I had a really good time in the jewellery workshop in the first few weeks, I have done loads of test pieces and enjoyed that kind of time to just explore. Its very quiet down there on Mondays so I am looking forward to the lecture for some feedback etc. I am not very good at blogging, as it feels like writing a diary which I never do, I use my sketchbooks to record my thoughts. I am up loading my latest drawings etc for the project, I am calling it 'Field Studies'

trying to be organised... so I have written myself a guide

Jewellery project October 2009

- Research ideas–

1.      the qualities that the relationships between jewellery and wearer suggest

2.      close physical, personal and emotional association

3.      a place on the body, protection, decoration, a hidden content, status

4.      people and their emotional and sensorial interaction with a piece of jewellery/piece of art

- Source material -

landscape, nature and history –  the people there (place)

1.  for example estate maps, local history, land use, discarded materials flints and pottery

2.  colour and texture, layers

- Development –

a new collection of jewellery/objects through

1.      drawing and visual research,

2.    technical development and materials research.

3.      new ways of approaching my making and recording my results through technical investigation, including looking at the significance of materials and form

4.      production techniques and assessing the results.

5.      different combinations and positions of elements within an idea

6.      scale – larger scale pieces with potential for more commercial ideas/elements

7.      responding to the nature of the materials and design problems.