Sky High Careers: Jewelry Designing and Textile Designing

Creativity and innovation are the gifts to a human. For some it's a gift inbuilt but for some it's a result of dedication. So, it is important for the people to use their talent appropriately in the appropriate field that attracts them the most. Recently, Jewelry and textile designing are the two careers that are attracting large number of youths towards them. Textile design is the process of creating designs and structures for knitted, woven, non-woven or embellishments of fabrics. Textile designing & apparel designing are fields that offer very good career opportunities.

Many schools offer education in textile design in various formats. To pursue career in textile designing it is important for a professional to be well qualified. The undergraduate degree course in textile design is of 4 years and there are many diploma courses also that are available to the students. The duration of the diploma course may vary from 1 to 2 year. Diploma & Certificate programs options are available both in full time & part time. Some schools also provide module courses for textile design. The duration for these courses is maximum 6 months. Such courses are Computer Aided Textile Design, Weaving Technology, Surface Design and Block Printing / Tie and Dye. Students from any stream can apply for these courses, but the art background of the student will be a added advantage.

The courses support modern professional practices where Designs are implemented and developed as entire wearable collections, or as accessories, or as products within interior space. The course also teaches the management of skills and techniques in the Design process covering both the western and the traditional. The students in these courses are also taught to appreciate their own values.

Designing a piece of Jewelry is a unique art and is different from all the other art forms. At present Jewelry designing shows a promising career prospects in India. If an aspirant has a creative bent of mind, patience in nature, and patience in nature and is fond of Jewelry then he or she can carve a career in jewelry designing.

Courses for Jewelry designing are available in various formats like undergraduate degree course, diploma courses and short term certificate courses. Bachelor of Jewelry design is an undergraduate degree course. The duration for this course is 2 years. The course equips the students with crucial business skills. There are many certificate, diploma programs also for Jewelry designing being provided by many institutes. A student has to take an aptitude test and then an interview to qualify for the design institute. The duration of the diploma courses depends on the course selected. It may vary from course to course. However the minimum time duration is one month. Some of the diploma courses are advance diploma in metal and design, diploma in Jewelry designing with CAD (DJD-CAD), diploma in gemology etc. Apart from all these courses some crash courses are also available to the working professionals and students.

The practical class assignments of the course give the opportunity to perfect the Jewelry making skills and the theory classes cover the non design aspects like project management and design research. The course can be pursued directly after the completion of 12th standard.

The job opportunities for both these careers are endless. These careers are expected to gain even more popularity in coming future. Jewelry in India is a sign of tradition and fashionable clothes and other things are demand of modern culture. Indian tradition and modern culture will never let these career fall. Therefore if a student is creative in artistic ways and has a power of immense imagination then no one can stop him/her to have colorful career in these fields.