Yvonne Kulagowski

A two-day course aimed at those who want to develop a confident and captivating collection. We will experiment with and explore ideas to create a viable range of jewellery. Over the two days you will be given an over view of the essential components necessary for any successful collection; how to explore and expand ideas as well as the importance of pricing individual components correctly and launching this to an eager public. This course will use a variety of working examples to generate ideas that will develop your designs and establish your identity. Appropriate marketing material, for both print and the Internet will be considered as well as methods of promotion to the correct customer/market. Participants will be asked to bring a portfolio of designs and examples of jewellery made to date (where applicable) to enable an understanding of specific needs, thus ensuring the best use of the time.

Yvonne Kulagowski has over 15 years' of retail experience, working for the Crafts Council and Contemporary Applied Arts; she leads the dissertation unit at Camberwell College of Art and is a dissertation supervisor for the School of Fashion, Jewellery and Textiles at Central Saint Martins. Her book 'The Earrings Book' was published by A&C Black in 2007.