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.
History of Jewelry
*Source: Sfikoteras, from the book "The Treasure of Troy", Adam Publications. A concise retrospect on various kinds of jewelry and small useful items, ranging from the Upper Paleolithic Age to date. The seminar on history of jewelry is based on the interchange of...
Cosmic Power
The focus of the workshop is to find inspiration, recognize it, understand it and then apply it in order to create conceptual pieces through several techniques. Students will revisit the process of making jewelry through a well-balanced comprehension of the...
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...
Composition
In visual arts, we often come across terms such as “positioning”, “cohesion”, “arrangement”, “form”, “constraint”, “balance”, “contrast”. What led us to these notions in art? Are there ways to approach these means of expression? In this workshop, we will explore and...
3D Modeling / Jewelry Design Seminar
This seminar serves as an introduction and acquaintance with 3D modeling, aiming at the printing of models on wax via a 3D printer. The seminar’s instructor, sculptor and jewelry designer Aliki Stroumpouli, will initiate you into 3D modeling through a series of...
Patinas : Oxidations
Source: The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals, by Richard Hughes Most metals coming into contact with the external environment suffer natural deteriorations / erosions on their surface, known as patinas. For example, iron gets rusty and is gradually led to...
Colour abc
In this seminar, we will be exploring the basic steps regarding colour. Which are the primary colours and which the secondary ones? We will create colour palettes, learn how to interpret colours and also how to make our own. We will study the effect of one on...
Patinas : Oxidations
Source: The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals, by Richard Hughes Most metals coming into contact with the external environment suffer natural deteriorations / erosions on their surface, known as patinas. For example, iron gets rusty and is gradually led...
Titanium
In this seminar, 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...
Poetic License
"How are we to speak of common things. How to track them down rather, flash them out, wrest them from the dross in which they remain mired, how to give them a meaning, a tongue, to let them finally speak of what is, of what we are."Georges Perec Are objects passive?...
Plastics
In this workshop, we will discover the world of plastics. We will find out their properties, origin and composition. The objective is to comprehend the differences among several types of plastics and experiment with various acrylics. The main focus will involve...
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...
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