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Over recent years the majority of enquiries the Crafts Council has received

NEWJEWELLERY DESIGN COURSE

have been those seeking information on training for jewellery production. This demand coupled with the Council's appreciation of the European Community's market in jewellery made from precious metals - in 1990, IRÂŁ1.35 billions - encouraged the Crafts Council to look to the sector for its third initiative in craft training. Therefore the Crafts Council in association with Craftsworks, the development agency for Northern Ireland, intends to start a new "skills" course in February 1993 - The Jewellery Design and Production Skills Course. Based in Kilkenny, its chief

It is this type of mix that has proven

objective will be to skill a coming

so successful in the Crafts Council of

generation of craftspeople so that

Ireland's Pottery Skills Course over

they can produce jewellery of the

the past three intakes.

highest creative and technical

Desmond A. Byrne Master gold and silversmith Kilkenny

standard; jewellery that will be

The project is supported by the

accepted in any major market in

European Social Fund through the

the world on its commercial and

INTERREG scheme administered by

aesthetic merits.

both the Northern Ireland Office

Photo: Laura Walsh

working with a pendant drill Photo: Laura Walsh

and our own Department of Labour. From the many applications

As a cross border enterprise there

already received to take part in the

will be 10/12 trainees from both

course, it is likely that there will be

the Republic of Ireland and

three types of trainee - school

Northern Ireland. Because of its

leavers seeking the equivalent of

location in the South East the course

an intensive "apprenticeship",

has also been grant aided by

young people who have had some

SERtec, the regional agency with

commercial experience of jewellery

responsibility for technological

production and who wish to

development in the area.

develop their skills and chances of employment, or college leavers

There has been an international

who wish to further develop their

application for the role of trainer

skills and establish their own

and the Council hopes to announce

successful studio/workshops.

an appointment in January.


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