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LAPIDARY ART

Lapidary art consists of shaping and cutting gemstones in order to reveal their natural beauty.

Lapidary artists possess in-depth knowledge of the chemical and physical properties specific to each gemstone family and are able to use various transformation techniques in order to preserve a maximum weight while at the same time highlighting the brilliance and colours of each gemstone.

For each technique covered, students will learn to recognize the physical and chemical properties of different materials in order to transform their rough stones in the best possible way.

The ultimate goal of this program is to enable each student to become autonomous and equipped with the necessary knowledge to evaluate and anticipate how gemstone materials will react in order to advise future clients.

By the end of the program, students will have acquired an understanding of various transformation techniques: multi-form stone cutting, faceting, sculpture, sanding, grinding, engraving, and assembling, as well as the complete polishing process.

After completing the Lapidary Art program at REBIK ACADEMY, students will receive a diploma that is well recognized within the jewellery industry

Recommended

Level 1

What you will learn:

  • Students will be introduced to the techniques of cutting and polishing stones into flat and domed cabochons.
  • They will learn to shape opaque gems to reveal their ornamental features, using the water wheel and diamond saw in a safe manner.
NOTE: This is a beginner level course and all students are recommended to register and complete this level before registering for any of the advanced level courses.
Length: 21 hours

Lapidary
Art,

Level 2

What you will learn:

  • Deepening of the basic knowledge in lapidary art:
  • Participants will learn how to shape gemstones using the different structures of the stones: cleavage planes and directional colours.
  • Freehand faceting of semi-transparent and transparent stones.
  • Notions of light reflection will be discussed.
  • And also an introduction to stone drilling.
NOTE: All students are recommended to register and finish Lapidary Art, Level 1 before registering for this course.
Length: 21 hours

Mining and Purchasing Raw Materials and Gem for Re-cutting.

What you will learn:

  • They will learn theoretical courses to help students make the right choice when buying a rough stone or a faceted stone that would benefit from being recut.
  • Through exercises, students will observe a few stones and will be able to better distinguish the possibilities of cutting or re-cutting.
Prerequisite: Each student should bring a small beam torch.
Length  9 hours

ENGRAVING and SMALL CARVINGS

What you will learn:

  • Teaching the different ways to make engraving and carving using the different diamond points.
  • They will Learn how to choose the tools according to the desired shapes.
  • And also learn the different steps to follow for a good final result.
Prerequisite: Level 1, Lapidary Art
Length: 9 hours

FACETING

Level 1

What you will learn:

  • Learning faceting techniques.
  • Students will become familiar with the faceting machine and its components (dops, laps, angles, position, pole, cheater, etc) so that they can handle the various elements safely and confidently.
  • They will also learn the appropriate terms for the different parts of a cut stone.
Prerequisite: None
Length: 21 hours

Level 2

What you will learn:

  • Deepening of faceting techniques.
  • Understanding of refractive indices and critical angles, as well as the journey of light through stone.
  • Participants will learn how to calculate different ratios and maximize the colour of the stone, and the basics of maintaining a faceting machine will be covered.
Prerequisite: Level 1, Faceting
Length: 21 hours

STONE CUTTING AND REPAIR

What you will learn:

  • To maximise the beauty of a gemstone it is sometimes necessary to consider re-cutting or restoring it.
  • In this workshop participants will learn how to evaluate the angles of the pavilion and crown, how to choose the type of design according to the stone and how to close a window.
  • The principle of repairing a chip on the crown or table will be discussed.
Prerequisite: Lapidary art, Level 1
Length: 7 hours

TOOL MAKING

What you will learn:

  • Theoretical courses to help students make the right choice when buying a rough stone or a faceted stone that would benefit from being recut.
  • By means of exercises, students will observe a few stones and will be able to better distinguish the possibilities of cutting or re-cutting.
Prerequisite: After following the workshop of Lapidary Art, Level 1
Length: 15 hours

JEWELLERY DESIGN AND JEWELLERY MAKING

1)JEWELLERY DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP – BEGINNER LEVEL

Join us to explore tools that will help transform your inspirations into hand illustrated designs, as well as develop rendering techniques using a variety of approaches.

What you will learn:

  • Basic hand illustration
  • Importance of mark-making
  • How to render precious metals and stones
  • Illustrating your own diamond ring

Prerequisite: All beginner level students are recommended to complete this workshop before registering for any of the advance level courses.

Length: 3 days

2) JEWELLERY DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION MASTERCLASS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Join us to explore tools that will help transform your inspirations into hand illustrated designs, as well as develop rendering techniques using a variety of approaches.

