second year start

into the first couple of weeks of second year jewellery & accessories, lots of new things to take in....

i have been to so many amazing exhibitions recently, thomas heatherwick studio 'designing the extraordinary' at the V&A, 'digital crystal:swarovski' at the design museum, 'designers in residence' also at the design museum,i explored the british museum's collections, saw 'setting the scene' at tate modern, 'dare to wear' st pancreas church and chatted to the amazing woman who part created the exhibition sue kreitzman , documented 'tim walker: storyteller' at somerset house and 'cecil beaton: theatre of war' at the imperial war museum.  

 exciting to explore london with fresh eyes, absorbing creativity and gathering inspiration from the most unexpected places.

final first days

 year one of jewellery & accessories was over a few weeks ago, time has flown by so quickly! after a panic to finish the silver brooch project and losing my stone ring, i was happy to know that i've achieved a great start to my jewellery journey...

oxford comma

first and second year trip to oxford, lots of lovely old buildings, walking and seeing unexpected and inspiring things, pitt rivers, museum of natural history, ashmolean museum, and museum of history of science..

back to scaffolding for a week or so then summer of crafting!

building the body

stick prototypes for silver brooch project, looking at joins, forms, application to body, creating a piece that scaffolds the body..

metal pieces to be created soon, after an educational trip to oxford tomorrow, this essay beast will soon be gone..

tired eyes

last term with lots of essay writing, referencing, drawing, over-planning, masterclass and talk from enamel artist elizabeth turrell,

loved the layering of enamel, completely transforms steel into something delicate, amazing to learn new skill and use the kiln! my samples are above i particularly enjoyed dusting colour onto the pieces, definitely beats essay writing!

mokume gane

masterclass from a little while ago, originated in japan 17th century, rough translation of 'woodgrain metal', laminating metals to create pattern, method of twisting wire and flooding with solder...

 copper, nickel and brass formations in mokume-gane translated into ring shape,

 making a flat sheet of mokume-gane, endless soldering and flattening, experimental bowl piece to show grain in metal,

excitingly beautiful effects in metal, would love to explore further in the future....