About

This class will be conducted via Zoom. Class time is Pacific Time.

In this 6 session online version of this class, you'll learn to work with templates and different graphite to create top, side, and front (orthographic) views of jewelry items. Jewelry illustration is the skill of working out ideas and expressing design choices. We will work with collage to enhance design ideation. Using light tables, tracing paper, and mirrors, this class will discover new ways to develop design concepts. Also covered will be an illustration of basic faceted and cabochon gemstones.

Details:

• Registration for this online class will close on Sunday, January 23rd at 11:30am. 

• A Zoom link to join this online event will be sent to the email you registered with one day prior to the start of the event. Please watch for this email. You may need to check your spam folder for emails from BARN.

• This class will be taught via the Zoom video conferencing program. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial.

• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here.

Instructor Bio:

Nanz Aalund’s wide-ranging career as a jewelry designer, goldsmith, and educator, began with high school shop classes. After serving as a fine jewelry designer and marketing consultant for Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Tiffany & Co. Aalund taught jewelry and metals classes at the University of Washington and at the Art Institute in Seattle. Earning a Masters of Fine Art (MFA/Metals) and a Masters of Education/College and Technical Teaching Curriculum (CTTC). Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally since the 1980s. She authored the book, “Masters Gold,” published by Lark Books in 2009, and her most recent publication, “A Jeweler’s Guide to Apprenticeship” published in 2017 for MJSA, received a national AM&P Excel Award in 2018.