What you will learn:

  • How to recognise key characteristics in modern classic jewellery
  • Illustrate motifs developed from inspiration
  • Construct design compositions
  • Rendering techniques that will demonstrate your skills
  • How to create unique high-end designs

Prerequisite: We recommend all beginner level students to complete the beginner workshop before enrolling for this course.

Length: 10 days

3) JEWELLERY DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION MASTERCLASS – ADVANCED LEVEL

Take your skills and career a step further –become a master of Jewellery Design and Illustration with our 15-day advanced level course.

Get the opportunity to develop your own designs independently by utilising your accumulated expertise and knowledge. With the help of this ultimate course develop designs that inspire you, as well as practice and perfect your technique to become a professional certified designer.

What you will learn:

  • Identify different clasps used in jewellery
  • Compare different surface texture techniques
  • Extract motifs based on theme
  • Experiment with different stone settings in their design compositions
  • Analyse and overcoming design obstacles
  • Illustrate and present final designs

Prerequisite: We recommend all students to complete our beginner and intermediate level sessions before enrolling for this course.

Length: 15 days

4) JEWELLERY ILLUSTRATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME

Develop the technical skills and master the creative process of making jewellery hand illustrations in our latest accredited programme. This 3-month course will encourage students to develop their design practice, enhancing skills such as shadow and colouring, freehand drawing and drafting methods.

Upon successful completion, students will receive a BTEC International Level 3 Certificate in Art + Design (Jewellery Studies in Art + Design).

What you will learn:

  • Fundamentals of design development and hand illustration
  • Jewellery hand illustrations using a variety of different medium
  • Illustrate motifs developed from inspiration
  • Construct design compositions
  • Developing your rendering skills
  • Creating your own jewellery collection and build your professional portfolio

Prerequisite: This is an accredited certification and all students are recommended to complete the Jewellery Design and Illustration workshop and masterclasses before enrolling for this programme.

Length: 3 months

THE JEWELLERY DESIGN AND JEWELLERY MAKING PRICES VARY FROM $205 FOR 1 DAY COURSE TO $12000 FOR 5 MONTHS COURSE DEPENDING ON THE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR VISION.

3D PRINTING FOR JEWELLERY DESIGNING(Beginner)

What you will learn:

  • Project-based course; Start making jewelry from the first day of the course.
  • Learning jewelry production standards and procedures from the industry expert
  • Learn how to make a ring in ZBrush and Modo
  • How to prepare a 3D model for 3D printing and casting.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In this course, you will learn the basics of how to design jewelry by using 3D modeling tools and learn how to bring your designs to a real-life by 3D printing them.
You learn about the common jewelry manufacturing processes and principles of designing and making jewelry by using cutting-edge tools and methods.
This is a project-based course and includes:

  • Theory And Technical Tips· Learning different Stone setting techniques
  • Basics of 3D Modelling in Modo and ZBrush
  • 3D printing processes and preparing your model for 3D Printing
  • Manufacturing Processes, how to add casting feeder sprue to the model before 3D printing

Doesn’t matter if you have no experience related to jewelry or are an experienced jewelry CAD designer. Both can benefit from the tips and techniques shared in this course.
Foundry Modo and Pixologic Zbrush are used as the main 3D modeling software packages, but you can implement most of the course content into your preferred 3D modeling software.

 

Main features of the course:

  1. Easier and fastest ways of 3d modeling organic and complex jewelry designs
  2. Learning jewelry production standards and procedures from the industry expert
  3. Project-based course; Start making jewelry from the first day of the course.

Our Cutting-Edge studio for Jewellery making

JEWELLERY CLOTHING DESIGN

Kejieh Browdom is a young award-winning Fashion Designer based in Yaounde. He won the fashion design category of the 1st Edition of Tiko Got Talent, which happens to be his hometown.
Since then, it has been back-to-back successes and a display in 2019 of his fine talent being seen in his 2022 collections of the Gucci Agbada, the Rich African Senators, and his recent 2025 African Kings collections.

Kejieh Browdom over his 9+ years in the fashion business has received two National Awards and one international nomination for Young Promising Fashion Designer.

Kejieh looks forward to running a fashion academy and so partnering with REBIK ACADEMY and being their Course instructor is a spotlight

DIAMOND GRADING CERTIFICATION

Get an in-depth understanding of diamonds when you register for our 3-week course – open to students with all skill levels.

