Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Performing Jewelry and Senior DP


So this summer was weirdly productive in the way that I successfully did nothing of real interest. I spent the summer at a retail jewelry job which was enlightening and further reminded me of why I prefer to make the pieces and not sell them. It's simply too hard to convince the general public that they need jewelry. In short: I didn't enjoy trying to sell my soul with each piece so that I could make my company a lot of money that I didn't earn.
That is not the point of this post though.
The point of this post is to get back to my blog and hopefully continue where I left off in the spring.
I have decided to name my project Vivification as I hope to imbue life into each of my pieces this semester. I shall post more on the subject tomorrow after my Project Proposal but I have attached a link to an article which scratches the surface of what I am interested in (to a certain extent).

https://artjewelryforum.org/that-weird-attractionrevulsion-thing-on-performing-art-jewelry

Until then I shall give you a teaser. I encourage you to try to decode it.


Tuesday, May 24, 2016

A Semester in Pictures




 


 

 


 

 
 

 
 

Titles

Neck it project- Malai song chai 
Like a rolling stone- Inspiration
Digital selfie- Third Hand

Enamel brooch- Mystère
Bedfellow necklace- Petrichor

Earrings- Screeching Silence 
3 Pendants- Remains
Artist inspiration- Rain

Pre-Ice



 

Frozen Solid

The best part of working with ice is that if you don't like a part for whatever reason you can just run your hands over it for a minute or two and it melts away. 


 

All Packed

All of my projects, minus the ice necklace, fit into this box. Now all I have to do tomorrow is grab my necklace from the freezer and this box from my desk and head over to the apparel building. 


 

The Worst Smelling Tea

I brewed up a cup of Liver of sulfur, otherwise known as liquid skunk, to put the finishing touches on my enamel brooch.