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English language courses with bi/tri-weekly frequency.
Students can take one or more subjects, according to their wishes, goals, and time availability, and thus build a personalized course of study.
The list of study subjects is long and articulated, and each subject can be considered a course in itself. All classes are taught by proven and experienced lecturers and instructors, and classes are in English.
The option of taking several subjects at the same time allows everyone to build their own course of study according to their needs and goals.
For each subject/course, interested parties can access information about the syllabus and objectives.
| Course code | JMLAB. 1 |
| Hours | 144 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 3800 |
| Course code | JMLAB. 2 |
| Hours | 144 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 3800 |
| Course code | WAX.EN |
| Hours | 90 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2400 |
| Course code | ENA.EN |
| Hours | 60 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1800 |
| Course code | EN.EN |
| Hours | 60 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2150 |
| Course code | ENJ.EN |
| Hours | 60 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2150 |
| Course code | INC.EN |
| Hours | 60 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2150 |
| Course code | REND.EN |
| Hours | 90 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2400 |
| Course code | CAD.EN |
| Hours | 60 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1800 |
| Course code | DIS.EN |
| Hours | 90 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 2400 |
| Course code | GEM.EN |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course code | STGIO.EN |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course code | STO-GIO |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course code | CULT.EN |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course code | MODA.EN |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course code | MARK.EN |
| Hours | 48 |
| Starting dates | October , January and April |
| Deadline for booking | Session starting in October:
31 August Session starting in January: 30 November Session starting in April: 28 February |
| Fee | € 1280 |
| Course name/subject | Course code | Hours | Starting dates | Deadline for booking | Fee (VAT included) | More info | |
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| Jewellery Making 1 (basic) | JMLAB. 1 | 144 | October , January and April | Session starting in October: 31 of August Session starting in January: 30 of November Session starting in April: 28 of February | € 3800 | See more info | BOOK NOW |
| Jewellery Making 2 (intermediate) | JMLAB. 2 | 144 | € 3800 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Wax modelling and lost-wax casting | WAX.EN | 90 | € 2400 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Enameling | ENA.EN | 60 | € 1800 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Engraving on plate | EN.EN | 80 | € 2150 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Engraving on jewels | ENJ.EN | 80 | € 2150 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Stone setting | INC.EN | 80 | € 2150 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Rendering | REND.EN | 90 | € 2400 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| CAD | CAD.EN | 60 | € 1800 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Technical Design | DIS.EN | 90 | € 2400 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Gemology | GEM.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| History of jewels | STGIO.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| History of contemporary jewels | CONST.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK+NOW | ||
| Culture of the jewel project | CULT.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Fashion and trends | MODA.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK NOW | ||
| Fashion and Luxury Marketing | MARK.EN | 48 | € 1280 | See more info | BOOK NOW |
Subsequent modules (intermediate, advanced) can be scheduled for each course, based on participants’ requests.
3 classes of 4 hours per week
Duration: of 144 hours for the full session (12 hours for 12 weeks). However, shorter durations may be available subject to the availability of places.
JEWELLERY MAKING 1 (BASIC) – JMLAB. 1
The lecture cycles aim to provide participants with basic knowledge of various metalworking techniques. The program aims to familiarize participants with operations such as soldering, alloy casting, piercing, metal bending and deforming, wire drawing and rolling, surfaces decoration, gem setting, finishing.
These objectives are pursued through laboratory practice and the making of some work in silver and other metals and stones, as follows:
For all works in the program, the school provides predefined designs but participants may also make their own designs on the sole condition that they meet the requirements. Materials needed for making all works (silver, stones, other non-precious metals) are included in the participation fee.
JEWELLERY MAKING 2 (INTERMEDIATE) – JMLAB. 2
The intermediate course focuses on deepening the techniques already glimpsed in the basic course. In addition to gradually more complex constructions and procedures, special attention is given to the following topics:
Courses on more advanced techniques may be scheduled upon request.
3 classes of 3 hours per week
Duration: of 90 hours for the full session (9 hours for 10 weeks). However, shorter durations may be available subject to the availability of places.
The first part of the course includes lectures and practical exercises devoted to modeling in hard and moldable (soft) wax.
Wax objects will be made from predetermined patterns and designs, which each individual can customize.
A few works will then be selected from each participant to be cast in silver or bronze.
The second part of the course is devoted to the process of investment casting, according to the following program:
2 classes of 4 hours per week,
Duration: 80 hours for the full session (8 hours for 10 weeks). However, shorter durations may be available subject to the availability of places.
The course includes hands-on workshop classes with instructor demonstrations and group and individual exercises.
LAO provides silver pendants and rings, which students will learn to enamel using a variety of techniques:
2 classes of 4 hours per week.
Duration: of each cycle is 80 hours (8 hours for 10 weeks), but can also be accessed for shorter durations subject to availability of places.
The course concerns the engraving on flat plate, for the realization of decorative drawings, matrices for prints, objects of use (frames, boxes, etc.). The exercises will be done on brass and silver plates.
This course includes exercises on semi-finished casted pieces (rings, pendants, bracelets), in silver, which will allow you to learn a difficult and refined art, able to transform a simple object into a small work of art.
