The Lost Art of Gouache Watercolor Painting & The Importance of a Jewelry Designer’s Creative Process
Previously considered a lost art, designers have been rediscovering gouache (“goo + AASH”) painting. While we at New York Jewelry Design Institute have been teaching this lost art since 2012, [...]
Exploring the Evolution of Jewelry Throughout The Years
The history of jewelry traces back to some of the world’s most remote civilizations. From shells, pebbles and fishbones to precious metals, jewelry was utilized to decorate the body during [...]
Live Colorfully: The Key to Creating Powerful Jewelry
When you study how artists like interior designers, painters, architects, and clothing designers utilize color, you'll gain a sense of how various shades can be leveraged to inspire and elicit certain emotions. Color is such [...]
The Future of Jewelry is Bright: How Covid is changing the face of jewelry manufacturing for good
With the spread of the coronavirus, came a whirlwind of unanticipated implications for small and independent businesses. Along with the economic disruption, safety protocols designed to thwart the spread of [...]
Hand Sketching Is Making a Comeback
“No designer wants to be a copy of somebody else. Designing is the ability to authentically express your creative inner self.” – Jenine Lepera Izzi, Creative Director, New York Jewelry [...]
Bootstrapping Your Way to Success: Top 3 Secrets All Emerging Jewelry Designers Need to Know
Churning a yearly revenue of more than $1B, the global jewelry industry shows great promise. A love of the craft makes pursuing jewelry design as a career and exciting prospect. [...]