Monday, September 13, 2010

Next jewellery project

So for one of my jewellery classes our next project is a series which we can base on any concept we want, and incorporating it into three pieces. I have chosen to base mine on fairytales and how they use forests as metaphors for the character's internal battles to become a 'better person' or to learn or whatever, and how the forest can also be related to Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow aspect of personalities, which is basically that we all have hidden fears, shortcomings and things that we don't want others to know, hidden within our subconscious, and that the only way to overcome these is to confront them.

So my three pieces will consist of a depiction of the forest itself, and will give reference to the journey into the depth of the forest aka the mind's hidden fears and battles. My other piece will be the villain, so I've incorporated elements of different types of villains that we see in fairytales into a ring. For my third piece I want to do something more optimistic, to illustrate how the character has come out stronger and more wise, etc. But I haven't really drawn up any designs yet. My mind seems to just really enjoy designing the spikey, scary things these days. But I'm sure I'll come up with something.

Anyway, here is a model of the villain ring. I've also made one for the forest, which is a neckpiece but my idea has sort of changed now so I'm not going to post a photo. I'll probably make this out of titanium because of the silver colour and the fact that different temperatures makes it change colours.


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