International Summer Academy of Gemstones and Jewellery at Campus Idar-Oberstein 2019

Each summer the Idar-Oberstein Campus opens its workshops to jewellery designers and students from all over the world. In eleven different workshops, instructed by renowned artists, you will be able to discover new artistic horizons and master techniques to be implemented into your own artistic practice. The two-week programme gives you the option to choose your own focus and to participate either in one or in two workshops. Workshops will be offered by teachers from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and Russia.

The International Summer Academy creates an intercultural learning platform by establishing an intensive exchange between participants from all over the world. We have each year hosted participants from over 15 countries.

In addition to the workshops, there will be opportunities to participate in excursions to jewellery and gemstone merchants, as well as visits to the agate and copper mines within the Idar-Oberstein area. Please reserve also time for a visit to the Jakob Bengel Foundation and the unique gemstone museum: "Deutsches Edelstein Museum" (German site only).
 
Teachers: Petr Dvorak, Tanja Falkenhayner, Alexander Friedrich, Jörg Obergfell, Danni Schwaag, Peter Vermandere, Inga Tomilina, Susanne Matsché, Gabriele Hinze, Michael Müller.


Link to the program: https://www.hochschule-trier.de/en/gestaltung/dept-of-gemstones-and-jewellery/study/international-summer-academy/program-2019/
 

Programme

Week 1 from 12th to 16th August.
CAD – digital Artisanship by Tanja Falkenhayner
Engraving – contemporary cameos and intaglios by Inga Tomilina
Filigree -  spinning it further with lightness by Susanne Mantsché
Gemstones – cut grind polish by Alexander Friedrich
Repoussé – hammer your happiness! by Gabriele Hinze

Week 2 from 19th to 23rd August.
Casting – iconoc(l)ast by Peter Vermandere
Enamel – vitreous surfaces by Danni Schwaag
Gemstones – cut grind polish by Alexander Friedrich
Photography – experiences in light by Michael Müller
PUK – micro welding constructions by Petr Dvorak
Wood – miniature sculpting by Jörg Obergfell