CREATE YOUR JEWEL AT THE MUSEUM

Brilliant meetings – Workshop with Barbara Uderzo

At the Jewellery Museum, recreational and educational activities focused on comparison, experimentation and learning. The Jewellery Museum offers guided tours and creative workshops for all those who want to approach the art of jewellery, broaden their knowledge and unleash their creativity.

NEXT WORKSHOPS

Create your own ring. To each his stone
Sunday, 17 November 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Create your own ring. To each his stone "

A short tour within the Museum's rooms will serve to focus attention on some important examples of rings in the history of Italian jewelry. Each person will then choose a large hard stone. You will work to create the structure of the ring for which aluminum wire will be used; you will follow some demonstration examples of ring stems, personally experimenting with some formal variations. The stone will be embedded and firmly fixed on the ring.

Gioielli che vengono dal mare: crea i tuoi orecchini con il corallo!
Sunday, 15 December 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Gioielli che vengono dal mare: crea i tuoi orecchini con il corallo! "

At the Museum we will observe examples starting with ancient archaeological finds to some current earrings displayed in the showcases. The workshop will provide you with the skills to create hook clasps from stainless steel wire, then create your own custom jewellery using coral elements.

Un gioiello nuovo per iniziare il nuovo anno. Crea il tuo bracciale in legno.
Sunday, 12 January 2025
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Un gioiello nuovo per iniziare il nuovo anno. Crea il tuo bracciale in legno. "

Ancient examples of bracelets will be observed at the Museum. In the workshop, a bracelet will be made with wood in a rigid form or by exploiting a metal structure with the insertion of various wooden elements. Soft essences that can be worked easily will be used, and you will be able to experiment with the use of the pyrograph and carve symbols or words into the wood.

Realizza il tuo gioiello con le perle!
Sunday, 16 February 2025
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Realizza il tuo gioiello con le perle! "

Examples will be observed at the Museum beginning with ancient archaeological finds to some current earrings displayed in the showcases. The workshop will provide you with the skills to create hooked clasps starting with stainless steel wire, and then create your own custom jewelry, using beads of various sizes and other small elements. At the end of the workshop you will be able to wear the earrings you created with your own hands!

Crea una collana con un elemento in corallo
Sunday, 23 March 2025
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Crea una collana con un elemento in corallo "

Participating in this workshop will allow you to make a necklace with the help of designer Barbara Uderzo. Each participant will choose a coral element from those present with different natural colors. They will work by looking at some examples and experimenting with a basic goldsmithing technique to shape the metal wire. Each participant will complete their own piece of jewelry with the coral element.

Dall’idea al gioiello: crea il tuo pendente con un cammeo
Saturday, 26 April 2025
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Dall’idea al gioiello: crea il tuo pendente con un cammeo "

After seeing examples of cameo jewellery in the Museum's Rooms, we will start from the simple mark drawn with a pencil on the paper to understand how a drawn shape can become a piece of jewellery. We will work the metal into wire to create the shape that will feature a real cameo!

Gioiello contemporaneo: la libertà di creare!
Sunday, 18 May 2025
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Gioiello contemporaneo: la libertà di creare! "

You are invited to bring a small object, objet trouvé, or a part of it, of any material, that will be used to be inserted into the personal jewelry (e.g., fragment of decorated crockery, a small plastic character, a glass element) You will find other elements made available to be used at the Museum as well. The workshop will be like inventing a story: the juxtaposition of the objet trouvé and different materials attached to the surface of the brooch will give rise to configurations of contemporary character.

PRICES:
  • € 40,00 including workshop + Museum admission
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Workshops - Museo del gioiello - Barbara Uderzo

Barbara Uderzo

Barbara Uderzo inaugurated The blob house studio in 2010. Since 1990 she has been making contemporary jewellery, unique pieces that are the result of research and experimentation, which have been exhibited in numerous international art galleries and museums, such as La Triennale di Milano, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Mart Museum of Rovereto, The Jewellery Museum of Vicenza. Some of her works are also included in the public collections of the Silver Museum of Palazzo Pitti (Florence), Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts Palazzo Zuckermann (Padua), Museum of the City and Territory of Monsummano Terme (Pistoia), Cominelli Foundation Museum of Cisano di San Felice d/B (Brescia), Permanent Collection of the Triennale (Milan), Casabianca Museum of Malo (Vicenza), National Museum of Zurich.
At the same time, she collaborates with important goldsmith companies, designing and creating prototypes for new collections of precious jewels, and since 1999 alongside his artistic and design activity, she has also been involved in teaching and training.

