Intensive Courses
ANAMMA organizes intensive courses with distinguished artists from Greece and from abroad. Our aim is to present various perspectives, techniques and approaches to contemporary jewelry. These courses are short term, may be of a conceptual nature but they can also be about more specialized techniques for creating jewelry.
Metal Forging
From the pin to the bracelet — the evolution of a wireLong ago, prehistoric humans found a stone that fit comfortably in their hand and used it to crack nuts or shape wood into tools. Over time, they learned to handle it skillfully, without realizing its deeper...
The Diamond walk
A one-day introductory workshop on Gemology that will give us the chance to explore the world of diamonds. Diamond, adamas, adamant; the absolute precious stone that represents love, devotion, firmness and dazzling beauty will be the focus of this workshop, which...
ONLINE | Lectures on contemporary jewelry
Warwick Freeman, rings, oxidized silver, various stones A series of lectures on contemporary jewelry, based on the structure of the book Οn Jewellery: A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery by Liesbeth den Besten. An integrated overview of the...
Patinas : Oxidations
In this workshop, we will explore various ways of finishing the surfaces of different metals to create diverse effects through colours, shades, textures and patina.Patination is a technique that involves the application of colour chemically on a metal surface in order...
Titanium
In this workshop, we will be dealing with a “demanding” and “rewarding” metal, the alloys of which are being used,among other things, in aeronautics and medicine. It is considered demanding due to its hard texture and the difficulty it presents in soldering;while it...
Card weaving
Artwork by Despina Pantazopoulou "The Ornaments of Roxanne" Wire weavingPhoto credits: Romilos Parisis Card weaving is an ancient weaving technique, remarkable for the fact that its basic tools have remained the same for at least 2,500 years. It is a method that...
Nunome Zogan – Japanese inlay technique
A glimpse into an ancient japanese inlay technique. This 3-day workshop will cover the basics of Nunome-Zogan, or wave-inlay, and Rokusho patina. This ancient Japanese technique allows the inlay of silver and gold patterns, , without the use of welding, heat or...
Enamel
Enamel – a technique discovered centuries ago – involves a layer of glass of various colours which can decorate metal surfaces. During this 2-day seminar, we will discover the basic enamel techniques, we will experiment and we will colour simple geometric patterns...
Colour on metal
A one-day seminar that focuses on colour on metal. We will learn, step by step, how to prepare the metal to apply colour on it, as well as how to seal it. This preparation involves a series of techniques in order to create a solid basis on the metal that will serve as...
ONLINE | Lectures on contemporary jewelry
Liesbet Bussche, “Urban Jewellery”, jewels in the city, Amsterdam A series of lectures on contemporary jewelry, based on the structure of the book Οn Jewellery: A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery by Liesbeth den Besten. An integrated overview of...
Mixed metal techniques
This course aims at introducing participants to the decorative technique of married metals. We will focus on mixed metal techniques using wire, sheet or tube from different metals and alloys as the starting point and combine metals in different ways in order to come...
Titanium
In this workshop, we will be dealing with a “demanding” and “rewarding” metal, the alloys of which are being used,among other things, in aeronautics and medicine. It is considered demanding due to its hard texture and the difficulty it presents in soldering;while it...
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