Plan

 

woven bracelet, round black cubic zirconia

My intentions for this semester are to elevate skills through jewellery and build confidence towards my concept. I would like to fully understand the term concept and how it works throughout the industry and what are the possibilities for it. I would like to achieve more techniques in jewellery manufacturing. As for my concept as a student, it is to achieve stitching in different metals. By doing so maybe I can find a metal that I will be comfortable using for my jewellery pieces. The way I make my jewellery can be seen as commercial jewellery because of the innovation it has. I would like to make my jewellery pieces more delicate and to fully understand how to apply stitching in my jewellery. I want my stitching to dominate in every piece of jewellery that I make because it holds the significance of my concept. I also want to explore more different stone settings just to add more details to my jewellery pieces. I like how my concept drives me in the direction of fashion/clothing techniques because either way jewellery is fashion, it is something that a particular person wears. Last semester I was so glued in stitching solid pieces and that made my stitching not so interesting because it felt like I was just decorating my pieces. This time around I want to play with separated/splitting metal pieces and stitch them together. In order for me to put more emphasis on how I want my jewellery to look. By doing so I think my pieces will have more value and meaning. It will also correspond with my concept title. I realized that my wire stitching is exposed and the thickness of the cable is thin which makes it easily band or lose shape of the pattern. I would like to explore amber to cover the wire or Perspex glass in order for the wire/cable to be protected and not to lose the pattern shape. I want to use amber because it is transparent and lightweight. The detail of stitching will not be hidden if I were to use amber. The fine detail of the designer Songezo Baleni’s woven jewellery pieces, I think somehow influences my work although my jewellery is stitched. This beautiful woven bracelet with a black round cubic zirconia on a four-claw collet was made by him.