website reference

For my website reference  i chose a designer named zaha Hadid, she was born  on 31 October 1950 in Baghad,iraq,she studied architecture and later established her own London-based architecture practice in 1980.Hadid also undertook some high-profile interior work, including the Mind Zone at the MillDome in london.

she designs her jewellery pieces based on experience she has from architec,she works moslty in precious metals.i think her work relates to mine she uses a lot of forms and lines,and a lot of my work cosists of lines,open and closed shapes. 

Bangle,sterling silver

Skein rings,18ct gold

Zaha Hadid

Reference

The prson that im going to reference is Babara Heath,she was born in sydney in 1954.she studied gold and silversmithing at Royal Melbourne institute of Technology,and she also went to Parson school of design in 1987 in New York.

Her forms are wide ranging from the sensual and organic to the structured and architectonic

I chose this jeweller because her work features organic shape and intricate sharp and cornered patterns.she also work with open and closed shapes to create a contrast

Interlocking rings,1990,18ct yellow gold

Patricia Anderson,1998,Contemporary jewellery in Australia and New zeland,Australia craftsman house,TowerA,112Talavera Road,North Ryde,sydney,NSW 2113 p.98

Earrings,1993,18ct gold sterling silver

Patricia Anderson,1998,Contemporary jewellery in Australia and New zeland,Australia craftsman house,TowerA,112Talavera Road,North Ryde,sydney,NSW 2113 p.99

 how jewellery forms and contemporary architecture relate?what simillarities do these two design sectors share in comon and what process do they undergo producing piece of work at the end?

architecture and jewellery have simillarities from design to testing,making prototypes to final work.As i have stated from my previous blogg that im looking into the different types of buildings all                around us and the forms used to create them.

from buildings to bridges that feature space by using panels,the negative spaces used to create drama,i would use this type of architecture as inspiration to create various collections during my b-tech.To achieve this,i will have to use form folding,fodging,and feature riviting where nessesary.

I will use various material to test out things(prototypes)and see what works with what.Because achitectural structures use alot of open panells and solinds depending on the design,i would like to use both,by mixing wire work and plate
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  the different types of building all around us and the forms used to create them. 

Future

My exploration for my personal project is how jewellery forms and contemporary architecture relate?what simillarities do these two design sectors share in comon and what process do they undergo producing piece of work at the end?

i am fasinated by the the different types of building all around us and the forms used to create them. the type of architecture i am attracted to is contemporary,from buildings to bridges that feature space by using panels,the negative spaces used to create drama.

It is necessary to explore because in architecture they work in big scale but intricate ulike jewellery,we except it on a small scale 

Ndebele patterns

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My design is based on Ndebele tribe, the geometric shapes that they use in their patterns. Their designs are usually painting decorations which create patterns mostly done on walls. These patterns are not only used on walls, but they are also in such things as traditional out fits, households stuff, and jewellery

Mood-board

Explorations

This is what i have done  through exploring metal and form folding

Final piece

Clay and pattern 

After working with patterns and sketching them, i had to choose one element from patterns i drew and took from the material and make it out clay. I made  flat and 3 dimensional forms with clay

I think this arrangement works well because of varying in size and the forms creates this one form that looks chunky but balanced at  the same time

For this one what makes it work so well is the fact that the arrangement has a focal point and it creates tree like shape positive and negative spaces look balanced,creating lines that come out from the center

In this arrangement repetition plays an important role as the points of each element overlaps and thus creates geometric lines, what is visually interesting is the zigzag edges.

  

Patterns/market

Taking a walk to market is not really something that i am not used to/ not familiar with,but the experience that i had was amazing.What stood out to me the most was the patterns that are actual there that i don't take note of on the daily basis,From building to cars,clothes even the streets,all i could see  was beautiful patterns everywhere.Walking to the market made me realize that design is everywhere,and we do not take note of it.

fabric that we bought at a fabric store

jewellery perception

Peter Hoogeboom

Peter Hoogeboom (Leiden, 3 March 1961) lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He studied at the jewellery department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) and graduated in 1992. Since 1994 he has been using ceramics in his jewellery

Peter Hoogeboom

Spanish collar,ceramics,silver

silver,iron

steel,pearls

Final piece

    This was a very interesting project,and challenging as well . 

