Art Deco Ring

This is my completed Art Deco ring. I was inspired by the earring which I did for the Art Deco Exhibition. I blackened this ring to create some contrast in the pieces that I am making. I will be setting a Smokey Quartz in the center. 

Country Necklace

Trying to figure out how to put the forged countries together.

 

Forged Africa Neckpiece

Making my forged African countries. Just trying to figure out to make them join.

Shembe march

Garnets

Playing with ideas on how to use the beautiful garnets i just bought.

Thuthuka Packaging

I heart Market September

Anglo Gold Entry

This is the piece I designed for Anglo Gold. I made the ring so it resembles roots which represents origins and the ring topper is inspired my a mandala which is a symbol of the universe.

I did the design on Rhino because I wanted the mandala top to be very even and uniform. 

I found it very fun to do on Rhino because I could easily play around with where I wanted the different cut out pieces to be and then revolve that around the piece, the shape of the outside was then determined by the patterns in the middle.

Mandala

When I was searching through Pinterest for amazing callings I came across a Mandala. I searched for what they mean and it is a spiritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism which represents the universe.  

Celestial!

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Ceiling

Fpr Anglo gold the theme is celestial origins. At first this really confused me...but then I realized that celestial meant something above you. So I started looking at pressed ceilings for inspiration on Pinterest.

Thuthuka Sketches

Some ideas for Thuthuka.

Fingure Loop Braiding

According to wikipedia the Kumihimo cord was first created by a form of finger-loop braiding. So then I was wondering what fingger braiding was...

Fingerloop braiding is a technique of making sturdy, and decorative, cords from threads. 

The braid is made from loops of thread, attached at a central point, and the loops placed over the fingers and interlaced in different ways.

It originated in theMiddle Ages, in London they used silk from the12th century.

 

^Kumihimo 

Weaving Prototypes

These are the differant materials I have tried for the Kumihimo weave.

I personally like the Embrodary thread the best.

Wool (normal) - I found this maybe just abit too thick and it also has a haze of fluff around it.

Builders Wire - This was very unsuccesful, the wire didn't have enough give to bend in the way the weave needs.

Embrrodary Thread - I feel that this was a great success.

Kumihimo Loom

This is the cardboard loom i make according to the tutorial below, but the problem i found with this is that it gets buckled and bent and becomes difficult to work with. So i decided to make a perspex loom. I made the slits in the sides different sizes so that it could hold different sizes of thread.

Cardboard loom

Perspex loom

Design Book

I have finally got a design Book even though i have been fighting it. I just don't like drawing because i don't feel that I'm very good at it, and no one wants to do something they not good at. When my lecturer was giving a speech at the Anglo gold seminar he was saying how he can track back his designs to past sketches which he has done in his design book. I feel the same with the necklace which i was trying to figure out for my platinum project. If i had this in my design Book i could show other people how i have got to my designs in future projects like Thuthuka.

Anglo Gold

These are just a few sketches i did during the Anglo Gold seminar. The theme is celestial origins so i was thinking i could do something with the planets but we will see.

Facebook Url

Finally figured out how to change my url for my Facebook page so people can now find it more easily. If you want to go check it out it is http://www.facebook.com/lilrosejewellery

Africa Bead

When i was thinking about how to join the two halves. I was going to do it so that the two pieces meet up but then when i asked my lecturer what he thought and he was playing around and put them together offset. I really love it because it feels like it gives another dimension to the piece which wasn't there before.

Phansi Museum

I love the weaving which we saw it the Phansi Museum. I would really like to use this for my Thuthuka project.

Pom Poms

These were Pom Poms made from cotton. 

I just find them fun.