A Brief History of Fine Jewellery of India The Beginning: Indus Valley Civilisation India’s love affair with fine jewellery goes back more than 5000 years when the hunter-gatherers of the Indus Valley civilisation likely found gemstones on their explorations, with the earliest discovery of diamond estimated around 4th century BCE. In the neolithic-age Mehrgarh (7000 – 5500 BC), craftsmen used shells and gemstones such as
The curated list of Top 10 vintage royal pieces of Jewellery of India Think of the royals and you cannot help conjuring images of opulence and magnificence in your mind. The art of adornment dates back not only centuries but millenniums. Over time, the materials used for crafting ornaments have undergone a sea of change from flowers and beads, shell, bone and stone to copper,
Teacher’s Day Celebration at JD Institute Guru shishya relationship is one of the oldest and most important foundation stone of our lives. We at JD Institute of Fashion Technology believe that a student teacher interaction is very important and hence the students from each department – Fashion Design, Interior Design, Jewellery Design came out in joint efforts in making the “ Teacher’s Day” a
Tete-a-Tete with Ms Surbhi on Timeless Legacy of Indian Jewellery Saffronart is a leading international auction house and India’s most reputed, with over a hundred auctions to their credit. Recently, Ms. Usha Balakrishnan curated and organized a jewellery conference In Mumbai, where several high profile speakers were invited. Ms. Surbhi Gupta, HOD of Jewellery Design Department from JD Institute of Fashion Technology was an
asian paints workshop – department of interior design The Diploma students recently attended a 10-day workshop organized by Asian Paints in association with JD Institute of Fashion Technology. It was conducted by Mr. Anup and was extremely well planned and executed. The Workshop covered a wide range of topics related to paints like: Complete painting process Composition of paints Types of paints available