I've been meaning to make this post for a while now, but I think now is the best time to do so, as I am excited to tell you all that I have won an award for my entry into the Goldsmiths Craftsmanship and Design Awards! So backtracking a bit… for my first module on the Design For Industry course we were undertook a live brief for one of the categories in the Goldsmiths awards. The category was CAD Presentation. The brief was to design a movable object using computer aided design (CAD). The item created must utilise CAD to its fullest extent and showed the potential for manufacture in new technologies. When I first got this brief I looked at the things that inspire me most to influence my initial sketches, and then develop a design from there. I am really interested in nature but not in the traditional sense. I like looking at things which have structure, repeating patterns and symmetry. In the past I have looked at leaves and their intricate veins. This time however I wanted to look more at butterfly chrysalis's as I find them fascinating, and there are some very unusual tropical butterflies that have chrysalis's that look like gold! I really like drawing, so I did some studies from my mood board and my designs developed from there. I ended up looking at butterfly wings and developing a Chrysalis like form that opened and closed to reveal a beautiful Malachite gemstone. There is a multi functionality aspect to my design as it can be worn as a closed locket or an open necklace.
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