A. Ovchinnikova

The “golden hands” of the college are specialists in metalworking, so jewelry making is one of the priority educational areas. As in the case of College No. 27 and the Polytechnic, the main emphasis here is on honing the technique of working with metals and stones and developing the necessary professional skills. But to say that they teach here not to create, but mainly to craft and make products according to a sample, would not be entirely correct - quite a lot of time is also devoted to training in the field of jewelry design, including computer design. At college, students carry out production orders from various enterprises. On the basis of the 9th grade, training lasts 3 years and 5 months, on the basis of the 11th grade - 1 year and 10 months. Admission is carried out without entrance exams based on the results of the State Examination and Unified State Examination.

Advantages

Theoretically, anyone can become a jeweler. In addition, its advantage is the possibility of continuous development. Anyone who is not afraid of painstaking work and working with stones and metals, having received a secondary vocational education, can safely apply for a place in one of the jewelry enterprises.

If you have an artistic gift, you should think about a more serious education. You can choose a university whose list of programs includes training in design with a jewelry focus.

Thus, two types of specialists can be distinguished. The first ones create, create something new. Their work is similar to the skill of a sculptor or painter. And, of course, it is impossible to learn it without artistic abilities. The latter restore, put into proper shape, evaluate, and perform the duties of a merchandiser in a pawnshop.

Pros and cons of the jeweler profession

Even against the backdrop of financial disasters, jewelry does not lose its value. For this reason, people capable of creating or restoring such works have always been in demand, and there is no reason for the trend to change. An expert who knows various techniques and methods of working with materials and has a high level of skill will easily find a good place. Jewelers traditionally make good money. The average income of a master without special regalia is 50-90 thousand rubles. A well-known expert will often receive hundreds of thousands of rubles for his work.

The main disadvantage of this route is the potential health hazard. Jewelers have to sit in one position for several hours in a row, straining all the muscles of the body. Over time, this leads to problems with the joints and spine. Physical inactivity often causes an employee to gain weight. Also, while working, craftsmen are forced to strain their eyes greatly, which threatens to reduce visual acuity.

If a jeweler does not have talent and aesthetic taste, he will be forced to perform exclusively technical actions. This will not bring him fame or money. You also need to prepare for the fact that customers may be dissatisfied with the work performed. There will always be critics who belittle the merits of masters and speak negatively about their creations.

School of Jewelry Crafts (JSC)

Address : m. Dynamo, st. Nizhnyaya Maslovka house 18 Website : https://brillsd.ru Phone Cost : from 6000 rub. per course

Under the guidance of a master, you can design and make any piece of jewelry yourself, select stones and create an individual cut.

Education program – Jewelry master class:

• Introductory part - Introduction to jewelry activities, a general overview of the origins and cultures in various countries, history.
• Production of wire and chain with ongoing familiarization with the operation of machines.
• Copying jewelry and its manufacturing (casting).
• Making jewelry using perforations.
• Individual training on jewelry equipment.

What does a jeweler do

The duties and functions of a jeweler are determined by the professionalism and profile of the master. At the workplace, he performs a large amount of work every day, consisting of 90% manual labor and 10% intellectual labor.

Basic actions of a jeweler:

• creating a sketch of the product - elaborating the project, modeling the future decoration. The master must think over the shape and individual elements of the object, select options for its finishing based on the techniques he owns;
• elaboration of the blank - you need to cast the base, giving it a shape and setting the size, as well as mount all the metal parts of the decoration and process them;
• performing basic work - a creative process, during which actions are carried out to apply patterns and designs, engraving the product;
• installation of stones and additional elements - processing of components, their reliable fixation on the base;
• final processing of the product - applying enamel, spraying, treating the object with a protective coating.

The work of novice jewelers is limited to creating individual elements of future jewelry and preparing raw materials. Gradually, they begin to be involved in the development of blanks, the connection of similar parts, and the formation of the final product.

YASAM (SAO)

Address : metro station Voikovskaya, Leningradskoye sh., 5A Website : https://www.jasam.ru Telephone Cost : from 250 rub. for 1 hour of lessons

The learning process meets modern requirements and is exclusively practical.

Basic principles of training:

1. Concentrating theoretical studies at home allows you to use your practical time more efficiently.
2. Classes are taught by teachers with practical experience.
3. Practical classes take place at a personal workplace equipped with modern equipment and all necessary materials.
4. Independent production of jewelry in practical classes with their subsequent acquisition.
5. Individual approach to each student with the opportunity to choose the most convenient lesson time.

The student independently determines the number of study hours, class times, topics and level of training. Free visiting schedule. The minimum number of practical lessons corresponds to 20 hours.

Professional training is provided in the following areas:

• general jeweler;
• jeweler-mounter;
• caster;
• fixer;
• engraver.

Famous representatives of the profession

Carl Faberge

Famous Russian jeweler

The head of a family company and a dynasty of jewelry craftsmen. He is the creator of Faberge eggs, which are highly prized by collectors around the world.

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Daniel Swarovski

Austrian engineer

Founder of the Austrian crystal empire Swarovski

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