Jun 16, 2008

HRD Antwerp offering jewelry design course

HRD Antwerp NV is now offering a five-day design course in contemporary diamond jewelry in Antwerp, Belgium.

The course is designed to educate designers on how to translate their creative ideas into practical concepts on paper. Students will learn the fundamentals of modern diamond-jewelry design and the aesthetics of presentation on paper.

Instructors for the class are Laurent-Max De Cock, a jewelry designer and associate professor at the Royal Academy of Fine arts in Antwerp, and Veerle Van Wilder, associate professor at St. Lucas in Antwerp and also a jewelry designer.

According to a release from HRD Antwerp NV, the dates for the Contemporary Diamond Jewellery Design Course in English are July 28-Aug. 1, Oct. 20-24 and April 2-6, 2009.

HRD Antwerp NV also will offer the course in French from Feb. 2-6, 2009.

Classes are limited to 15 students and no previous experience is required.

For more information, contact HRD Antwerp's educational department at education@hrdantwerp.be.

HRD Antwerp NV is a subsidiary of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, the private foundation formerly known as the Hoge Raad voor Diamant (HRD). HRD Antwerp operates the Diamond Lab, the Precious Stones Lab, Education, Graduates Club, Equipment and Research.
Source: nationaljewelernetwork

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