Wednesday, 19 October 2016

2nd Year end year Project 2016 - Contemporary Jewellers using  Found Objects and Geometric shapes

Choose 2 contemporary Art Jewellers, one  jeweller that uses found objects in their jewellery and another jeweller that uses geometric shapes in their jewellery.
Do not find them on traditional commercial sites! Look at The Carrot Box and Love Dazzle to help you find them.
You have created your own personal blog and will be doing blog posts on the jewellers you have chosen.
 Here are the basics of what you need to have on your blog, but you may go above and beyond  this!

You need to do 2 Blog posts, one on each jeweller.  

  • You will do a write up on the jeweller and their jewellery
  • Choose 2 good images of the jewellers work 
  • Make sure your blog posts have clear photo's that are referenced by using a link to the website where you found the image and put the link in the caption of the image you are using on your blog. Remember this is someone else's work so you need to show  where you found it! In these posts you need to talk about the jeweller's work. 
  • You can write about what appeals to you in the work, what materials and techniques they use and a lot more that is relevant to the jeweller you have chosen.

Monday, 12 October 2015

Contemporary Jewellery Theory and Design Project


2nd Year end year Project- Contemporary Jewellers (Part 1)

You have by now chosen your 3 contemporary jewellers. We have discussed how two of these jewellers need to be from Love Dazzle ( these two jewellers will be more "commercial contemporary jewellers" ) and your other jeweller can be from The Carrot Box.

The 3 jewellers you have chosen must be able to be "classified" into one group, for example, if you have chosen jewellers that  use glass in their jewellery in different ways this could fit into "Mixed Materials"- remember the jewellery we discussed from Virtual Gallery.

You have created your own personal blog and will be doing blog posts on the jewellers you have chosen and you will be blogging about your design process. Here are the basics of what you need to have on your blog, nut you may go above and beyond  this!

You need to do 3 Blog posts on your 3 jewellers by Thursday 15 October before you meet Sam for your Design work. Make sure your blog posts have clear photo's that are referenced by using a link to the website where you found the image and put the link in the caption of the image you are using on your blog. Remember this is someone else's work so you need to show  where you found it! In these posts you need to talk about the jeweller's work, and use the writing centre to help you with this.You can write about what appeals to you in the work, which category it could go into, what materials and techniques they use and a lot more that is relevant to the jeweller you have chosen.

Monday, 03 November 2014

Durban Deco 2014

Danica Davies
Art Deco earrings
Sterling silver and Glass beads

Ichen Lu
Art Deco Earrings
Sterling Silver and Glass beads


Seshnee Moodley
Art Deco Neck-piece
Sterling silver and  Glass beads


Thomy Vencatasawmy
Art Deco Neck-piece
Sterling silver and  Glass beads
CAD/CAM jewellery made by the 2nd year students for both the Untitled exhibition at the DUT Art Gallery and the Durban Deco Exhibition. The work was designed using Rhino and cut on a JWX10 and then hand finished.

Thursday, 03 October 2013

Blog layout


This is an example of what your blog should contain
The Links on your blog should also be clear, watch out for black on black, same colour and white on white text. Especially when a link has been selected

Friday, 17 May 2013

Jewellery Catalogue

Blog Work
Find the following information and post it to your blog:

·         A written explanation/ definition of each ring category- must be written in your own words and referenced.
·         Find pictures to help show and explain your understanding of the categories of rings(2 images per category)
·         For each Image: Create a post title, labels, a URL reference and give a description of the ring

Ring categories:
·         Solitaire rings
·         Cluster rings’
·         Dress-rings
·         Signet rings
·         Cocktail rings
·         Bands
·         Eternity rings
·         Domed rings
·         Engagement rings
·         Ring sets
·         Costume rings
Try finding a variety of different types of settings metal, stones and designs

Due Date: 15/10/2014

Friday, 10 May 2013

Figurative Brooch

Higher,Longer,Wider,Deeper
silver and 9ct gold brooches
by Becky Crow
I enjoy the whimsy of these brooches by Becky Crow...