Since some things are better learned with live training than textbooks or videos, I'm pleased to say that I now have a new season of jewellery CAD short courses launched through my affiliates, just in time for the 2020-2021 academic year.
MatrixGold has just released its latest software update, accompanied with a proper official launch announcement across the Internet and social media.
Read their full press release here.
Sofia Hallik and Darja Popolitova at the Estonian Academy of Arts have released a fascinating article on digital contemporary jewellery. If you're interested in contemporary jewellery's relationship with digital design, have a look.
Recently I was interviewed for a podcast with the British Academy of Jewellery. The purpose of the podcast is to help people find ways of working around the broken supply chain we now find ourselves in during this COVID-19 lockdown.
During the podcast, I make mention of several links to help answer some of the questions that were fielded. I wanted to provide a list of these links here.
A year and a half ago, ArtCAM Jewelsmith was discontinued by Autodesk. Find out a bit more about its successor CarveCo, and the other 2.5D relief CAD modelling software packages out there.
Benchpeg gathered their own list of studio jewellery galleries and stockists still trading in the UK. The result is a wonderful resource for independent jewellers.