Cool People Wear Necklaces. Technical and conceptual workshop with Lavinia Rossetti

Dates and hours:
19 Oct: 5 pm - 8 pm.
20 Oct - 23 Oct: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm; 4 pm - 8 pm.
5 classes, 7 hours each, totally 35 hours.

Day 1. Lecture on modular necklaces:
• Connections, Links, Clasps
• Parameters of wearability
• Contemporary necklaces
Conceptual research on shapes, paper and cardboard prototypes.
 
Day 2. Necklaces cardboard prototypes:
• Chocker
• Collier
• Long necklace
Individual talks to find appropriate connections.

Day 3. Benchwork:
Try the chosen design in copper or brass (try different connections and jump rings).
Students who are ready can start making the chosen modular sample in silver or other alloys (Shibuichi, Shakudo, Pure silver…) and start with the final design.

Day 4 and 5. Benchwork:
Students continue making the necklace + individual talk.


Participants: Minimum 5 and maximum 10.
Language: Spanish, English and Italian.

Price: € 450, VAT included.
(The reservation fee of € 200 will be deducted from the total price of the course).

Please contact info@studiosquina.com for registeration details.


About the teacher:
Lavinia Rossetti is an Italian born, Belgium based contemporary jewellery maker, currently researching at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp (Body & Material Reinvented group) where she investigates the performative role of jewellery using an interdisciplinary and experimental approach. She has teached at Alchimia Jewellery School while combining travels to Asia for collaborations and workshops in Shanghai (Academy of International Visual Arts, Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, SanW Gallery/Studio). She currently travels to Milan where she collaborate with IED (European Institute of Design). Her work has been represented by Caroline Van Hoek (Bruxelles) and more recently by Antonella Villanova (Florence) and shown in international exhibitions and design fairs.