Design Werkstatt
School
Published: 16.12.2022
stuessi.de
For 34 Years, from 1988, Felix Stüssi from the Design Werkstatt was able to rent the vacant former Staff House from a Hotel in Braunwald. Until 2022, workshops with different topics in the jewellery field were held every week from mid-July to mid-September, a well-attended meeting place for jewellery makers from many countries. In the summer of 2022, the last workshops took place in the studio named Eishäuschen. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this success.
The design workshop in Freiburg, with 10 places, is located near the centre in the beautiful district of Wiehre and is well-equipped for the continuation of the workshops. A perfect place to develop ideas and learn new techniques. Freiburg is described as one of the most popular Towns worldwide in the lonely Planet travel guide. The historic part of the city is also the lively centre of today's Freiburg.
The summer workshops in Freiburg start on May 18th and end on September 29th. There is a wide range of accommodation.
Information www.visit.freiburg.de
The silversmith Brigitte Breusch Veittinger lives and works in the old customs house in Mähring near the border with the Czech Republic, attractively embedded in the wooded low mountain landscape of the Upper Bavarian Forest. The area has cultural monuments, interesting leisure activities, and beautiful hiking areas. She offers her Studio and her experience as a Host and leader of the silversmithing courses. On the outskirts of the village lies an idyllic small bathing pond. Accommodation in Mähring is available at attractively low prices.
Jewellery can be more than an accessory.
It can be a small but rich little piece of sculpture, closely connected to the body and the bearer of the communication as a sign. The possibilities of expression through form, colour, and choice of material are diverse. Jewellery has moved away from many traditional disadvantages. Gold, silver, and precious stones are no longer the only materials for jewellery.
Information: Design Werkstatt, Felix Urs Stüssi
October - June: Zasiusstrasse 106a, D-79102 Freiburg, Germany
phone (+) 49 761 706713 or (+)49 0178 6717208
info@stuessi.de
The summer workshops in Freiburg start on May 18th and end on September 29th. There is a wide range of accommodation.
Information www.visit.freiburg.de
The silversmith Brigitte Breusch Veittinger lives and works in the old customs house in Mähring near the border with the Czech Republic, attractively embedded in the wooded low mountain landscape of the Upper Bavarian Forest. The area has cultural monuments, interesting leisure activities, and beautiful hiking areas. She offers her Studio and her experience as a Host and leader of the silversmithing courses. On the outskirts of the village lies an idyllic small bathing pond. Accommodation in Mähring is available at attractively low prices.
Jewellery can be more than an accessory.
It can be a small but rich little piece of sculpture, closely connected to the body and the bearer of the communication as a sign. The possibilities of expression through form, colour, and choice of material are diverse. Jewellery has moved away from many traditional disadvantages. Gold, silver, and precious stones are no longer the only materials for jewellery.
Information: Design Werkstatt, Felix Urs Stüssi
October - June: Zasiusstrasse 106a, D-79102 Freiburg, Germany
phone (+) 49 761 706713 or (+)49 0178 6717208
info@stuessi.de
Courses
Keum Boo & Argentium with Christine Zock
18May2023 - 21May2023DEADLINE: 01/May/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ShortCourses , ProfessionalPractice
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
Argentium is a new, patented sterling silver alloy with the semi-metal germanium. Argentium can be welded without solder, this silver alloy has a high starting capacity, increased toughness, increased thermal and electrical resistance and environmental benefits. The participants learn how to weld and process the parts without solder on various self-designed pieces of jewellery. Argentium can be obtained. During the class, it’s only slightly more expensive than regular sterling silver.
Keum Boo: A 0.02 mm thin thin gold sheet can also be bonded over a large area with Fine Silver or Argentium without solder. This fascinating technique, originating from Asia, works with the help of a stove plate at about 400 degrees C. through an intensive molecular connection of the two metals. After applying the fine gold pads, the parts can be further processed into a piece of jewellery.
Language: English. Translation assistance from English to German is available.
Cost: 440 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Christine Zock is Certified Master Bench Jeweler specialised in Argentium and Keum Boo
Silversmithing with Brigitte Breusch-Veittinger
09Jul2023 - 14Jul2023DEADLINE: 25/Jun/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ProfessionalPractice , ShortCourses
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
It is becoming more and more difficult to find an opportunity to learn this highly interesting technique. Carrying out silversmith work requires competent instruction and lavish equipment with the appropriate tools. This course offers the opportunity to get to know and practice different classical silversmith techniques.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Brigitte Breusch-Veittinger. After her Silversmith training, she studied and graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. 10 years of teaching at the Academy for Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd. 2004 she founded her own studio
Silversmithing with Brigitte Breusch-Veittinger
16Jul2023 - 21Jul2023DEADLINE: 02/Jul/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ProfessionalPractice , ShortCourses
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
It is becoming more and more difficult to find an opportunity to learn this highly interesting technique. Carrying out silversmith work requires competent instruction and lavish equipment with the appropriate tools. This course offers the opportunity to get to know and practice different classical silversmith techniques.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Brigitte Breusch-Veittinger. After her Silversmith training, she studied and graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. 10 years of teaching at the Academy for Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd. 2004 she founded her own studio.
