One of the samples required for this project was earring hooks. I really enjoyed this exercise because it was so…
Final collection
I’m really pleased with the final collection inspired by rice field hats, which has all been gold plated to link…
Making the drops
I was so excited to make these drop earrings because they are my favourite design from the collection and contain…
Making the hoops
For the hoops, I used one unit to decorate each of them. To start, the unit was going to be…
Cleaning up castings and making studs
cleaning up the castings was rather straight forward; I simply had to file off the sprew, then buff the outside…
Making the unit
This process was relatively straight forward! I made three identical domed units, however the one in the middle of the…
Texturing, model making and developing the final design idea
In this process, I generated various models and samples to develop and explore my favourite design ideas. I cut out,…
Hoop design page
During this process, I simply took my four favourite design ideas and tried to translate them into hoop concepts. At…
Design development and evaluation
To start off with, I worked through some of my favourite design ideas and tried to make them symmetrical. Unfortunately,…
Initial design Idea page
On this design page, I’ve started to make some of my initial drawings more realistic by colouring them in, and…
Advanced production processes 