The 9 Stages of Jewellery Design With Anelia Kuprina (podcast episode)
Anelia Kuprina is one of our incredible Diploma mentors and she has also taught with us at the London Jewellery School and The Jewellers Academy. We are excited for you to join us for this conversation about the stages of jewellery design.
017: The 9 Stages of Jewellery Design With Anelia Kuprina
Anelia Kuprina is one of our incredible Diploma mentors and she has also taught with us at the London Jewellery School and The Jewellers Academy. We are excited for you to join us for this conversation about the stages of jewellery design.
EPISODE RECAP
Welcome to Anelia Kuprina (0:50)
For anyone who hasn’t met you before and doesn’t know about your work, can you tell us a little about your jewellery and how you got started in this industry? (1:10)
Today we’re going to be talking about design and a mini lesson for anyone thinking about the design process (2:33)
Step 1. Make a brief for yourself (3:43)
And if you’re working with a client, there may be some information they give you straight away. But there may be areas you need to drill down with the brief (4:47)
Step 2. Get inspiration, make a plan (6:49)
So once we’ve got the brief and outline, we look for inspiration to fill in the gaps (8:35)
Step 3. Sketching and designing (9:53)
Step 4. Understand the concept behind your design (14:00)
How do you do the concept behind the design? Do you write it down? (16:00)
Step 5. Generate lots of ideas (17:07)
You were saying that you don’t have to do every single once of these stages, but they should be in your toolkit in case you need to bring them out. Do you find that if you get stuck you go back to the stages and do more? (19:14)
Step 6. Research (20:08)
Step 7. Samples and test pieces. Sometimes it’s making the whole model and sometimes just the section that’s new to you, right? (25:41)
Step 8. Model making (26:50)
Step 9. Make the jewellery (28:04)
Do you go through all these stages every time you design a piece? Are there some that are more crucial for you? (29:56)
What would you say were your biggest design mistakes? (31:50)
ABOUT ANELIA
Anelia is an award-winning independent London jewellery designer, who combines traditional hand-making techniques with modern technologies to create exquisite jewels.
In the ten years that she has spent in the industry, she has worked for leading UK jewellery companies, West End ateliers and the time-honoured workshops of Hatton Garden. This practical training has endowed her with the skills necessary to be able to expertly manipulate precious metals and infuse meticulous precision into her work. Her signature is bold, innovative and exciting. Anelia jewellery utilises her innate understanding of form and texture with a potent blend of hypnotic colour to create luxurious sculptural masterpieces in miniature form.
The ring photographed is the M ring by Anelia Kuprina
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