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Learn From The Industry Experts
PASSIONATE INSTRUCTORS WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Join A Global Family Of More Than 3,500 Graduates
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Hands-on Learning, All Materials Included
WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES
Choose your path to Jewellery Success
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Fine Jewellery Design Diploma
Become a Fine Jewellery Designer - the true artist and creative professional. Learn to conceptualize fashionable and practical jewellery designs, communicate your ideas to a jeweler, plan and budget for your designs, and make your designs more appealing to the customers. -
Precious Metal Arts Diploma
Having gone through a broad array of creative and challenging metal work projects, a Certified Precious Metal Artist stands apart from their peers by able to fabricate with a variety of precious materials, produce unique designs and combine multi-disciplinary techniques to produce unique masterpieces or reproducible lines. -
Fashion Jewellery Design Diploma
The fastest way to create high quality, fashionable jewellery is by knowing how to select and assemble materials professionally. This programme is ideal for entrepreneur who wants to quickly develop their own style and brand, produce unique yet saleable designs using advanced techniques.
And push yourself further with
Or take the individual skills you need
- Business
- Digital Design
- Fashion Jewellery
- Jewellery Knowledge
- New Metal
- Supplementary
- Traditional Design
- Traditional Metal
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Classical Jewellery Design (JD100)
Master traditional jewellery design techniques to unleash your creativity! Accurately communicate your designs onto paper for presentation to your manufacturer -
Technical drawing and Counter sketching (JD200)
This program will train you to focus on accurate and detailed draughts to avoid costly mistakes and guarantee your design is produced to exact customer specifications.
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Advanced Classical Jewellery Design (JD300)
Build upon your core design skills, learn shading and rendering in colour to effectively present your ideas in a wide range of scenarios.
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Presentation and Layout of Jewellery Designs (JD400)
Discover methods of presentation for different scenarios: Necklaces on necklines, Earring, Ring and Bangle bracelet. Learn the art of using background in storytelling and how to generate winning ideas for competitions.
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Digital Jewellery Design (DD100)
Jump-start your experience with CAD using industry-leading CAD software together with software skills, learn useful sizes, shapes and measurements and how to render stunning, photorealistic images of your designs. -
Intermediate 3D Modelling & Gem Settings (DD200)
Refined and developed your digital skills further by learning intermediate curves & modelling, advanced surface modelling, intermediate gemstone settings and alignment.
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Advanced Digital Jewellery Design (DD300)
Learn to produce jewellery design files ready for manufacture and how best to use service bureaus to cost-effectively manufacture accurate, stunning jewellery
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Jewellery Modelling with non-Jewellery Tools (DD400)
Not all designers use jewellery-specific software. Advanced CAD designers can quickly transfer their skills to other 3D platforms that extend creative options, interactivity or manufacturing flexibility. zBrush, Fusion 360 & others.
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New Metal Technology (NM100)
Use the latest in jewellery making technology to create your very own metal jewellery, explore textures and patinas, set gemstones & achieve a professional finish! -
Sculptural Design with Mixed Media (NM200)
Extend your knowledge and experience beyond fine silver to incorporate other materials including glass, UV resins and metal clays together to stunning effect. Learn additional setting styles for faceted gemstones and pearls or raw gem materials.
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Advanced Powder Metallurgy (NM300)
Experienced designers dare to work with the finest of materials incorporating 22k gold clay & 24k gold leaf into their designs. Master finishing techniques to set yourself apart from other artists and craftspeople.
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Professional Powder Metallurgy Masterclass (NM400)
Master the combination of 22 karat gold into your designs, as well as how to fuse gold-leaf to silver designs to achieve an opulent look without the cost of solid gold. Mastery of metal clays requires expertise in creating moulds and patterns to produce consistent lines of precious metal jewellery.
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Traditional Metal Smithing (MS100)
Learn traditional ways to manipulate gold, silver, copper, bronze, and metal alloys. Build confidence working with metals by piercing, drilling, forging, fusing and soldering. Apply textures, and execute prefect professional finishing techniques. -
Intermediate Techniques & Stone Setting (MS200)
Apply existing and new techniues to create pedestal prong settings for cabochons, master cold connections, hinges and movable parts, and work with ready-made jewellery components. Expand your repretoire of skills with popular intricate filigree & granulation techniques.