Clasps and Catches with Felix Stüssi
23Jul2023 - 28Jul2023DEADLINE: 09/Jul/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ProfessionalPractice , ShortCourses
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
Making suitable clasps and catches for necklaces or bracelets is an exciting subject for advanced amateurs. Felix Stüssi will present a whole range of different clasps and catches classical as well as surprisingly simple individual solutions. The participants choose samples that appeal to them to be reproduced in their own work. Good technical skills and soldering knowledge are necessary for this class.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Felix Urs Stüssi, Goldsmith, Designer FH, Gemologist DGemG.
Enameling with Mandy Rasch
30Jul2023 - 04Aug2023DEADLINE: 15/Jul/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ProfessionalPractice , ShortCourses
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
Enamel is the permanent fusion of the two materials metal and glass. The variety of colours and techniques offers the creative enameller an inexhaustible field of application possibilities. Experimental and artistic enamelling is the focus of this seminar. It can be used both on and in the surface as well as in the mold. Various enamelling techniques, like cell emulation, and industrial enamel technology, are then taught.
Course instructor Mandy Rasch from Erfurt is a goldsmith with a design degree. She works at her own studio. teaches, , as a lecturer at the Erfurt Chamber of Crafts, participates in many exhibitions and in the organization of the Erfurter Schmucksymposium.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Mandy Rasch from Erfurt is a goldsmith with a design degree and her own studio. She teaches, among other things, as a lecturer at the Erfurt Chamber of Crafts, participates in many exhibitions and in the organization of the Erfurter Schmucksymposium.
Paper Jewellery with Bea Benedetti
06Aug2023 - 11Aug2023DEADLINE: 23/Jul/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ProfessionalPractice , ShortCourses
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
Paper may at first glance be an unusual material for jewellery,but offers very interesting design perspectives due to the variety of colours and the low weight. In addition, it is easily and cheaply available everywhere, most basic processing techniques are familiar. In addition to different coloured papers, Japanese papers and cartons. Silver can be used for the technical parts. This allows us to create completely new pieces of jewellery.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Beatrice Benedetti, a Goldsmith who is increasingly turning to organic and textile Materials, especially paper as a material suitable for jewellery. She has also studied at the Centre for Crafts at Ballenberg.
Traditional Japanese Techniques with Kimiaki Kageyama
17Sep2023 - 23Sep2023DEADLINE: 01/Sep/2023
Tags: ShortCourses , ProfessionalPractice , Technics
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
Professor Kimiaki Kageyama will show the participants how to make 3 traditional Japanese metal alloys. Shakudo a metal alloy of copper with 3 – 5 % gold. Shipo Shibuichi is a term for copper alloys containing silver. Nami Shibuichi is composed of 70% Cu, 29% Ag & 1% Au. Also surfaces like Nunomezogan will be shown and practised. The piece of metal to be worked on is fixed in chasing cement, then the surface of the parent material is roughened with a sharp little chisel and following that, a thin metal foil is battened into this structure and hammered flat. The art of line Inlay becomes also part of the lecture. Finally, various pagination methods will be presented and used. Professor Kageyama also shows how to do repousse with thin iron sheet.
Language: English: Translation assistance is available
Cost: 840 €
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
K. Kageyama was Professor, Head of Metal Department at H. Mizuno Jewellery College in Tokyo.
Hollow Shapes and Folding Techniques with Georg Schulte
24Sep2023 - 29Sep2023DEADLINE: 10/Sep/2023
Application
Tags: Technics , ShortCourses , ProfessionalPractice
Management person: Felix Urs Stüssi
This course teaches how hollow jewellery can be created. While just using simple tools, traditional and new techniques can be tried out and combined. Techniques such as compressing, squeezing, deep-drawing, forging, and special wax techniques are demonstrated and used. For example, it will be shown how hollow bangles can be made as single pieces or as a small series. The high precious metal prices make such a method of creation very attractive.
Language: German. Translation assistance from German to English is available.
Cost: 780 €.
Price includes only class fee.
Materials and Tools in addition to precious metals, participants have access to an extensive range of materials for the realization of jewellery. Materials are paid according to individual use at the end of the course. Tools are provided in all classes; some special tools can be purchased after the Workshop.
About the teacher:
Georg Schulte, Master goldsmith, instructor for various Techniques at the European Trade Academy in Ahlen and head of a goldsmith studio
Events 
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K2 Academy of Contemporary Jewellery Ltd
London, United Kingdom -
Hochschule Trier
Idar Oberstein, Germany -
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Artesis Plantijn University College
Antwerp, Belgium -
St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium -
PXL-MAD School of Arts
Hasselt, Belgium -
EASD València
Valencia, Spain -
Le Arti Orafe
Florence, Italy -
Central Saint Martins, BA (Hons) Jewellery Design
London, United Kingdom -
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, United States -
Algures Escola de Joalheria Contemporánea
Sao Paulo, Brazil -
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School
Florence, Italy -
HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design
Gothenburg, Sweden -
The 92nd Street Y Jewelry Center
New York, United States -
Estonian Academy of Arts
Tallinn, Estonia -
Loughborough University. SDCA Jewellery Research Lab
Loughborough, United Kingdom
