Anelia Kuprina is one of our incredible Diploma mentors and she has also taught with us at the London Jewellers School and The Jewellers Academy. We are excited for you to join us for this conversation about the stages of jewellery design!     EPISODE RECAP   A big, big welcome to the wonderful Anelia Kuprina (0:50) For anyone who hasn’t met you before and doesn’t know about your work, can you tell us a little about your jewellery and how you got started in this industry? (1:10) Today we’re going to be talking about design and a mini lesson for anyone thinking about the design process (2:33) So let’s start at the beginning. What is the first stage of design for you? (3:43) And if you’re working with a client, there may be some information they give you straight away. But there may be areas you need to drill down with the brief (4:47) Once we’ve got the brief from the client, what’s the next stage? (6:49) So once we’ve got the brief and outline, we look for inspiration to fill in the gaps (8:35) What is the third element of design after the brief and inspiration? (9:53) Ok wonderful, what is the next stage? (14:00) How do you do the concept behind the design? Do you write it down? (16:00) So once we’ve got a concept, what’s the next phase in the design process? (17:07) You were saying that you don’t have to do every single once of these stages, but they should be in your toolkit in case you need to bring them out. Do you find that if you get stuck you go back to the stages and do more? (19:14) So what is number six? (20:08) Sometimes it’s making the whole model and sometimes just the section that’s new to you, right? (25:41) Ok so we’ve done the research and some samples and test pieces, what is the next phase? (26:50) This brings us on to our last stage - which is what? (28:04) Do you go through all these stages every time you design a piece? Are there some that are more crucial for you? (29:56) What would you say were your biggest design mistakes? (31:50) Anelia teaches design classes, as you can probably tell. It would be lovely to hear if you do the same thing or if you have a different process. (33:52)     RESOURCES Jewellers Academy Anelia Jewellery Anelia Jewellery Instagram