Art Deco Colours

For my resin piece I wanted to see what colour would work with the Art Deco theme and while searching I came across this image. The colour that stood out to me the most was the red (my favorite colour) but what I liked was how it faded it this colour swatch. It reminds me of ombre which is shaded in tone. http://www.yourdictionary.com/. Hoping I can recreate this in resin.

http://www.creativecolorschemes.com

Earrings Weight

I wanted to do earrings with a resin inlay in the same shape but without the filigree. I soldered on a plate at the back for the resin to sit on but this created too much weight for an earring. So I am going to try do it again but with thinner plates so that it will be lighter, I will play around with this one maybe a pendant?

Diffusion Art deco

For my art deco pieces i want to explore diffusion through the value of the piece and different ways of making the same piece but in a cheaper way to make it more commercially viable. So my first piece was filigree, thinking of doing another with resin, another plain them maybe working with a cheaper metal like copper and then I could enamel one and patina another.

Filigree Art deco earrings in progress

Pierced out silver plate.

Filigree added to silver frame and chased lines inbetween.

Blackened and polished.

Sketches for my Art Deco piece.

These are a few of the ideas that I have for the Art deco exhibition. Not sure hoe many will get done but hopefully Ill be able to make a few of them. 

Art Deco Earring Design

These are the earrings I designed for the Art Deco exhibition. I wanted them to be simplistic like the design in the Art Deco era, I did them in Rhino so they could be symmetrical like the designs from this era. The style of earring I chose will sit to the side inspired by a design I saw earlier in the year by Maike Browning.

Symmetrical Flower Patterns

For the new Art Deco project I wanted to stick with the floral theme so I have been finding references that are floral or free flowing. 

This is a pattern I found in (Pattern Sourcebook: Chinese Style by Shigeki Nakamura pg 61) It reminds me of Art Deco because of the symmetry. 

Art Deco Inspiration

I found this sketch in a book I was looking at. I was attracted to this piece by the way it goes up in steps. I reminds me slightly of the way the lotus petals gradually go in steps.

(Art Deco Jewelry by Lauren Mouillefarine and Evelyne Posseme Pg 69)

Art Deco Background

We are taking part in the Art Deco exhibition which will be taking place in Durban. I thought to start this project I have to understand Art Deco first. 

Art Deco was started in the 1920's was a time of huge growth in the arts including architecture, furnature, fashion, furnature and fashion. During  the Art Deco period pieces became much simplier and "purer". The main focus of Art Deco is on symmetrical lines and  geometric shapes. 

(Art Deco Jewelry by Lauren Mouillefarine and Evelyne Posseme Pg 6)

This is an example of a Art Deco building in Durban.

Lotus Neckpiece

I'm busy making my lotus neck piece which was inspired by my Thailand trip. The neck piece will one day be a statement piece with 3 lotus flowers which are made from square wire and filled with fine filigree and then strung onto a woven necklace (not finished). I have been frustrated at the moment because I started creating it last term and then a compulsory project came up and after that every time I start on it something else comes up.