A perfect balance between theoretical knowledge and practical skills, this course will help you learn how to grade diamonds and get a thorough understanding of the 4C’s; carat, colour, clarity and cut. Study how to identify real diamonds and the traits that make them special and precious.

With the help of our expert instructors, get familiar with industry terminology used to verify clarity and quality and learn to determine the value of a diamond. Students will also get the opportunity to discover how to detect the most common simulants, and the chance to work with the best microscope in the world and other gemmological equipment.

What you will learn:

  • Introduction to the properties of diamonds
  • Explanation of the 4C’s: Carat, Colour, Clarity and Cut
  • Correct cleaning of diamonds
  • Systematic examination of a diamond. Favourable and unfavourable angles of observation
  • Principles of weighing, calculation of the carat weight
  • Identification of external and internal characteristics. Plotting and exercises
  • Colour determination of diamonds by comparison with master stones
  • Grading of colour and fluorescence
  • Cut grading. Determination of proportions, symmetry, and polish. Measuring dimensions using a caliper and gauges.
  • Use of tables for proportions and symmetry
  • Examination and grading of fancy cuts
  • Characteristics and properties of diamonds versus imitations (simulants). Including simple tests to distinguish natural diamonds from imitations
  • Identification of clarity treatments like crack filling
  • Introduction to lab grown diamonds and colour treatments

Prerequisite:Students of all skill levels are welcome to enrol for this course and no prior experience is required.

Length: 3 weeks

Practical Refining of Metals and Minerals (Gold Refining)

Kenneth Khalkho
Director
Sustainability & Responsible Business

With a remarkable 27-year career, Kenneth is a thought leader in CSR, sustainability, and climate change, with his insights featured in notable publications. Kenneth is a thought leader in CSR, sustainability, and climate change featured in several notable publications. He has extensive experience as a non-financial auditor, consultant, trainer, and investigator. His expertise covers corporate governance, ethics, fraud investigation, risk assessment, social audits, SDGs, ESG, CSR advisory, supply chain compliance, AML, skill development, and more. He served as Director at Ernst & Young, leading supply chain compliance. Kenneth was also a Partner at Thinkthrough Consulting, specialising in sustainable development. Kenneth has actively participated in government initiatives and skill development missions with organisations like NSDC and MoRD. He consistently emphasises ethical business practices, supply chain integrity, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility.

Sustainable Management and Corporate Governance and Ethics​

BENJAMIN YOUNG
MANAGING DIRECTOR (MD)

Benjamin Young is a results driven Projects and Management Consultant. He holds a Masters in Management of Public Organizations and has accumulated a rich experience in Education where he has managed all categories of colleges and 3 administrative divisions transforming them into quality hubs of knowledge, empowerment and excellence as Principal and Delegate; in Cooperatives where he is Vice President of BOFCOE, an organic farming Coop- Board blazing a trail into the future of regenerative agriculture and in Non-profit as Lead Coordinator of GBI assisting victims of conflicts and disasters with a grassroots resiliency methodology.

He is a technology enthusiast and a founding affiliate of ONPASSIVE TECHNOLOGIES a global private IT startup and he is bringing a wealth of experience and professional business insights into REBIK MINES and ACADEMY as Managing Director to implement the organization’s vision to establish an exceptional platform where the gab between raw materials and finished goods is bridged via professional training and investment partnerships with a view to fast tracking the transition from raw sub soil minerals to the final stage of consumer jewellery production locally.

REBIK MINES and ACADEMY also aims at reducing risks associated with mining operations and high prices while maintaining a stable profit margin in the global jewellery industry.

REBIK’s mission is to train future Lapidarists, Jewellery Designers, Gold Refiners, Jewellery Producers and Mining Sector Entrepreneurs that will through sustainable management, good governance and ethics contribute to the development of a vibrant mining industry in general locally and globally and the jewelry market in particular with an estimated global market cap and total value of approximately $270 billion in 2022.

REBIK MINES and ACADEMY aim to achieve this by setting a higher standard of excellence in research, training, and development, as well as partnerships, access to industry leaders, institutions and technologies to empower the national industry leaders of tomorrow.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANY COURSE WHICH DOESN’T REACH THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE. EXCEPT FOR ENTREPRENEURS PACKAGE SUBSCRIBERS.

MATERIAL COSTS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE MARKET PRICE, IN CASE ANY INDIVIDUAL WANT THEIR COURSE INSTRUCTOR TO BUY THEM RAW MATERIALS FOR THEIR PRACTICALS.