Hard to Find

Inner Artisan, Foundation Year, One year Diploma.

01Jul2019 - 30Jun2020
Application
Tags:  Making ,  Research ,  CriticalThinking ,  Design ,  ProfessionalPractice ,  Technics ,  OpenAllYear
Management person:  Oswaldo Ibarra

We start every January and July

July: Classes go from July 1st, 2019 to June 20th, 2020, application deadline - June 20th, 2019.
January: Classes go from January 15th, 2020 to- December 18th, 2020, application deadline - January 5th, 2020.

This is the foundation year for jewellery students, the program includes:

• Basic jewellery making techniques
• Thinking development tools
• Jewellery design
• DNA & Branding
• Business model generation
• Numbers for creatives
• Brand Launch

Student requires 9 hours a week at school for a total of 380 class hours a year.

Teachers: 
Ramón Romero, Silver and Goldsmith professor
Paula Guzmán, Jewellery Design professor and Creative Director in Hard to Find.
Héctor Guzmán, Brief and Concept and Branding professor
Oswaldo Ibarra, Business Models and Numbers for Creatives professor and Managing Director of Hard to Find.

Price:
Enrolment fee: 300 usd ( includes a small tools kit for beginners)
One year fee: 3400 usd (includes all materials you need to learn *** not precious materials)

Language: All lessons are in Spanish.
If you need a co-working space in our lab you can rent a place to keep working besides school hours.
 
For more information, please write to: cursos@htf.org.mx

All about setting

11Jul2019 - 03Jul2020
Application
Tags:  Making ,  Research ,  CriticalThinking ,  Design ,  ProfessionalPractice ,  Technics ,  OpenAllYear
Management person:  Oswaldo Ibarra

We start every March and July

March: Classes go from March 9th, 2020 to February 11th, 2021. Application deadline: February 28th, 2020.
July: Classes go from July 11th, 2019 to July 3rd, 2020. Application deadline: June 20th, 2019.
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All about setting is a course for people that enjoys the pleasure of setting stones in different range of techniques, this is 1 year long course where you  will be able to find the time to become better jeweler, you will improve your soldering while you have to solder very tiny pieces in order to create movement in your pieces, time to go further in your creativity, design, re-think about the DNA of your brand, and analyze if your business model is working as it was suppose to.
This is not for beginners, this is an opportunity to go further in your personal project and in your technical skills.,
The program includes:

• Advanced Goldsmithing jewellery making techniques
• Color Treatments for precious metals
• Advanced Jewellery design
• Advanced Drawing
• Consumer Trends
• Editorial photography for jewellery
• Strategies for Creative Development
• Business model feed back
• Final public presentation

Teachers:
Raúl García, Goldsmith and setting professor
Paula Guzmán, Jewellery Design professor and Creative Director in Hard to Find.
Héctor Guzmán, Brief and Concept and Branding professor
Oswaldo Ibarra, Business Models and Numbers for Creatives professor and Managing Director of Hard to Find.
Luis Bolivar, Editorial Photography
Felipe Cardenas, forging professor
Barbara Brocchi, Advance Jewelry Illustration

Price:
Enrolment fee: 300 usd ( includes a small tools kit for beginners)
One year fee: 4300 usd (includes all materials you need to learn *** not precious materials)

Language: All lessons are in Spanish.
If you need a co-working space in our lab you can rent a place to keep working besides school hours.
 
Student requires 9 hours a week at school for a total of 426 class hours a year.
For more information, please write to: cursos@htf.org.mx