Sculptural Ring - Plain Jane

 

 Top View

 

 

Front View

 

Side View

 

Perspective

 

I feel that the front profile of the ring looks a bit plain compared to the sides, I think I should try and experiment by either adding a design or stones or maybe both.

Sculptural Ring Idea

 

I am currently on the verge of designing and manufacturing a ring that is based loosely on my sculpture. It isn't the common run of the mill ring that you usually see, it is like a miniature minimalistic sculpture that is able to be worn on your finger. For me, the most significant aspect of the creation of this ring was to create something unique and different. The renderings are just a starting point for this ring design as I plan on creating a collection of these rings, using the sculptural shape created above.

Ring shape idea

 

Whilst trying to organize my papers I stumbled upon a drawing which I did towards designing for Anglo Platinum. The shape of the ring is very interesting and i feel that there could be something more to this drawing. I want to create a range of rings based loosely around the shape of these rings

Art Deco Bow Tie Drawing

Art Deco Reference

 

 

K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid

After Pinning multiple images on Pintrest,  I am of the opinion that I should start experimenting and designing to create my sculptures that will be used as a reference for creating my jewellery. For now, I prefer to keep the designs of my sculptures as minimalistic as possible as I still need to be able to experiment with various materials such as clay, metal, wood etc.

 

Image can be seen on this website :

 

Next step is finding the best way in manufacturing the sculpture

Eureka!

 

 After a few trips to various fishing stores around the area, I have finally found red braided fishing line. Fingers crossed!

Without the addition of colour, our lives would be so boring.

 

This was one of the small jobs that I had to do this week. I had to add black enamel paint between the circles to give the illusion of it being little black shiny cabochon stones that were set in the little beads for a mungal sutra (Indian wedding chain). This gives me an idea of applying it onto one of the rings I am currently working on. will it work? I actually have no idea but there is no harm in trying it anyway.

Experimentation

 

I have created another ring to experiment with. I have doubled the distance between each hole as well as created a very bumpy random texture using a rubber wheel. I am not happy with the turnout of the 'lacy' bit, and  perhaps I should make the gap a little smaller instead. I found the random texture really cool as in my opinion it gives one the illusion of the possibility of being able to tighten the ring using the lace. I am toying with the idea of adding colour to ring to contrast the lace. The silver wire isn't giving me the desired effect that I seek.

Problem Solving

 

Following my previous post, I addressed the issue I had regarding the usability of lace, which frayed and got loose after a very short amount of time, by using wire. I have drawn 0.30mm sterling silver wire and threaded them to replace the red lace. I soldered the wire to the ring, which made the ends appear a lot neater. However after doing all this I feel that the gaps between the holes should be larger. 

Design Idea

 

With February considered to be the month of ‘love’, I found inspiration from walking past various stores at gateway. Most of the bigger clothing stores had mannequins wearing sexy, lacy lingerie in their front windows. Due to it being Valentine’s Day in a few weeks, I noticed that most of the clothing, regardless of being lingerie had a touch of red. This immediately gave me the idea to try to incorporate red lace in my jewellery.