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Diputació de Tarragona

Artistic Jewelry

Artistic Jewelry
In this course, students will create innovative artistic jewelry pieces using techniques and procedures specific to the craft, integrated into contemporary art and design trends.

We train professionals capable of designing and creating jewelry using the traditional techniques of the trade

This training program allows the development of both unique jewelry pieces and series production, fostering the exploration of new materials and technologies while not forgetting traditional techniques. Students will be able to express their own identity through the plastic creativity of jewelry.

The purpose of this course is to train professionals capable of designing and creating jewelry using the procedures of the trade. Those who complete the training cycle obtain a Higher Technician degree, which allows them to enter the labor market to carry out tasks related to:

Creating unique jewelry pieces / Jewelry design / Modification and restoration of jewelry pieces / Study of the prototype and reproduction system / Making jewelry models as part of the project study / Technical serialization process and study of production costs.

Title: Higher Technician in Plastic Arts and Design in Artistic Jewelry.

Level: Higher level of professional education in Plastic Arts and Design.

Level 1 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES)

Total course duration: One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five hours distributed over two academic years.

Professional Artistic Family: Artistic Jewelry.

European Reference: ISCED-5b (International Standard Classification of Education).

General competencies describe the combination of skills, motivations, and traits required to perform effectively in a wide range of job roles within the specialty.

  • Able to integrate into the productive environment as an intermediate technician, with direct communication with the chief designer or company management.
  • Performs work autonomously, using the information received appropriately and with the necessary initiative required for the task.
  • Works in a team with responsibilities for coordination and programming.

Professional competencies are those linked to the job, encompassing all the skills and aptitudes that help them perform their work successfully:

  • Develops projects for jewelry elements or pieces, whether from personal artistic creation or by interpreting external concepts, preparing both the technical information for production and promotion.
  • Adequately assesses the material, technical, economic, and organizational aspects of the tasks involved.
  • Guides the production plans for new products and forms, proposing new ideas in working methods.
  • Searches for bibliographic information and technical documentation that serve as a basis for their work.
  • Makes sketches of the project.
  • Studies the most appropriate processes and working methods for manufacturing the objects.
  • Draws plans for sets and assemblies with indications for machining and surface treatments.
  • Draws workshop (manufacturing) plans.
  • Studies the materials to be used, both raw and manufactured, based on qualities and prices.
  • Investigates the introduction of new materials in object construction.
  • Prepares budgets, evaluating manufacturing costs, labor, materials, and, finally, the profit to be obtained based on these.
  • Creates mock-ups of objects, if required.
  • Analyzes the product's feasibility in the market and the regulations that affect it.
  • Conducts market studies for launching new products, considering fashion trends and the particular characteristics of the potential consumer.

Center Curriculum Specification for the First Year of Artistic Jewelry (2024)
Modules and Training Units Hours per Course ECTS Credits
M02 Training and Job Orientation 1 33  
TU01 Occupational Risk Prevention and Environmental Protection 33  
M03 History of Goldsmithing, Jewelry, and Costume Jewelry 99  
TU01 Analysis of Artistic Work and Design 33  
TU02 Evolution of Art and Design in Relation to Social Changes, Aesthetic Ideas, and Technology 33  
TU03 Overview of Contemporary Works and Authors of the Specialty 33  
M04 Jewelry Projects 1 165  
TU01 Introduction to Projects 33  
TU03 Project Execution 132  
M07 Artistic Drawing and Color 99  
TU01 Analytical Descriptive Drawing: Construction, Structure, and Two-Dimensional Representation 33  
TU02 Interpretation Drawing: Communicative and Expressive Dimension 33  
TU03 Retouching and Finishing Drawing with Computer Tools 33  
M08 Technical Drawing 132  
TU01 Analysis, Structure, and Technical Representation of the Form 33  
TU02 Basic Representation: Geometry and Representation 33  
TU03 Computer-Assisted Technical Representation 33  
TU04 Prototyping 33  
M09 Modeling and Mock-up Making 99  
TU01 Equipment and Techniques of Modeling and Mock-up Workshop: Technical Selection, Planning, and Process Phases 33  
TU02 Technological Forms and Expressive Resources of the Modeling and Mock-up Workshop 33  
TU03 Configuration and 3D Representation Printing 33  
M10 Jewelry Workshop 1 198  
TU01 Techniques, Tools, Materials, and Resources of the Jewelry Workshop 33  
TU02 Technological Work in the Jewelry Workshop: Planning and Phases of the Production Process 99  
TU04 Jewelry Workshop: Restoration, Repair, and Recycling of Jewelry 66  
M11 Materials and Technology: Jewelry and Goldsmithing 66  
TU01 Jewelry and Goldsmithing: Science of Materials 33  
TU02 Jewelry and Goldsmithing: Material Processing 66  
Total Hours and ECTS Credits 891  
Group Tutoring 33

Center Curriculum Specification for the Second Year of Artistic Jewelry (DECREE 15/1999)
Modules Hours per Course ECTS Credits
Jewelry Workshop 2 198  
Analysis of Artistic Work 19  
Training and Job Orientation 51  
Computer-Aided Design 64  
Jewelry Projects 2 64  
Total Hours 840  
Group Tutoring 33  

Center Curriculum Specification for the Second Year of Artistic Jewelry (2024)
Modules and Training Units Hours per Course ECTS Credits
M01 Computer-Aided Design 99  
TU01 Graphic Communication and Presentations 33  
TU02 2D and 3D Modeling Techniques 33  
TU03 Specialty Software 33  
M02 Training and Job Orientation 2 66  
TU02 The Legal Framework of Plastic Arts and Design 33  
TU03 Incorporation into Work: Business and Entrepreneurship 33  
M04 Jewelry Projects 2 264  
TU02 Project Methodology and Planning 132  
TU04 Project Evaluation and Presentation 33  
TU05 Photography 33  
TU06 Foundations of Contemporary Art 66  
M05 Final Project 99  
TU01 Final Project 99  
M06 Professional Project Management 165  
TU01 Professional Project Management 165  
M10 Jewelry Workshop 2 165  
TU03 Technological Forms and Expressive Resources of the Jewelry Workshop 132  
TU05 Jewelry Workshop: Evaluation and Presentation of Results 33  
Total Hours 858  
Group Tutoring 33  
Internship Phase in Companies, Studios, or Workshops 25