I am unbelievably honoured to have been awarded Bronze for my CAD Presentation. The ceremony was spectacular and getting to see the amazing Goldsmiths Hall again was wonderful. The atmosphere was amazing and everyone was so supportive.
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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.
This blog was originally going to be separated into different posts for each different visit. But to make it more interesting for you guys I have compiled them together and given you a brief description/ visit review for you to get a feel for the different companies associated with the Design for Industry course. This post is in danger of becoming very long to try and include all the information for you. But if there's something I've missed out or if you're interested in hearing about a company in more detail please let me know in the comments and I will try to do another post about specific companies in more detail. So being new to The School of Jewellery and to the different technologies out there going to visit the TCT show at the NEC was an interesting experience for me.
We went as a class to learn about the new technology available and to being to research different CAD/ CAM companies out there that we could utilise in our own projects. So first impressions of the whole show were quite overwhelming. Walking around at first was tricky as I didn't really know what to look for but as we got into the swing of looking at similar machines and software we were able to make more informed queries to the companies. |
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