It already feels like this year has flow by and I am now starting preparation for our final degree show in June! For my final project I want to explore the concept of moveable jewellery. I want to create pieces of multi functional jewellery for women that can be taken from day to evening wear. As with every project I revisited my mood boards and started to sketch out some quick concepts and ideas that I could further develop on CAD. I had a lot of different ideas to work from initially and was finding it difficult to take the concepts forward without getting too bogged down on the function of the object rather than the aesthetic of the jewellery. So I worked on looking at imagery I like, patterns and structure to develop an aesthetic to work with. I began experimenting with Spirographs and developed my own Spirograph pattern on Rhino. Before rushing ahead and starting to think about what the final pieces would look like I experimented with shapes taken from my spirograph and looking at movement. I looked at it like a kaleidoscope, taking patterns and rotating them to make new shapes. I started off experimenting in paper to develop a series of hinges that worked together to create pattern. I began working on a pendant design from this initial experimentation and made sure to to lots of testing and rapid prototyping. I used 3D printing technology such as the Auto Desk Ember, UP Printer, Projet and Digits 2 Widgets Nylon SLS. Because of the complex moving parts that needed to be carefully considered I had to do a lot of testing. This testing helped me to design a seamless moving piece of jewellery. With the movement successfully configured I worked on designing the form and designing a series of jewellery to accompany the pendant design. These are the final 3 designs that I have chosen to develop. Thanks for reading, let me know what you think.
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