Friday, May 22, 2009

Jewelry & Textile designer

A jewelry designer is defined as a person who renders, creates, and models original Jewelry creations. By profession this person would be trained in the knowledge of metalsmithing and design. Historically jewelry designers originated as goldsmiths in the cultural aspects of Etruscan Civilization and became more dominant through ancient Greek and Roman cultures. In Ancient Macedonia from Thessaloniki however, the art of milling and rolling 24K Gold rose to the highest form and ignited the origins of what later 18th century jewelers such as the family of Castellani used in Italian Archeological jewelry.

Today's jewelry designers are often professionals with knowledge of Gemology, Metalsmithing and Rendering in order to cater to large volumes of consumers as well as private clients. These designs can be initially created in a special jewelers model wax or even in metal (silver) in order to create a mold where an unlimited number of these same pieces can be cast in gold, silver or platinum.There are also modern jewelry making methods.

These are gaining popularity and some of the styles are beading, resin jewelry, lampwork and photo jewelry.Textile design is the process of creating designs for knitted, woven or printed fabrics. Successful textile designers marry a creative vision of what a finished textile will look like with a deep understanding of the technical aspects of production and the properties of fiber, yarn, and dyes.

Designs for both woven and printed textiles often begin with a drawing or watercolor sketch of the finished design. Traditionally, drawings of woven textile patterns were translated onto special forms of graph paper called point papers which were used by the weavers in setting up their looms. Today, most professional textile designers use some form of computer-aided design software created expressly for this purpose.

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