PAST LABS

Fold, thread, tie: make your earrings in summer colours
Sunday, 23 June 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Fold, thread, tie: make your earrings in summer colours "

At the museum, you will observe some examples starting from ancient archaeological finds up to some current earrings displayed in the showcases. The workshop will provide instructions for creating hook closures starting from stainless steel wire, and then creating your personalized jewel using small colored stones and other elements, including reused materials.

Shaping and riveting: give shape to your bracelet
Saturday, 25 May 2024
h 15:00 - 17:30

" Shaping and riveting: give shape to your bracelet "

The workshop will start from the observation of ancient examples by visiting the museum rooms. The laboratory will give the opportunity to create a rigid bracelet by experimenting with copper wires and other metals combined with different materials. You will use the "pin" for bracelets to shape the jewel to your size.

Braid and tie: from metal wire to a ring
Sunday, 14 April 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Braid and tie: from metal wire to a ring "

After a short tour inside the museum rooms to focus on some important examples of rings in history, we will work with different metal threads, creating weaves, torchons or spiral elements then rework to create a personalized ring. Elements such as semiprecious stones, selected stones, colored elements, shells, and glass can be included.

Repeat and clip: from module to necklace
Sunday, 24 March 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Repeat and clip: from module to necklace "

By participating in this Creative Workshop you will be able to create a necklace supported by the guidance of designer Barbara Uderzo. In the rooms of the Museum, you will observe some examples of ancient necklaces, some precious Made in Italy jewels and other interesting artist jewels. In the laboratory, we will work on taking inspiration from some examples and experimenting with a basic goldsmith's technique to give shape to metal wire. The creation of a modular element and its repetition will give life to a necklace. Each participant will complete their jewel with other materials, chosen from those proposed by the museum or brought by the participants.

From drawing to jewellery: create your own pendant heart for Valentine's Day
Sunday, 11 February 2024
h 10:30 - 13:00

" From drawing to jewellery: create your own pendant heart for Valentine's Day "

The cycle of Creative Workshops on jewellery held by Barbara Uderzo resumes in 2024 with the first workshop dedicated to a classic jewellery theme: the heart as a symbol of love. Because of Valentine's Day, after having seen some examples of jewels with this shape in the museum rooms, you will understand how a simple sign drawn with a pencil can become a splendid thematic jewel. In the laboratory, the metal will be worked into the wire to create a shape that can be defined with imaginative materials, such as small elements in hard stone and natural materials. Participants will be able to bring personal materials to integrate into their pendants.

Shaping and sawing: from the elements chain to your bracelet
Sunday, 19 November 2023
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Shaping and sawing: from the elements chain to your bracelet "

The fourth workshop held by Barbara Uderzo will focus on a bracelet creation. In the Museum rooms, we will observe some precious items, from the oldest examples to some contemporary bijoux. In the laboratory, a basic goldsmith technique will be tested to shape the metal wire. Each participant will have the opportunity to create a bracelet with alternative materials chosen from those offered by the Museum or brought from home.

Bending and threaging: from steel and silver to your earrings
Sunday, 15 October 2023
h 10:30 - 13:00

" Bending and threaging: from steel and silver to your earrings "

The third workshop held by Barbara Uderzo will focus on a pair of earrings creation. At the Museum, we will observe some precious items, from the oldest ones emerging from archaeological excavations to famous examples created by Made in Italy companies. In the laboratory, the stainless steel wire and silver will be worked to create the structure of the jewel which will be personalized and embellished with fantasy materials, small elements in semi-precious stone, sequins or natural materials. This will be the right occasion to bring shells or other small objects collected during the summer.

Bending and filing: from steel to your jewel
Sunday, 11 June 2023
h 10:00 - 13:00

" Bending and filing: from steel to your jewel "

The second appointment focuses on the processing of stainless steel wire. At the Museum we will observe ancient fibulae on display. In the laboratory, we will create a brooch composed of a technical and essential structure that can be customized with objects and materials brought from home or provided during the workshop.

Ribattere e piegare: dall’alluminio all’anello
Sunday, 21 May 2023
h 10:00 - 13:00

" Ribattere e piegare: dall’alluminio all’anello "

The meetings on jewellery held by Barbara Uderzo opens with the working of aluminum wire. In the halls of the Museum we will observe prehistoric ornaments on display, while in the laboratory we will create a ring to wear and always carry with us using the materials and tools provided.

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