Transcendence

Ulla and Martin Kuafman were born in 1942 in Hildesheim, they have a similar approach into what i want to do. They explore metals in they different manners and focus on they shapes, also use beautiful diamonds to bring in that balance and contemporary feel.

www.ulla-martin-kaufmann.de

Transcendence

What i wish to do is also explored by other jewellers in many different ways, to bring out that contemporary feel and ancient look in their work. 

Jacob Albee born in 1976 and raised in Strafford,Vermont. His one of the jewellers who does something similar to what I am aiming to achieve, he plays around with a lot of different materials and diamonds to bring the focus out of the roughness of his jewellery.

His work is very detailed and very contemporary which makes it stand out from usual.

Natalio Martin Arroyo,2012,The Sourcebook of Contemporary JEWELRY DESIGN, Maomao, Page 264.

http://jacobalbee.com/

      Transcendence 

I’d like look more in the many different types of material like silver, platinum and gold. This will bring in the different types of characters throughout my journey of exploring or transforming, ancient Egyptian jewellery into fresh contemporary jewellery. 

The colors of each metal will have meaning behind it that will relate to the ancient Egyptian life, this will make each piece I manufacture have more sentimental meaning. Il use all sorts of techniques to bring the focus on what is the meaning behind each piece.

Instead of focusing on the appearance the jewellery but to beyond that and understanding why  it’s made the way its made.

Transcendence 

My exploration is looking into contemporary Egyptian jewellery that has meaning of life and importance to it. Id like research on how life started in ancient Egyptian and how most of they designs had sentimental meaning behind it. 

I want to integrate the ancient designs and modify them with making them contemporary pieces, by researching how they lived and the meaning behinds they designs and living. Discovering  new modern fresh ideas that would introduce something different in the modern world. This is quite important to bring another branch in the designing world.

  Create new ideas that people wouldn't think of by using old ancient historical designs and meaning.

Sotho Tribe

This is the mood board that i put together for my reference of the Sotho tribe.

Exploration

                                   

Final Piece

Clay Elements

 

 

These clay elements have been taken from a design elements and further played around with, in 2D&3D forms so the variety of design or ideas to work with.

 

 

 



Design Patterns

 

 

 

This is the fabric that was used to get design and pattern development.

 

Sketches And Design Development

Final Piece

Dracula

As complicated as the piece looks it wasn't hard to make, just had a long process of putting it together. This was a very interesting piece and project, it allowed us to express our thoughts and designs fully. It made my experience grow and now there's more confidence in my work.   

 

 

Design Development

 The references were further implemented and play around with so that there could be a variety of designs. This led on to making the final design a success,with all details and specifications that made full cannetille jewelry piece. All under the influence and inspiration of the the circus theme. All had to planned out properly to make  the piece functional and with all the elements to make it outstanding.

                                                         

Circus Cannatille Piece

 

 

http://www.circusperformers.com/acrojouslifted

The designs that were produced were inspired by the circus acrobatics. They movement and positions create very interesting shapes, that are created by the negative and positive spaces. I further explored the designs and made very outstanding design which relate to the circus acts.  

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   Arm Dagger

Different types of materials were used to make the armour more detailed and fictional. The placement and designs were put in order, so that the armour could be outstanding and display greebles.

 

Fictional Body Piece

Night Rider

He moves in the shadows of the night, always on the road. Zola always has a busy schedule and not enough time, his always travelling in dangerous areas. Where a humans life is less valuable than the phone he carries, criminals don’t sleep in the city where there’s too much to offer. They are great opportunist on the look out to overpower the weakest link, it’s only a matter of time, place and advantage that stands between what they want.

 Zola has to face them from sunrise till sunset, all that protects him is his amour that is equipped with a dagger ready for action. He has a daily schedule which keeps him till late, which forces him to come prepared with his amour. They watch him constantly and wait for the moment he'll be off guard, so they can get the chance to attack. One day he leaves his apartment very late, risking but it seemed like they weren’t around but in the shadows is where they were. Instantly when he was five minutes on his journey they charge and try to surround him, but Zola responses fast with revealing his amour pulling the dagger.

 Something they weren’t expecting and shocked them, two deployed and two was in shock but thought they stood a chance. That’s when Zola decided to be aggressive and they ran, then he also fled the scene and was speeding all the way till he arrived to his destination. But that was just the beginning of his problems because he had to still go back and take a different route, which could be more dangerous. On his way back he approaches three unidentified males and he decides to charge his amour, then pulls his dagger while running crazy past the men and gets safely to his apartment for the night.

Final Exhibition Display

This is a display of all my selected work, all jewellery and design process was on display. This will be moderated and given its final mark for the year.



Final Design

In the design there was a lot focus in the shape and how it works. Properly planned out designing made it a outstanding success, cause it had the more contemporary style and feel. Which was the type of jewellery my jewellers make.



Manufacture

Different types of metals were used to give the best impression. This was further manipulated by adding setting to give it a point of focus. 

 

Final Design

These are the final designs, which brought out the style and manner of my jewellers work. All was design and layed out for better understanding, then from there on design development was continuous.

  

 

Design and Manufacture

These designs came about, the style and sequence that my jewellers portray in they work. Mixing materials was all part of making the piece stand out, also apply the manner in which my jewellers design.

             Forging Experiencing

 



I went on further with making a bracelet and then forged out a texture. With a catch to make it wearable and then was soft sanded to give more detail. More of the skills and techniques from my jewellers were practised to get that good detail.

 

 

Experiment

I took great interest in playing around with the different type of metals, so i could get the best suitable texture. There was plenty attention given to the hammering and forging, to get the detail and texture to a satisfying level. Aluminium was more ideal to give a good impression, these were all techniques observed from my three jewellers.

Natalie Jane Harris

Enjoys displaying rich, vibrant colours of semi-precious/precious stones and beads into modern wearable jewellery. Which show off  lightly and the stone always being the focus, traditional techniques are applied to create a variety of pieces in silver, 18ct/22ct gold. Simplicity and class in her pieces makes her jewellery everlasting.   



 nataliejaneharris 

Paul Finch

Natural and free forms are Pauls Finch favourite. He tends to work with silver and 18ct gold and do unusual settings with gems or diamonds, pieces are designed in freely and in peace of mind.

                    paulfinchjewellery

Sue Lane

Sue Lane

Sue lane is a contemporary jeweler and her designs are more modern. Her focus is in line and proportion in all her pieces, she purposefully applies a matt finish in her pieces. And takes great pleasure in playing around with the different colored metals.

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                        

                                             

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