Metal Samples

Metal Samples

These are a selection of my metal samples. This was just about exploring different ways of creating textures, shapes, and joins.
Having a play with metals. 

Dish Plaques

Cutting copper circles, doming and joining on different angles. These could be taken forward as wearable pendants :) .....oooo the possibilities are endless

Dish Plaque

This shows off the angle of the copper dishes joined to the brass.

Brass Waves

Purely made from cutting in a guillotine. Letting the metal move where it wants to.

Brass Curl

Brass Feather Effect

Further exploring the movement of metal. Repetition of cutting fine lines creating a feather like outcome. Also looks like a cuff that could be worn on the ear.

Hinge

My first tiny hinge! Me and my fellow jeweler Rose Grant decided to take on the challenge on making a hinge. It may of taken us nearly all day but we did it! ...and they were awesome! right in my element making complicated, fiddly things :)

Semester one - New Beginings On My Pathway To Jewellery Design -

Finally moving on to what I hope to be bigger and better things. Jewellery Design at Hereford College of Arts. Bring it on x

Art Foundation - Final Pieces -

Final Pieces

These are my final pieces for Art Foundation. I created a range of fascinators, body pin and ring in response to structures of natural forms. 

Physalis Fruit

Iron binding wire cases around a raku bead hung on a brazing rod pin. I spent rather a long time forming patches of circles to slide into the wire frames...but I loved doing it.

Conker Exterior

Glass spikes on a brazing wire grid. The glass spikes were made using a process called "Cotteling" where wax replicas are places inside a tube which is wrapped up with string. These molds are then filled with plaster. Once set the wax can be melted out and the mold filled with glass powder. These are fired and then broken away to reveal very fragile glass spikes.
...you wouldn't even begin to imagine the challenges I came across with this one =)

Lacy Stinkhorn Fungus

Did many experiments to try replicate the textural qualities of this fungus. It already held qualities to make it look like a hat with this mesh form all the way around the bottom. I tried variations in resin, porcelain, latex and crochet before settling on a fine wire base foundation with a latex coating.

Pea Bean Pods

Initially starting as tamarind pods I developed the idea to be pea beans. These were made by layering a variety of toned veneers which could then be sanded back to create a pod form. The centers were then hollowed to hold domed open peas made from aluminium.

Conker Exterior Surface

A perspex disk which I pressed into a panel of wood drilled with various size holes. This created a raised surface texture which became contrasted to the original clear perspex that was given a frosted glass texture when press against the wood.

Cautious Ring 

This ring was initially from the reflection of self brief, however, it felt fitting to be placed with my final show as I was looking into natural structure and many of the forms I used held reoccurring shapes and a sense of tessellation. 

Art foundation continued - Responding To Shapes -

Reflection of self

For this brief I had to choose 6 words that reflected myself. Mine were: Creative, Emotional, Systematical, Lively, Passionate and Cautious. I then used shapes and colour themes that reflected the words. I was then able to develop the designs into 3D objects. I created a clasp to fold material through, a locket and a ring which later became a part of my final show.

Systematical Clasp

Made from perspex, with mirrored perspex strips and a central brass foil square.

Mahogany Locket

This is made up from 8 circular disks on each halve to create a hollowed centre, decorated with gold leaf, after adding a light stain to the wood to further highlight the colouration. The small magnets allow the object to be held shut at the same time as creating a subtle clasp.

Cautious Ring

A combination of copper, brass and silver hexagons and octagons on a  double silver ring base. This piece has definitely made it onto my list of most complex items to make as soldering the materials together proved very challenging.

Art Foundation - moving on to bigger things-

Physalis Fruit

Got back in touch with sketching, even if i did get carried away spending 3 hours painstakingly drawing all the little textures on the outer shell. I later used in response to my final project brief. I was initially looking into natural forms and how they were structured. I would then take these forms forward to deconstruct to make in different materials.

A Level Part 2 - Interchangeable Pendant Set

My Pendant Set

Art Nouveau Pendant
Silver dish and leaf with a vinyl cut design drawn out on CAD, example of how I enjoy complex designs, with a leaf highlighted with an tiny African amethyst stone.

Bauhaus Pendant
Silver base with silver wire boarder to hold black enamel with a round carnelian cabochon.

Art Deco Pendant

Copper Base dish with silver strips and stone sets. Enameling process and Chinese Amazonite set cabochons.

These are my pieces from A Level. I chose to design a necklace that could have inter-changeable pendants based on 3 design movements: Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, and Art Deco. I came across many challenges and learnt many new skills such as ways of enamelling, acid etching and vinyl cutting to apply the design.

A Level Part 1 - Jewellery Box

...Time for something a bit more complex again :) I decided to design another jewellery box, which developed considerably along the way. It unfortunately had to lose a few of the original features I'd intended such as a fully opening double door front with an earring holder and mirror feature. I then decided to add addition veneer features for aesthetically exciting  purposes after redesigning the form of the box, which, due to the time scale were unable to be added.

Here are the component drawings for the veneer designs which would be have been added. Again they are based around Celtic knot designs. This part of the design process again was enjoyable as I was having to draw complex patterns to create something aesthetically exciting.

 Lid Design

Door Design

Lid Design Components

Door Design Components