The following jewellery industry masterclasses are now available to book. Places and subsidies are strictly limited and are taken quickly, contact us today to reserve your space. May and June sees the focus of our master classes fall on CAD. For details of our other masterclasses, our expanded short course range or our bespoke tailored training please contact us today.

3Design - Interchangeable Collection Building

DATE:                          Friday 2nd May
TIME:                           10:00 -17:00
VENUE:                       Langdales, CAD Room
FEE:                             £95
PROJECT PRICE:     £30

With the help of CAD, it is now possible to maintain a stock of virtual master models which can be relatively quickly adjusted on request. In this seminar, we’ll use the unique editing capabilities of 3Design to create and modify existing interchangeable parts for a jewellery findings library.

Prerequisite: Basic PC Literacy

Flamingo - Realistic Rendering

DATES:                     15th and 16th May (Thurs and Fri)
TIME:                        10:00 -17:00
VENUE:                    Langdales, Cad Room
FEE:                          £190
PROJECT PRICE:   £60

Most CAD rendering tools are designed to handle realistic lighting and photography techniques. But how do they apply, and how can we use them to get the most out of our imagery? In this seminar, we’ll focus on Flamingo, an easy-to-learn example of a CAD rendering package, and explore common threads between photography lighting and layouts and their equivalents in CAD, as well as experiment with their application.

Prerequisite: Beginner Rhino or Matrix

 Advanced Rhino - (1day)

DATES:                     Tuesday 3rd June
TIME:                        10:00 -17:00
VENUE:                    Langdales, Cad Room
FEE                            £95
PROJECT PRICE    £30

Not feeling challenged? We’ve assembled a few of the worst-case scenario CAD modeling dilemmas we’ve ever discovered from jewellery production, and we’re not afraid to use them! Over this 1 day session, we will inflict these fiendishly difficult problems on groups of experienced users, allowing them to collaboratively brainstorm solutions.

Prerequisite: Intermediate Rhino, McNeel Rhino level 2, or the equivalent

Matrix - Designing for Custom Gemstone Shapes

DATE                        Thursday 29th May
TIME                        10:00 -17:00
VENUE                    Langdales, Cad Room
FEE:                                £95
PROJECT PRICE:       £30

One obvious advantage of CAD is precision. In this particular workshop, we take advantage of Matrix’s unique custom gem tool and stone setting builders to design around actual custom gemstone shapes.

Prerequisite: Basic PC Literacy

Rhino - Structural Design

DATE:                       Tuesday 17th June
TIME:                         10:00 -17:00
VENUE:                    Langdales, Cad Room
FEE                            £95
PROJECT PRICE    £30

Making a ring and making a tiger out of wax are two very different things, but the techniques used have a lot in common. Not only will we discuss the basic principles of constructing objects in Rhino, but we’ll talk about additional sculptural tools to allow us to modify surfaces once they have been made.

Prerequisite: Basic PC Literacy

To book your place on one of these masterclasses contact us today:
Holts Academy of Jewellery
5 St Cross Street
Hatton Garden
EC1N 8UA
Tel: 020 7405 0197
Email: Events@holtsacademy.com
Web: www.holtsacademy.com