Leonardo Da Vinci Partnership: “Making Jewellery Small Enterprises For A Big European Crises
This project was born out of the desire to further exploit the “Creativity and Innovation in Craftsmanship and the Arts” taken place in Espoo, Finland, 9-12 October, 2012. The project provides trainees with descriptions, video tutorials, and other training sources to initiate them on different European jewellery-making styles using materials such as silver, crystal, pearls, wood, plastic mass, and recycled materials.
A network between the project participants and other stakeholders will establish an international platform for the exchange of experiences and good practices in the field of jewellery.
The target groups cover vocational training students, women over 50, unemployed, and representatives from the world of work. The final products will be collected and recorded under an international e-album that will gather all the pieces of jeweller made by the project students.
The project also implies the first step towards implementing the ECVET system at a European level, for an ECVET unit will be created as one of the project activities so as to get partners going in this new European credit transfer system.
1ST KICK-OFF MEETING- EVM, Candelaria, SPAIN
Organized visit to the Pottery Center of Candelaria. The most important aspect of this visit was to understand the comprehensive task the Pottery Center and its workers have undertaken so as to keep and restore this unique tradition, for which the group was given an improvised demonstration of pottery making at the hands of one of the potters. However, keeping and restoring this heritage is not the only challenge they face, for they also showed the group the outstanding ceramics-based jewellery line they design and craft inspired by the motifs of the Canary Islands aboriginal cultures.
Organized visit to Claudia Kurzweils Workshop in La Laguna. Ms Kurzweil described the ways originality and innovation are the ones to lead her way into the jewellery market. Most of her products outshine others either because of the materials she uses (aluminium, recycled materials, cloth, leather, wood and even pasta) or because of the uniqueness of her designs.
2ND MEETING, TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF NICOSIA -CYPRUS
Electroforming workshop by Chemistry teacher Mr.Theodoros Anaxagorou. The participants had the chance to learn the process of electroforming by preparing their own samples, experimenting with troubleshooting and commonly asked questions.
Filigree workshop the old way by Ms Joanna Hadjiharalambous. The participants tried to shape a simple form of a flower frame realizing the degree of difficulty and practice needed to do it.
3RD MEETING Omnia, Espoo, –FINLAND
The workshop was dedicated to the usage of recycled material in jewellery making.
The plywood was used to make rings while with rubber tube the participants were given the chance to choose the method and form more freely, according to the instructions of the workshop leaders, Ms Sanna Aho, Ms Tiina Mäntylä and Ms Piia Matilainen.
Second workshop was dedicated to a presentation and workshop by a Finnish goldsmith Mr Markku Koskela from Korupaja Helmi. In the last few years Mr Koskela has started using old silver (and alpaca) tableware, mostly spoons, to make jewellery.
4th MEETING E.I. Viviendas y Servicios Municipales de Candelaria S.L., Candelaria, SPAIN
Jewellery workshop in ceramics for students and teachers was dedicated to the usage of ceramics materials in the jewelry making process. The materials were used to make rings, earrings, necklaces and pendants. Participants were given the chance to choose freely the method and form for their creations and they carefully designed them with their own hands using the "under glazing" technique.
Workshop by Ms Claudia Kurzweil, who has started using aluminum a few years ago as her main jewelry-making material. Claudias lecture started with an introduction of the group and the students, with their concepts, ideas, and backgrounds. After that, she demonstrated the techniques to make two different kinds of rings and a pendant from aluminum. Finally, participants were given the opportunity to try the techniques themselves.
FINAL MEETING, Glass School Nový Bor, CZECH REPUBLIC
All participants, students and teachers alike, were welcomed to all workshops that carried out by the teachers and students of Nový Bor glass school.
Workshop in glass blowing with the traditional technique.
Workshop in jewellery making using pieces of glass in different colors and textures.
Workshop in painting glass by hand.
Workshop in glass cutting technique.
FINAL EXHIBITION: Each partner, that organized workshops during the meetings or in their schools, brought the jewellery made by the participants.
Results - Activities - Outcomes
- Local Action 1: Visit Archaeological Museum Of Volos
For the students to see a special collection of Greek jewellery made out with the "filigree" technique at 500b.c. Through this collection students called to inspired for design and create their own jewels. Teachers of the jewellery department, and students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses, took part to the visit. - Local Αction 2: Seminar in "Filigree Technique"
Discovery of the ‘filigree’ jewellery technique through a seminar by a professional craftsman of Volos city. Students practiced in this technique and learned how they can use it in their contemporary jewels. Teachers of the jewellery department, and students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses, took part in the workshop. - Local Action 3: Class Production
Students create their own jewellery designs with the traditional filigree technique inspired of the previous activities plus their own research, in the design class.
Τeachers of the jewellery department, and students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses took part in the activity. - Local Action 4: Visit to the Jewellery Museum Ilias Lalaounis to Athens
Students admired the jewels of the most famous contemporary jeweller in Greece who based his creations in the traditional jewellery techniques. - A teacher of jewellery design, a teacher of history of arts, a the teacher of our workshops of the jewellery department, and students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses took part in that visit.
- Local Action 5: Presentation of the Project-Dissemination
In the annual meeting of Goldsmiths federation of Volos, the teacher of the jewellery department (contact person) and the director of Municipal Vocational Training Institute of Volos presented the LdV project. A discussion in matters related to jewellery took place. The president, the vice-president, the board of directors of Goldsmiths federation of Volos with the presence of members of POVAKO (National federation of Goldsmiths and Watchmakers of Greece) and more than 200 people were presented - Local Action 6: Peer-to-peer class course
The 3rd year students transfer the knowledge gained in the 2nd meeting of the project in Cyprus, during seminars in "filigree" and "electroforming" techniques to the students of the 1st and 2nd year courses. A technician in silversmith of the jewellery department, students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses. - Local Action 7: Presentation of the Project-Dissemination
In the 22nd annual meeting of PLE (Parliament Lyceen European of Jewellery schools), that took place in Volos on May 2014, the teacher of the jewellery department (contact person) and the director of DIEK, presented the LdV project "Jewellery making-Small enterprises in a big European crises". Teachers and students of our school and from other 15 European schools who were participating in the 22nd PLE meeting and local authorities participated. We hosted more than 300 people in that event. - Local Action 8: Class Production
Finally students started to create their own jewells, comparing the traditional filligree technique and other techniques, already learned. All of them took part at the final exhibition in Cz.Republic. - The teacher of our workshops of the jewellery department, and students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses participated
- Local Action 9: Team teaching
E-dictionary of jewellery tools.
Teachers and students of jewellery department, teachers of foreign languages (EN, FR, DE), teachers and students of Photography and Graphic design Departments of our school, almost 80 people cooperated in order to create the e-dictionary. Students of photography took pictures of jewellery tools and equipment; students of graphic design constructed the e-dictionary and jewellery students made the translation of all objects, always with guidance of their teachers. - Local Action 10: Presentation of the Projects Results-Dissemination
To teachers and students of other EU Erasmus+ projects, hosted in our school and to the staff and students of our organisation.
Teachers and students visited our school with 2 different Erasmus+ projects from CzechRepublic and Latvia plus all the students from different departments of our school, almost 200 persons.
