Metal Decoration Techniques(Practical)

Paper Code: 
JWT 604
Credits: 
08
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To familiarize the students with the basic concepts in jewellery & gemology. Study of evolution & development of jewellery making & trade practices in India. Introduction to Gem stones and materials used in jewellery and study their properties.
  • To imparts extensive practical training in finishes and enameling, a lost art that has a potential to create object de' art.

Jewellery Making techniques :

 

  1. Metal finishing techniques :                                      40 hrs.
  • Type of soil on metal
  • cleaning solution finishing technique
  • Hand polishing and buffing
  • Rhodium plating
  • Type of finishes on metals :
    • Gloss
    • Matte
    • Florentine
    • Satin
    • Hammering
  1. Surface ornamentation                                            50 hrs.
  • Enameling
  • Stamping

 

  1. Stone setting:                                                            30 Hrs.
  • Prong
  • Channel
  • Bezel
  • Pave
References: 
  1. Jewellery Manufacture and Repair By Charles Jarvis
  2. Jewellery Making Manual By Sylvia Wicks
  3. Jewellery Making Techniques Book: by Elizabeth Oliver
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