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Jewellery Design for Performance Online Short Course

<p>Jewellery Design for Performance Online Short Course | Online </p><p><br>Image: UAL </p>
Learn how to research and design jewellery for film and performance. Explore industry trends and discover how jewellery can become a garment for the body.

Next start months
January 2026
January 2026
Tutor(s)
Imogen Belfield
Price
From £550.00

Course description

Course overview

This inspiring course explores the world of jewellery and film collaboration and looks at how jewellery becomes a garment for the body. Students gain an insight into how to design jewellery for a character on screen that personifies their every attribute.

Taught through a combination of lectures and practical exercises, this course will ask students to design a 3-piece collection for film. This is a 4-week course that will be underpinned by a project brief.

During the course, students gain an insight into researching and designing a jewellery collection with an awareness of trends in the industry. Students will be expected to work on homework between classes.

Who this course is for

This course is aimed at designers, creatives, managers, and entrepreneurs in the creative industries interested in gaining a further understanding of the world of jewellery and film collaboration.

All levels welcome. Students will be required to use software to upload work digitally. The course focuses on hand-drawing skills as well as digital moodboards.

Key information

Topics covered

  1. Research: first and second-hand research
  2. Mind maps
  3. Moodboards
  4. Jewellery trends
  5. Sketching designs
  6. Colour boards and colour ways
  7. Drawing exercises
  8. Design development
  9. Completion of collection
  10. Costing and pricing
  11. Press releases and marketing collections
Learning outcomes

  • Ability to conduct research – first and second-hand
  • Create mind maps and moodboards
  • Develop a collection
  • Basic drawing skills
  • Create a cohesive collection that could be seen on screen
  • Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials

Recommended materials:

  • Notebook and pen
  • Sketchbook
  • Pencils and colouring pen
  • Mobile phone with a camera
  • Laptop
  • Basic software such as PowerPoint, Word and Excel

Tutor

Imogen Belfield

Imogen Belfield continues to push the boundaries with her jewellery collections, developing new designs each season whilst continuing to advance popular signature pieces. Taking inspiration from nature, science and architecture, Imogen is known for her distinct style of mark making in metal: a fusion between fluidity and texture. She creates unique jewellery sculptures ranging from cascading golden nugget pendants encrusted with precious stones, to statement 'rockesque' rings. Imogen's textural and organic designs are instantly recognisable, one-of-a-kind creations that are handmade in the UK.

Since breaking into the world of fashion and jewellery in 2010, Imogen’s covetable pieces have won the attention from a plethora of super stars: Angela Bassett, Olivia Colman, Sophie Turner, Beyoncé, Nicole Scherzinger, Lorde, Uma Thurman, Reece King, Madonna, Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora. Imogen’s jewellery has also been featured in films: most recently Black Panther - Wakanda Forever, creating Oscar winning pieces for Angela Bassett’s character Queen Ramonda. Previously creating jewellery for Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counsellor’, worn by Cameron Diaz; in television series: Netflix’s ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’, worn by Tati Gabrielle; music videos: Duran Duran’s ‘Girl Panic’ worn by Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Yasmin Le Bon, Cindy Crawford and Eva Herzigova. Belfield's designs have further acquired prominent press in Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar and WWD, amongst others. The collections have been snapped up by renowned stockists worldwide including Selfridges, Reinhold Jewelers, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, to name a few.

Over the years, Imogen has received many accolades including ‘Best in Gold’ at the COUTURE Design Awards with her show-stopping ‘Amazonian’ gold and diamond necklace. This year she was shortlisted for the Drapers Awards and Accessories Brand of the Year. Most notably she received recognition in the industry by becoming a graduate of the British Fashion Council’s Rock Vault at London Fashion Week curated by Stephen Webster.

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