TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE:
Jewellery Making
Year 9
What is the subject about?
A brand new subject being offered exclusively at Northern Bay College, Year 9 Jewellery and Accessory Making provides students the opportunity to express themselves creatively. By designing and constructing handmade, personalised jewellery and accessory pieces, students will finish the course with unique products they can cherish for years to come. Students will explore and experiment with a range of materials including textiles, resin and clay, while developing their understanding of safe and sustainable practices. They will document their design and production process in a folio, develop critical and creative skills and knowledge; and understand how they can begin their own small business using the knowledge and skills obtained through this course
Skills you will develop
- Health and safety
- Sustainable practices
- Applying the design process
- Technical drawing skills
- Practical skills in transforming materials into functional products
Assessment
- Practical work
- Research Tasks
- Product Folio and Production
Pathways
● VCE Product Design and Technology and VCE Creative Practice
● Vocational courses such as Product Design and Development
- Product designer
- Product tester
- Fashion designer
- Product photographer
- Stylist
- Interior designer
If you are interested in this subject please see Miss Mackie