The Little Studio, LLC
Vladimir Deming
Founder and Instructor
This is a well-equipped Educational Studio which offers personalized professional classes for people who want to acquire an interesting hobby or start a new profession. Lessons are developed to give students a strong base of knowledge so they can work independently after the course.
I opened my Studio in 2006 and have been teaching students of all ages, as well as working on my own projects. The overall aim of my lessons is to teach students how to safely and correctly use tools and equipment, and jewelry making techniques.
When I teach these techniques, I help students with their designs, stressing attention on composition, proportions and colors, which strongly influence the beauty of an object.
All of this together result in a creative, exciting and dynamic learning atmosphere. I invite you to my Studio to see the environment, equipment, work samples and photos of previous students' jewelry.
My Professional Background
After receiving training as a young man under my father’s guidance working on designing and hand-producing jewelry for theaters and movies, I entered the Academy of Industrial Art in St. Petersburg, Russia. I graduated with a Master’s Degree of Decorative Art and began my career as an industrial designer. My main interest, and eventually occupation, evolved towards antique restoration and the designing and hand-production of costume jewelry.
I emigrated from Russia in 1975. During my emigration to the U.S., I worked for the Vienna Opera House in Austria creating stage jewelry. In my first two years in the U.S., I worked in New York City as a jewelry designer for Gemveto Jewelry Co. and Carvin French Jewelry.
I developed my own antique restoration business working for private clients and antique dealers. In 1987, I was invited by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City to develop a course, ‘Restoration of Ceramics’, which I taught for 19 years. Also, I taught Hand-crafted jewelry in FIT's School of Continuing and Professional Studies for 10 years.
Many of my students today own their own restoration businesses, work for restoration studios or museums, and became jewelry designers themselves.
In 2006, I opened my own educational studio called The Little Studio, LLC in New York City where I teach several courses privately and work on my own lines of Art Jewelry.
