Year 9 TECHNOLOGY - Jewellery: Designer-Maker
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs T. Tippett.
Do you have a passion for designing and making jewellery ?
In this class you will design and make jewellery pieces, as you learn to work as a jewellery designer-maker.
You will learn:
· how to use the design process to create original design ideas
· about the materials we will use and how to work with them
· to create your own pieces of jewellery in the Tawa College workshop
Photographs are from Pinterest are indicative only of wooden jewellery. https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/300615343889184591/
Course Overview
Semester A
This is a half year course.
Recommended Prior Learning
You will need a strong interest in design and in being creative. You will also need to be able to be adaptable in your thinking and enjoy problem solving.
You will need to be a responsible student to work in our workshop, and be able to work alongside other students to create a strong learning community, where we support each other to succeed.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
There is a contribution of $40 toward the materials used in the take home components.
Students will be required to purchase stationery items on the school stationery list.