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Contemporary Jewellery: 1945-2018
Weekend course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
Discover how social trends, new technologies and materials have transformed the art form of jewellery in the 20th and 21st centuries. In-depth discussions with contemporary makers will offer inspirational insight into the global explosion of ideas and designs over the past seventy years.
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Course Leader
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson works as a freelance international jewellery historian, curator of exhibitions and scholarly author. She was the consultant curator in the re-designing of the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery at the V&A (opened in 2008), London and was guest curator of the ‘Pearl’ exhibition (2013-14).
Beatriz's courses are always interesting and enjoyable. They cover so many aspects of Jewellery which has made me want to do more research afterwards. Former Jewellery Short Course Student 2016/2017
Course overview
Modernism in jewellery had its early beginnings around 1900 and in the 1920s, but never has jewellery in its history experienced such an explosion of ideas and designs as today. This course will look at how jewellery has changed in the 20th and 21st century, the innovations and the reasons behind it, such as a transformed society and new technologies. You will discuss the significance jewellery has to wearers today. Explore how new movements for example in Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe differed significantly. In discussion with current makers, you will trace the effects of globalisation on the contemporary art form of jewellery.
Further Information
• Refreshments served • Price reductions available for Seniors (60+), jobseekers (ES40 holders) and registered disabled people
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Weekend course: Contemporary Jewellery: 1945-2018
26 January 2019 - 27 January 2019
£147.00 - £195.00
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