However, unlike other vocations, you don't need a graduate degree or even great drawing skills. All that can be picked up from a training institute.
What you need is the ability to design and sell these designs to jewellery manufacturers!
Rhea's Studio, Popley's Jewellery Design Workshop say that you can;
- Learn to hold a pencil and draw a design from scratch, even if you are not a brilliant artist.
- Learn how to work with different metals and stones.
- Enrol yourself in a course from the age of 16.
Bring on the Money
Freelance Designers like Geetika Mehrotra and Poonam Choudhary say that where you sell your designs determines what you can make off them.
Big stores and brands, may buy them for as high as Rs.3000 - Rs.4000. Smaller manufacturers will spend around Rs.1000 for them.
Sales also depend on the city you work in and the amount of designs that you create.
Available Courses
A lot institutes all over the country, offer courses in jewellery designing. So it shouldn't be too difficult to find one close to home.
There are two types of courses typically offered - the manual courses and computer aided designing courses.
A Manual course is what a novice designer should go for. You learn how to physically draw jewellery and develop your ideas.
Computer Aided Courses (CAT) are for designers who have been in the field for a while and whose skills are already developed. These courses teach designers to change hues, multiply designs, etc.
In addition to these Rhea Studio also offers an Industrial Utility Course, which teaches students to deal with a work environment. It concentrates on how to adapt to desk jobs, design according to a client brief, stick to deadlines, etc.
The Basic Manual Jewellery designing courses last for around 40 hours and cost Rs.15,000 up. This may vary with each institute and design studio.
Some institutes let you choose between a daily course and coming in a few times a week.
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