Jewelry Design I

Jewelry Design I introduces jewelry making as an art form in the past and present. A variety of

media and tools are explored. The elements of art and principals of design are used to analyze,

design, create, and evaluate jewelry. The course combines aesthetics, art criticism and art history

with studio production of jewelry and metalwork.

a. Keeps a visual/verbal journal with personal ideas, course information

b. Brainstorms multiple solutions before beginning jewelry/metalwork

c. Uses concepts/ideas from other disciplines as inspiration for metalwork

d. Produces designs inspired by observation of the natural world, research into

2. Uses formal qualities of art (elements and principles) to create unified composition and

a. Explores selected formal qualities in thumbnail sketches and visual/verbal notes to

b. Creates unified compositions stressing selected formal qualities (principles and

elements)

c. Solves practical problems of function and comfort in relation to jewelry design

a. Produces jewelry/metalwork using characteristics of the medium, predetermined

combinations of aesthetic and functional requirements, fine craftsmanship, a variety

a. Self-evaluates in-progress and complete work using criteria such as stylistic quality,

c. Recognizes emerging elements of personal artistic voice

d. Evaluates comfort and comments from others after wearing the jewelry piece

e. Applies and recognizes the use of higher-order thinking skills (e.g. tolerance of

ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, finding structure in apparent

f. Works to find individual voice within assignment guidelines; understands that

creativity is problem-solving within given parameters

h. Explores life-long avocational opportunities in the crafts/jewelry (such as producing,

visiting museums and galleries, teaching, volunteering, collecting, reading and

5. Develops critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for

a. Write, reflect upon, and revise throughout the course, personal answers to this

b. Discusses the importance of aesthetic experiences in daily life and how jewelry plays

an important role

c. Reflect on the relationship of beauty to art, particularly beauty in jewelry

adornment

a. Describe visual and tactile qualities (elements and principles) in jewelry from varied

b. Analyzes the relationship of decorative and functional qualities in artwork from

c. Uses Feldman's method and Visual Thinking Strategies to"read" jewelry/ metalwork;

d. Verbalizes personal reactions to artwork using adjectives, analogies and metaphors

e. Writes and talks about jewelry and body decoration from a wide range of

f. Compares and contrasts other art forms such as painting, sculpture, and ceramics to

a. Examines the functions of jewelry and personal adornment from diverse cultures and

b. Examines changes in the role of jewelry and personal adornment in primitive through

c. Explains the influences of cultural factors on the development of jewelry in different

e. Discuss how and why jewelry is important in our daily lives and in today's world

(personal significance, social commentary, self-expression, spiritual expression, for

beauty's sake, for profit/production)

f. Identify and discuss jewelry from major cultural areas (e.g., Africa, Latin America,

North America, and Asia) and from different periods in time (e.g., Egyptian, Pre-