JEWELLERY DESIGNING

Jewellery designing means being able to envisage, craft & create elegant jewellery to suit diverse customer needs. Jewellery designers create new design for gold, silver & other metal as per the existing moods of the market.

Traits: creativity, keen observation, awareness of latest fashion, lots of concentration, patience, ability to taking responsibility.

The work:-

Designing: - Jewellery designing is undertaken for costume jewellery & for previous jewellery. Costume jewellery can be made from material or stone & requires great imagination & innovation. Previous jewellery is railed more the quality of as gems.

Marketing: - Marketing of jewellery essentially involves the selling of precious, semiprecious & costume jewellery for domestic market & for export.

Area of specialization in gemology:

Gemology: Gemologist identify test & establish the right, form, size & other related aspects of diamond.

Gem Grinders: - Gem grinders grind precious stones to required shape & size by machines.

Gem Polishers: - Either manually or mechanically as the specification operating polishing wheels.

Gem Sorters: - Task is to examine, select & remove gems from rough stones & to cut them in required size.

Jewel Setters: - Jewel setter performs the task of setting jewels according to the design of the ornament.

Engravers: - Work involves engraving ornamental designs or letters using fine chisels, hand tools, dyes.

Researchers: - They grow simple crystals from water & other more complex, substances.

Job Avenues:-
Export houses, designer jewellery firms, designers for costume jewellery, freelance for both India & global market, international organization like De Beers & Argyele Diamond Offer Employment.

Institutes

NIFT, Delhi (Accessory)

Eligibility: XII + Entrance

Course/Duration: Diploma/ 3 yrs

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S.V.T. College, Mumbai (Jewellery)

Eligibility: XII

Course/Duration: Diploma / 2 ½ yrs

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Gemology Institutes of India, Mumbai

Eligibility: XII

Course/Duration: Diploma / 6 Months

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Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Mumbai

Eligibility: X

Course/Duration: Diploma / 2 Months

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St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai

Eligibility: X
Course/Duration: Diploma / 3 Months

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Swavarna Ratna Peth, Lalbaugh

Eligibility: X

Course/Duration: Diploma / 6 Months

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Bhaghubhai Polytechnic Mumbai

Eligibility: XII
Course/Duration: Diploma / 2 Years