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Advanced Manufacturing Techniques (MS300)
Produce a professional Solitaire Ring with 4 prong setting, learn to size, repair & re-tip prongs. Develop bezel settings for faceted gems & create a tapered ring band with thread setting techniques.
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Casting Metals and Advanced Stone Setting (MS400)
Discover casting & wax production. Prepare & invest wax trees, perform calculations for the metals & cast jewellery to use for channel & pavé settings. Finish your cast pieces to professional standards.
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Gem & Jewellery Trade Secrets (GT100)
Learn about gemstone origins, see how gems are mined and how these extraordinarily valuable minerals get to market. Learn about gemmology quality and value factors for all types of gems, from Diamonds to Coloured Stones, Phenomenal gems, Organics to Jade -
Gemstone Identification (GT200)
Examine gems using professional gemmological equipment provided in class. Understand the process of identification & know limitations of each tool. Discover & separate imitations, synthetics & assembled materials from natural gems.
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Epic & Contemporary Trends (FT100)
Studying jewellery of the past will provide you with insight into how the fabrication limitations and beliefs of the time influenced jewellery design and how similar concepts in today's fashion and jewellery can be applied -
Aesthetic Self-discovery, Future Trends (FT200)
Identify a unique aesthetic that defines your collections, designs & creations with professional guidance through eight universal patterns of beauty. Explore and predict future colour and theme trends in fashion and jewellery.
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Traditional & New Media Marketing (MK100)
Begin with brand positioning and customer analysis to determine the product and place you will sell. Price your designs effectively and develop an identity and promotional plans for traditional and new-media channels. -
Storefront, Displays, Catalogues & Internet (ME100)
Combine traditional visual merchandising concepts that apply to physical storefronts with modern behavioural economics tips to maximise catalogue & internet sales. Develop strategies to assist in attracting customers and conveying value. -
100 - Inventory, Security & Operations (RE100)
First-time retailers and existing store-owners alike will appreciate the best practices and cost effective uses of new technologies. This certificate program encompasses retail store management, staffing, security and inventory management. -
Establishing & Growing your Business (EN100)
JDMIS' jewellery entrepreneurship programme provides guidance on the process for setting up your own jewellery business and the pitfalls new entrepreneurs face. -
Developing A Compelling Jewellery Resume (WkCV)
Become the hiring manager that has been waiting for your job application - then craft a clear, compelling summary of your passions, expertise and experience that will land you the job you want in the jewellery industry. -
Jewellery Photography (WkDP)
Master lighting, camera settings and display tricks needed to highlight the very best of your jewellery designs. Apply software adjustments professionals use to improve any photo. -
Artist Website Creation And Management (WkWeb)
Using cost effective web based tools, identify information your customers' need and elements that will engage them to produce a simple yet effective portfolio or e-commerce enabled website for the web and mobile. -
Creative and Essential Fashion Jewellery Knowledge (FJ100)
Studying Fashion Jewellery with the professionals means less trial and error, a better understanding of the quality of components available. Learn string art, steel wire, chain maille techniques and more! -
Intricate and Versatile Fashion Jewellery Styles (FJ200)
The techniques, materials and information in this programme has been refined over decades and thousands of students. Learn flat and weaving, wire crochet and more!
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Fashion Jewellery Sales Efficiency and Effectiveness (FJ300)
Bring your wirework skills up a notch with wirework & chain, wirework planning & grouping, wire wrapping and more.
Prequisite: FJ200 -
Master Fashion Jewellery Techniques (FJ400)
Complete your mastery of fashion jewellery with advanced techniques such as multiple style stringing and wire sculpting
Prequisite: FJ300
Grow beyond classroom with Industry Expeditions
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Bali, Indonesia - Pearl Farm
Visit Atlas Pearls, one of the top producers of the highly sought after silver and white South Sea pearl. Learn about the pearl farming process, find out how pearls are valued and matched -
Sri Lanka - Mines & Gem Markets
JDMIS industry partner Sapphire Capital Group, with established businesses in the Sri Lankan lapidary, gem trading and logistics industries, participants have the rare occasion to explore the gem trade in Sri Lanka -
Hong Kong - Jewellery & Gem Fair
Participants travel together to the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, the largest jewellery exhibition in the world. It is a great opportunity to network with wholesale gem, jewellery and equipment suppliers and meeting fellow entrepreneurs.
