Filed under: Assignments, Gold + Silver | Tags: aluminium, anodised, anodising, brainstorm, cable, catwalk, colour, colours, fashion, fun, graffiti, hip hop, hoodies, interactive, meaning, neckpieces, production line, spray can, stainless steel, toggle, toggles, urban
As I am sure you are all curious as to why I asked for responses on the questionnaire I posted. (Thanks again to all those who took the time to give me your answers – I really appreciate it and you might see some of your answers in the completed work)
This is an image of that the neck pieces will look like. They will be on stainless steel cable and I am making toggles.
This is a detail of what the pendant type charm will be like. It is suppose to resemble a spray can. So this is where the colours come in. The toggles are each made out of aluminium and they can then be anodised different colours. So to make this collection fun and interactive – each colour is going to have a meaning – so when potential buyers wish to purchase one they do not necessarily pick one because it is there favourite colour – the meaning behind the colour is what makes you pick it.
If you are wondering where the spray can comes from.. Well in a relating assignment we have to create catwalk pieces and then in response to those create a production line. My catwalk pieces are hoodies – so my inspiration for both the hoodies and the spray can pieces is the whole hippidy hop, graffiti, urban culture. I am also looking for names for the collections so feedback and ideas are always helpful. Let’s brainstorm.
There will also be a bracelet version – for the males out there. In this image there is an example of the aluminium that will be used.
Hope you like – let me know.
Filed under: Gold + Silver | Tags: aluminium, design, handcratfted, jewellery, necklace, powercoating, stainless steel
This is one example of the necklaces I mentioned in an earlier post, related to the colour brooches. This is the warm wheel, and the two images show the mechanics of the pendant. Very simply you just adjust the tags on each circle and it moves the fours circles to create your own desired pattern. They too are powercoated aluminium. The material that makes the necklace part is stainless steel cable. Hope you like them as much as I do!
Filed under: Gold + Silver | Tags: aluminium, anu, brooches, cast, form z, gemstones, gold and silver, lathe, necklaces, powdercoating, rings, servers, silver, stainless steel
Colour brooches
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As promised – here are some images from last year.
1st image – these are moveable brooches made from powdercoated aluminium. I was lucky enough to be able to do the powercoating myself, thanks to family connections. These were designed in response to a brief about colour in my 1st semester of my 2nd year in the gold and silver workshop here at the ANU. (So start of 2008) There is one brooch missing which is a light blue and purple. There is also a necklace collection in the same series. Each of those have 4 colours on the wheel. I will try and get some images of these and put them up.
2nd image – these are sterling silver with citrine gemstones rings. They were all cast and then machine worked on a lathe to get that nice smooth edge and clean angles. This was my first attempt at setting stones. I really love this collection. I had intended to use red gemstones, as it is my favourite colour but could only get the citrine. So it was a happy accident that I used that particular colour. Now I wouldn’t change the stone colour at all. They can be worn all together, but they are quite heavy on the finger, but it is a nice weight. These were created late 2008.
3rd image – Stainless steel servers. Last year I had a product design class in which we used a program called Form Z. I designed these on the program as we had a brief in our workshop to create objects that serve. It was a very long process and my teacher in that class was extremely helpful. I had the casting of these objects outsourced. They have 4 serving options – each is a server/handle depending on which end you wish to use. There was alot of work in the cleaning up of these objects, which involved makeshift tools and a few war wounds. I love these servers and they are used for special occasions in my house. These are the larger size, there is also a smaller size that I have not had cast yet.
