Jewellery Design – Bikiran Foundation

Overview

Jewellery Designing is a very rewarding career option for anyone entering the world of designing. An individual who has a good sense of fashion and accessories, as well as pays great attention to detail is an ideal candidate for a career in jewellery designing. Jewelry is a type of accessory that individuals have used to adorn their bodies for decades. Jewellery designers may work with boutiques, retail chains, or jewellery manufacturers, where they put their expertise to practice and create new and unique designs. Having gained ample experience in this field, many jewellery designers go on to work independently, either freelancing or launching their own brands and collections of designer jewellery.

Professional Opportunities

Boutiques

⦿ Jewellery designers work in designer boutiques to design, and create luxury pieces that are customer pleasing and go with their style and taste.

Retail Chains

⦿ Jewellery designers often tie up with retail chains to design and create pieces that appeal to the mass audience and are put for sale at all locations of the retail brand.

Television and Film Industry

⦿ Jewelry Designers work in the film and television industry to design and create custom pieces for actors and actresses playing various roles. They often study the plot of the film and understand the characters.

Accessory designing houses

⦿ Jewellery designers work in accessory designing houses to design and create jewellery that resonates with the ideology and style of the firm.

Jewellery Designing firms

⦿ They work in Jewelry Designing Firms to design and create jewellery that resonates with the ideology and style of the firm.

Goldsmiths

⦿ Jewellery designers in this role work exclusively with gold and often go past ornaments to design and create other objects, like gold pots and plates.

Gemmologists

⦿ Jewellery designers specializing in gemology, design jewellery with gemstones often for luxury and therapeutic purposes.

Independent Jewellery Designers

⦿ Independent designers create their own brand of jewellery to cater to a niche market of their own.

Freelance jewellery designing

⦿ Freelancers in jewellery designing either create their own brand of accessories or take up projects independently with other designers to design and create pieces that complement the apparel to be worn with it.

Career Path

Stream

⦿ Pass Class XII in Any Stream

Graduation

⦿ Pursue B.Sc. Fashion Designing/ B. Des. Accessory Design/ B. Des. Jewellery Retail and Export Management for 3- 4 years

⦿ Pursue Diploma in Fashion Designing/ Diploma in Jewellery Designing for 1 year

⦿ Pursue B.Sc. Fashion Designing/ B. Des. Accessory Design/ B. Des. Jewellery Retail and Export Management for 3- 4 years

After Graduation

⦿ Pursue Masters in Fashion Design/ M. Des. Accessory Design for 2 years

⦿ Pursue Advanced Diploma in Fashion Designing/ Advanced Diploma in Jewellery Designing

⦿ Study Abroad and Pursue Masters in Fine Jewellery Design/ MA Design (Jewellery) for 1 -2 years

Important Facts

⦿ Practical, industrial experience is a must. This can be achieved via internships or upon getting a job.

Work Description

⦿ The work of a jeweler designer is designing and often making jewellery by means of variety of materials, including gold, silver and precious stones.

⦿Typical work of a jewellery designer includes:

⦿ Discuss a design or have brief with clients

⦿ Creating/visualising an idea and producing a design by hand or through computer-aided design (CAD)

⦿ Create models of jewellery which will be manufactured in bulk by other staff or machinery

⦿ Create custom designed jewellery for individual

⦿ Source gemstones, precious metals and other jewellery parts

⦿ Cut, polish and set gemstones or other materials like resins or wood to use in jewellery designs

⦿ Use tools and other equipments like soldering irons, electroplating cell, etc

⦿ Managing business activities like financing and marketing, if working on a self-employed basis

Pros & Cons

Pros
⦿ The job profile allows you to express yourself creatively.

⦿ You get the opportunity to design for the top brands.

⦿ With experience and time, you can start your own business.

⦿ It is a very lucrative field.

Cons
⦿ There is a lot of competition in the area, especially for the self-employed designers.

⦿ The demand for jewellery generally fluctuates with the state of the economy of the country.

⦿ You have to work in accordance with the demands of the clients, which may restrict your creativity

Entrance Exams (UnderGraduate)

College

⦿ NIFT Entrance

⦿ FDDI – AIST

⦿ AIEED

⦿ UCEED

Tentative Date

⦿ January-march

⦿ July

⦿ April-June

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Important Elements

⦿ General Ability Test (GAT), Creative Ability Test (CAT), Situation Test

⦿ Mathematics, General Science, General Awareness

⦿ Awareness of design, Comprehension, Visual Ability, Lateral Thinking, Reasoning psychological, analysis

⦿ Visual and spatial ability, Observation and design, Sensitivity, Environmental and social Awareness, Analytical and logical Reasoning, Language and Creativity, Design, thinking and Problem solving, etc.