During the past few years Rémy has been giving increasing focus to group and individual teaching and motivational coaching for students and professional designers in counter sketching and black and white and color rendering techniques.
He believes that a successful designer requires a balance of prolific creativity, strong technical skills, and exceptional work ethics. His teaching focuses on developing important technical skills.
Recent teaching experience includes:
New Mexico Jeweler’s Association, counter sketching class, 2006
CLASP, Denver, 2007
IB Goodman, staff professional training, 2007
Wolf Academy, Portland, Maine, counter sketching and rendering class, 2007-present
Revere Academy, San Francisco, counter sketching, 2008
Week-long workshop, Livingston, Montana for professional jewelers in 2010
Private week-long coaching for several professional jewelry designers in 2011
". . . Not only is [Rémy] an extremely skilled artist, but he is a very good teacher. His classes are well prepared, his materials very helpful, and his attitude is friendly and caring.
". . . Everyone in the class walked away with a vastly improved skill level, no matter what level they came in with. I believe that anyone who takes a class with Rémy will be making a valuable investment in their future career as a jeweler, metal smith or designer.
"At the end of his workshop they will be able to sell their work just by drawing it!"
Elichai Fowler
Designer and Owner
Paradise Ring Works, Livingston, Montana
"I had the pleasure of working with Rémy Rotenier in which some of our time was dedicated to his teachings of jewelry rendering. I have been designing for many years but will be forever thankful for the techniques he showed me.
"It has opened up a new way for me to look at and improve my own work by guiding me to a way to see things differently than what I was able to easily do on my own."
Jill Suddendorf
Corporate Designer
IB Goodman Company
“I had no compasses, no rulers, no vector based software---but there I was designing, as part of a fantastic counter-sketching workshop with Rémy Rotenier. . . [He] had us drawing without tools or templates. And though it took me a few hours to get past the initial discomfort, I soon was scribbling and drawing and having fun.
“Ditching my usual tools helped me to explore new facets of creativity. . . I am having fun getting lost in the creative process, without the distraction of my tools. And getting lost on purpose takes me to the place where magic happens.”
Kate Wolf (from MJSA Journal, Jan. 2011)
Jeweler, Educator, Tool Queen, and Wicked Wench of Wax
Portland, Maine
