Jewelry Making Course

While studying at Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence, Italy, I had the amazing opportunity to take a hands-on jewelry-making course! Throughout the course, we learned how to saw, texture, solder, anneal, file, buff, and polish different metals such as silver and brass. I designed and created a pendant inspired by a sunflower image I found, butterfly earrings based on one of Gucci's floral butterfly patterns that I traced, and a textured heart ring featuring my initial in the center. This was truly the most hands-on course I have taken in school and taught me so much about both design and jewelry making.