The worst part of  project was having to solder the filigree,as i am not experienced enough.It was challenging to make such thin wire and make even twists.what i liked was making the piece 3 dimension and building layers on a piece

Design development

Circus cannetille/filigree piece

Design process from inspiration

From the clowns suit, i took the negatives and manipulated them by cutting the inside shapes to create space.I also did repetition of these shapes and mirror them  to create symmetry and solid looking piece.I made a prototype out of paper to explore my design further

Prototype

Circus

circus circus

I chose the pattern on the clown's outfit that looks like teardrops(chest),I then manipulated these shapes into double images as a negative and positive space.I chose these patterns because of the arrangement and the variety of sizes,interacting and overlapping repetition it has. 

'The Mech'

Greebles

This is the arm piece i designed, based on a theme 'greebles'.A greeble is a fine detailing added to the surface of a larger object that makes it appear more complex, and therefore more visually interesting.

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(non precious materials)bottle caps,galvanized wire,wood,aluminium and copper

 Back view

This is the brain piece that connects the gun with Bluetooth

These are the examples of greebles that are used in a movie,'Mad max'

Fictional body piece

He was a father, a husband, a community leader who loved his job. He has been a soldier all his life. Many soldier looked up on him, as he was a captain of South African military force. He knew everything about the history of the world, from art, science, computers and even gadgets.

One day as he was looking through his files in the office, he came across a file that caught his attention. He quickly drops the other files on his hands to look at this big brown envelop, he could not believe his eyes. The time had come; he spent half of his life studying about alien weapons. As he was busy with this file he heard a massive terrifying sound in the sky, only to realize that it was an alien space ship destroying the city. He quickly got up to warn soldiers about what was going on, but it was too little too late.

The atmosphere was starting to change, the day light started to fade and there was a smoke everywhere. Soldiers are giving anything and everything to defeat their enemies. But the aliens were taking over; they were strong, fearless and powerful. It was bad as network and electricity cables were destroyed, he knew what was left for him. It was time to get underground where the weapons are stored. They are fighting with their lives, but their weapons just don’t stand a chance as the aliens are fighting with computerised weapons. It was time to check the weapons that he had been doing research on all these years. This weapon is a gun which is connected to the brain, and it calculates the distance between you and an enemy.

Also gives signals where your enemies are hiding. He was killing and slicing aliens.

Exhibition

This is what i have been busy with from the beginning of this year.This is my final year exhibition second year.

Final Piece

This is my final piece that is inspired by the 3 jewellers i did research on,I looked at Miranda Sharpe specifically when manufacturing this piece. It was  slightly  difficult because i had to use her style of colour, and use her techniques but sort of bring a little bit of my style as well.

Sterling silver,copper and resin

Manufacturing

After drawing and designing i have come to a point that i needed to change or go differently from my 3 jewellers. But using the techniques that they use i am trying to add more to that.

Square shape shank, sterling silver

Copper collet that will be soldered on top of the shank

Drawing

After experimenting with colour, texture and the techniques that my jewellers use, I now have started to do some rendering and designing some jewllery pieces that are based on enamelling and texture.

Experimenting with wire and enamelling

Still continuing with playing and learning about colour combinations, I have used  line to make patterns.I am using wire to achieve this line pattern  with varying spaces in between. I also played with colour variety in the positive and negative spaces

Enamelling(resin),copper, wire brass plate

Enamelling (my final design piece)

My research on three jewellers has influenced my way of thinking about colour in jewellery. It has made me interested in enamel. I didn't know that you can actually mix non-precious metals with colours and still get a feel of it being precious to the wearer. I have been busy doing some research on techniques that my 3 jewellers specialise in and materials  that they use.

This is a texture that  I got by putting metal into the kiln at 860 degrees celsius

This is just playing around with metal thickness and how I need my different impressions on a metal

Designers with similar techniques

Sheila McDonald is a jeweller, her work features enamel on silver with fine gold wire.She loves using painting and drawing, and she uses watercolour to emphasise her design on metal click here link to see her work

Sheila McDonald

enamelling,silver,gold,amethyst