The cost effective way of using a 3-D printer

Due to the fact that I cant afford a 3-D wax printer yet, I forward my Rhino designs via email to a company in Pretoria who prints and casts my designs in any material that I require it to be manufactured in. What I really enjoy about the way I am currently working is that I only pay for the exact cubic mm of wax and gold as opposed to having to outlay a ton of money

Creating Jewellery in this day and age

In my opinion, I feel that the best way to create commercially viable pieces of jewellery is by designing them on Rhino, 3D printing and casting it in the required metal. With this CAD process you are able to create cost effective pieces that you are able to manufacture thousands of the same design with minimal wastage of metal.

That time of the year again... Plat Africa 2014

For the Plat Africa 2014 competition, I have decided to design my piece using Rhino and manufacture it using a 3D printer and casting it. I did this because in my opinion its the best way to create a commercially viable piece of jewellery in this day and age. One major problem that I feel I might have is the time constraint.

Ute Decker

Ute Decker is a jeweller of German decent and is renowned for her wearable sculptural artworks. So much so that she was voted 'trendsetter' and one of Britain's most inspirational Jewellery designers.
what I find fascinating about Deckers work is her minimalistic approach to creating her jewellery pieces.

More of Deckers minimalistic pieces can be seen at ; www.utedecker.com

Finally cast!

The pieces I have manufactured towards the Octagonal bangle are finally cast! I am really pleased with the outcome. I don't think I've done too shabbily, considering that this was my first ever project using a 3-d printing service.

Robert Lee Morris

Robert Lee Morris, Born in Nuremberg, Germany is a Jewellery designer and sculptor who finds the inspiration of his jewellery forms from nature. His bold sculptural designs have been manufactured in metals such as Gold, Silver and bronze. He has collaborated and designed collections for fashion designers such as Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. Morris’s work has also been featured in fashion magazines such as Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan just to name a few. Morris has not limited his designing and sculpting skills just to the creation of jewellery as he has also designed a perfume bottle for Estee Lauder. What I find interesting about Robert lee Morris isn’t just the sculptural jewellery that he manufactures but the fact that he is able to make his ‘wearable art’ a commercial viable product

http://community.dillards.com/2012/10/16/dillards-exclusive-interview-robert-lee-morris/

http://www.robertleemorris.com/pages/bio

B-tech Meeting (29/5/2014)

The drawer in terms of contemporary Jewellery

A drawer offers a form of storage and protection; it could be used to hide objects away from display of the public as well as being able to present objects. There a 3 different categories of drawers which Contemporary jewellery occupies. These categories are; Drawers of museum collections, collectors/owners and dealers/galleries.

Drawers of museum collections often house collections of jewellery, usually either of a specific genre example work done by a specific artist, rings, earrings etc. It encases items that aren’t receiving immediate attention as well as offering protection from the public. The viewer has to open the drawer to have a closer look at the article of jewellery as opposed to a plinth where there is no security.

Drawers of collectors/owners are different in the sense where the drawer of the owner is regarded as a ‘domestic collection’ and the drawer of the collector is regarded as an ‘institutional collection’. The drawer of an owner is usually a multipurpose drawer found in a bedroom/ dressing room housing the owner’s jewellery as well as other objects such as socks etc. Collector’s drawers are usually drawers which are designed and manufactured to house specific items or a specific genre of items (watches, rings, earrings etc.) to create a collection.

Drawers of dealers/galleries usually contain multiple articles of jewellery placed together. In my opinion I find it similar to the drawers of museum collections apart from the fact that in the  drawers of dealer/galleries the articles of jewellery are not necessarily being placed together to create a collection. These drawers don’t always have to house completed goods, it could also be used to create an archive of old pieces/ prototypes or even just simply house the stock of the dealer/gallery.