To access to the jewellery engraving course it is necessary to have attended at least one course (48 hours) on plate engraving, or in any case have basic skills in engraving.
2 classes of 4 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 80 hours (8 hours for 10 weeks), but can also be accessed for shorter durations subject to availability of places.
The course includes demonstrations and exercises that will cover all phases of the setting of gems on metal, with the use of semi-finished casted pieces in silver, with synthetic stones, predominantly high quality cubic zirconia.
Starting from relatively simple techniques, such as the one on griffe and on bezels, students will soon arrive at more complex works, as follow:
3 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 90 hours (9 hours for 10 weeks), but shorter durations can be accessed subject to availability of places.
To access this course it is not necessary to have drawing skills: the whole program will be carried out starting from basic notions, within everyone’s reach.
The use of watercolors for the realization of jewellery rendering is a refined technique which requires time and patience, but ensures exciting results and offers future designers the opportunity to show their customers a realistic preview of how the object will be made .
LAO provides some schematics of technical designs (rings, earrings, pendants, bracelets, necklaces, etc.) that participants will have to learn to color (render) using the techniques learned.
Different topics such as metal surfaces (silver and gold in different colors), and with different treatments (matte, polished, satin) and shape (flat/bombed/curved) will be addressed. One also learns how to represent gems realistically.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 60 hours (6 hours for 10 weeks), but shorter durations can be accessed subject to availability of places.
CAD (Computer Aided Design) offers possibilities that until very recently were unthinkable for jewellery design and is extremely useful not only for designers but also for jewellers and model-makers.
3 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 90 hours (9 hours for 10 weeks), but shorter durations can be accessed subject to availability of places.
This course introduces students to the practical aspects of technical design, freehand design and the praxis of designing a piece of jewellery.
The course opens with students using a type of technical projection called Orthogonal Projection, which allows the designer to explore their vision from every side, every angle. We then move on to the techniques of Axonometric projection, which is the three-dimensional representation of the piece of jewellery, as if it were being seen in a photograph.
These techniques will allow us to make accurate freehand designs of our drafts. We will look at various themes in jewellery design with the aim of understanding various working methods, different ways of constructing jewellery and different ways of studying its components. The various design techniques will be taught from the absolute basics, on the assumption that the student has never designed before. With time their designs will become more and more sophisticated.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
Through studying the tools and techniques employed in gemology, students will be able to analyze and recognize the main precious and semi-precious stones in the jewellery sector.
The module introduces the student to the world of precious and semi-precious stones through analyzes of their origins, their market and symbolic value, and the history of how they have been traditionally worked. Ethical questions around the usage and mining methods of these stones also form an integral part of the course.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
The course explores the history of jewellery, from ancient civilizations up to today’s collections. It investigates the historical, social and artistic factors that have shaped the evolution of jewellery, looking at historical production and the jewellers behind it.
The aim of the module is to equip students with the tools needed to understand the background of today’s jewellers. Students should gain confidence with the critical terminology around jewellery, through producing visual and textual analyzes.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
This course treats the history of contemporary jewellery as the history of a valid, independent means of artistic expression.
It begins at the end of the nineteenth century and finishes with today’s jewellery, looking at the central figures in the jewellery world during this period. It explores jewellery from open, experimental, ever-changing perspectives: besides bringing materials from other art forms into a jewellery context, we will see how thought on the meaning and function of jewellery has become increasingly critical, especially from the mid-twentieth century onwards.
The course will also focus on the connections between artists working and experimenting at the same time and will linger on the most important trends of each period to contextualize them as much as possible.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
This course offers students a holistic introduction to the world of jewellery today through a variety of formal and cultural interpretations.
The course also offers access to a global network of information.
Through mastering the vocabulary and themes of the subject, students are stimulated to individual critical thought, which will help them to develop their own personal style in their work.
By the end of the year, the student will:
The course includes instructions for the use of Instagram and Pinterest, with the aim of helping the student create a professional profile, if they do not already have one.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
In the global context it is becoming increasingly paramount for creatives to have a deep understanding of current trends, so that they can better adapt and transform them through their own personal interpretations.
This course aims to stimulate students to develop a critical awareness of fashion trends, both Italian and international.
Students will come to appreciate that creative inspiration needs to be stimulated through constant exposure to a broad range of stimuli, from the worlds of culture, fashion and art.
Students will visit museums, galleries, archives and public and private collections dedicated to fashion, applied arts and visual arts. They will also visit showrooms, small and medium-sized businesses, fashion houses, boutiques, ateliers, workshops, etcetera.
2 classes of 3 hours per week.
Duration: each cycle is 48 hours (6 hours for 8 weeks), but shorter durations can also be accessed subject to availability of places.
This course offers a contemporary view of luxury marketing to the student who is studying an ancient, storied craft. The course will deal with jewellery marketing strategies and the evolution of the market.
Through analyzing the 4 P’s of traditional marketing and the 4 C’s of integrated marketing, students will learn to promote and commercialize their own products, orchestrating every stage from design to profit.
The market strategies of various high jewellery brands will be analyzed, from product development to promotion and sales, with particular attention to the emotional aspect that the great luxury brands use in their (personalized) marketing. Students will also look at the importance of the target market and unpick the various business techniques that are specific to the luxury goods sector.