Kissed
Project in collaboration with NODH, Chloe McCormick and Digits2Widgets
This piece is the result of exploring new technologies and their infinite scope of use within contemporary jewellery design. The collection had been designed through 3-dimentional scanning of the body which was then manipulated with the use of the 3D programme, Rhino 3d. This piece has been designed to showcase the technology which is pushing the boundaries of jewellery design to new levels. The neckpiece has been created in one piece; there are no joins, no fault lines, no links, no extra materials, no soldering, just one piece of nylon. After the initial designs were developed, the neckpiece was then build up in layers of nylon using a laser-sintering machine. The careful choice of material means the entire collection can be up cycled at a later date to create new and useful new items, or, thanks to the durability of the nylon it can be kept to cherish for generations.
Within modern jewellery design and manufacture, technologies can push the designer and craftsman to new levels of creativity and possibilities; it can truly let their wildest design dreams become a reality. Dismissing the use of radical technologies within jewellery design can only result in alienating the designer from what they can really produce.
Aside from the universal interest in advances in design the collaboration between an exciting technologically advanced model makers, a textile designer and a critical designer could only end in something, which could never have been seen before. The outcome was inspired by recreating items, which would be exceptionally difficult to create by had in the chosen materials but most importantly jewellery’s relationship with the body and beholder.
This piece is the result of exploring new technologies and their infinite scope of use within contemporary jewellery design. The collection had been designed through 3-dimentional scanning of the body which was then manipulated with the use of the 3D programme, Rhino 3d. This piece has been designed to showcase the technology which is pushing the boundaries of jewellery design to new levels. The neckpiece has been created in one piece; there are no joins, no fault lines, no links, no extra materials, no soldering, just one piece of nylon. After the initial designs were developed, the neckpiece was then build up in layers of nylon using a laser-sintering machine. The careful choice of material means the entire collection can be up cycled at a later date to create new and useful new items, or, thanks to the durability of the nylon it can be kept to cherish for generations.
Within modern jewellery design and manufacture, technologies can push the designer and craftsman to new levels of creativity and possibilities; it can truly let their wildest design dreams become a reality. Dismissing the use of radical technologies within jewellery design can only result in alienating the designer from what they can really produce.
Aside from the universal interest in advances in design the collaboration between an exciting technologically advanced model makers, a textile designer and a critical designer could only end in something, which could never have been seen before. The outcome was inspired by recreating items, which would be exceptionally difficult to create by had in the chosen materials but most importantly jewellery’s relationship with the body and beholder.