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My favourite course is the the gem encrusted brooch because it was very interesting and gave ideas on what we can do more with metal clay by using paste for added texture.
- Melani A. (Indonesia)
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Studying at JDMIS was an exciting experience!!!.
- C.L. (Australia)
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JDMIS will change your life and in a very positive way.
- Payal B. (India)
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The skills learnt help me in choosing my purchases. I may consider helping a relative in the jewellery business and get included in the exhibitions.
- Joyce T. (Singapore)
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I hope to apply the skills learnt in the jewellery business, through sketching and designing the jewellery items to present it to the customers, before being produced by the jeweller.
- Cherry T. (Indonesia)
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I have only taken metal clay basic course and I love it simply because it teaches such simple methods to make lovely silver pieces.
- Sera H. (Singapore)
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My favourite course is the Metalsmithing as the techniques learnt assisted in repair work of my pieces and I am able to create crafts which I had been admiring.
- Jessie T. (Singapore)
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My favourite course is Gemmology because of the subject matter and the interesting way it was presented.
- Edith S. (Hungary)
Jobs in Jewellery
Browse the job opportunities in the Talent portal.
Meet the expert instructors that will help you succeed...
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Tanja Sadow
Dean of JDMIS
Award-winning jewellery designer with 30-year experience as a jewellery instructor -
Alex Zupancich
Digital Design and Business
15 years of experience in Jewellery Retail and sales psychology
MBA from INSEAD, France -
Kevin Lu Zixian
CAD, Design
Professional Jewellery Designer with 15 years of industry experience -
Sujata Rai Chowdhury
Fashion Jewellery
Former school principal, experienced jewellery artist and instructor -
Wahab Hussain
New Metal
Jewellery artist, 15 years of experience in Metal Clay, Sculpting, Thread & Wire -
Mahine Rattonsey
Glass Arts
Renown Glass Artist, Master of fine art speciazling in Glass Art
Our students' success stories
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Joanne Low
From lawyer to jewellery artist
When Joanne Low left her job as a lawyer with British Petroleum Co. after the birth of her second son, running her own jewellery business was not at the top of her mind...
The idea of enrolling in a jewellery-making course was sparked rather unexpectedly when the stay at home mum was sitting with a box of beads from Toys R Us she had bought for her then four year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, and figuring out how to string them together. “Being someone with a voracious appetite for learning, I wanted to learn how to do it perfectly,” explains the mother of two boys and a girl. -
Catherine Preston
It's never too late to find your passion
Twenty years ago, Catherine started off as a Law and French graduate, and then followed her husband to Kuala Lumpur. It all started when she was visiting a friend in Bangkok searching for silver beads, lo and behold, and met Tanja Sadow, the principal of JDMIS Singapore.
With the knowledge she gained from JDMIS, a metamorphosis took place as Catherine became the ambitious designer. Though Catherine has only been in the industry for two years, she has an idea of what a successful designer should be and is working towards it.
She is now the proud owner of Catherine Preston designs -
Ernest Yeo
Former broadcast technician
Ernest is a former broad cast technician. One might wonder how he could change to such a different industry, but jewellery was not new to him. Since young he has always been captivated with anything that sparkled and glittered.
Entrenched in a job of repetitive tasks for the past 8 years, one day, he happened to catch a fashion television program featuring contemporary jewellery, and it began to fuel ideas in his mind on the endless possibilities that he could do with jewellery, the thought alone excited him!
He is now the proud owner of EY Design. -
Ng Chyou Lin
As time changed, he found a new career in jewellery
Ng Chyou Lin, a mechanical engineer of 26 years, made a living by building clean rooms for the electronic industry. As companies relocated their production to low cost countries, he decided it was time to change. As one door closes, another opens, leading him to the jewellery industry. He worked extremely hard in honing his craft, taking on the world of gemstones and metals with enthusiasm and eagerness.
He is now the owner of Ng Chyou Lin Designs -
Praema Raghavan
Award-winning health specialist turned jewellery artist
Praema embraced the creative arts with passion after retiring from a distinguished career of international development work, where she was a public health specialist and trained physician. She is a recipient fo the Boston University School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni award for her international work in public health.
She is now the owner of the Praem Jewellery Brand.
