Academic Catalog

ID406 JEWELLERY BEYOND TRADITION

Course Code: 1250406
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Industrial Design
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Lecturer SEZGÝN AKAN
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is an exploration of contemporary jewellery design that promotes the conception of ideas through the use of non-traditional materials, both industrial and crafts processes and the consciousness of human body. Through a series of projects some basic aspects such as scale, form, influences of art movements and other disciplines, preciousness, wearability, consciousness of body and innovative and appropriate use of materials and processes will be studied.