Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School:
It is thanks to the expert teaching skill of the school's well-qualified teaching staff, supported from time to time by professional operators and designers from the international jewellery world. The school's founder, Giò Carbone - who besides adopting traditional methods, is also a master of more rare and experimental techniques - relies on an exceptionally well-qualified teaching staff, as Pasqualina Are and Shinobu Nozue. Stone setting courses are conducted by Francesco Pinzauti and Mario Boscherini.
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Jewellery Making:The school offers a wide range of Jewellery Making courses, from which the students can choose that most suited to their training requirements. From the first day of the course the students work with silver and stones, of which they have a huge store available. All materials are included in the fees, and students keep all the jewellery they make, except for one piece which remains to the School.
Jewellery Design:Le Arti Orafe is the best place in Italy to learn about Jewellery Design techniques and concepts, thanks to the didactic program and to the high competences of our teachers.
The courses are organised in a way that allows each student to follow lessons coherent with his/her level of preparation and evolving towards the study of jewellery design and graphic techniques.
The two-year course offers a complete training, in both technical and theoretical aspects.
Students who do not wish or are unable to attend the two-year course may select the one-year courses or the six-month course. One and two year courses lead to the award of a Recognized Diploma. Every year an intensive course is held in the month of July. Other design courses are described in the “Academic Courses” section.
Stone Setting:Stone setting is one of the most sophisticated jewellry technique, the most expert masters of which are to be found in Italy, and specially in Toscana Region. Since 1985 the school offer a large range of stone setting courses, the duration of wich varies from a minimum of three month to a maximum of one school year.
At the end of the course, all students will be able to carry out any type of stone-setting. The six month and one-year course offers a complete training, in both technical and theoretical aspects, and could leads to the award of a Recognised Diploma, and in addition to the practical worshop students have some hours a week of gemmology lessons.
Students who do not wish or are unable to attend the one-year full course may select the one-three-month courses (first or third trimester of the one-year course) or the six-month course.
Engraving:Italy and specially Toscana still preserves and hands down this ancient art, in which technique and taste in ornamentation and design combine admirably.
The engraving technique can also be used to great effect in contemporary jewellery.
The school offers two practical courses in this sophisticated technique: a six month and an intensive summer course.
The six-month course can also be combined with courses in other disciplines (see Academic courses).
The intensive course is organized in September every year.
Intensive and summer course:Workshops and short courses offer the opportunity for people to gain a basic but never amateurish introduction to the various subjects, or to increase their know-how by trying out the numerous techniques included in the professional repertoire of top craftspeople.
The "long intensive" courses (120 hours) in jewellery design and stone-setting are held in July, while the list of short courses will be more varied: please contact us for details of course dates.
Each year the school organises seminars held by guest teachers, creators of jewellery known for the research they do in the field.
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