The Lotus Collection- Evaluation

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Title: The Lotus Collection Project no. 6 Date completed: April 5 th , 2011 Media: Art clay silver, jewelry pieces (earrings, necklace chains) and epoxy resin. Dimensions: Lotus + Pattern Design Necklace: 2.2cm x 1.3 cm Lotus Square Earrings: (1.9cm x 1cm) x 2 Simple Pattern Design Necklace: 2.3cm x 1.2cm Round Lotus Dangling Earrings (charm itself): 0.9cm x 1.2cm The jewelry designer “Zoe Chicco” and “Jes MaHarry” influenced this project. For Zoe Chicco, the simplicity had influenced “The Lotus Collection” for example, the way she used the same design but for different jewelry such as earrings or necklaces. I think the designs for Zoe Chicco was more elegant and I did want to include a bit of that in this project. For Jes MaHarry, I interpret her style through the charms that I have made. For example the “Daria” necklace that she have made, I like how its small but then at the same time its not too small that you won’t realize. Since the media that I used for this project was new, I had to experiment a lot with it. First, I tried it with a simple pattern on this round piece of clay. The next thing that I have done was the small charms, and I tried to do it with different thickness, sizes and shapes. It was really time consuming since I had to refix it after putting it underneath the dryer for 30 minutes and then baking took a while. After baking, I had to kind of scrap the layer but not with the tip of the silver needle but on the sides of it. I also had to be careful when either refixing the pieces or scraping the layer off because if the charms/accessories were too thin or not stable enough, the pieces would break or part of it would come off. I also included epoxy resin, which is what the colored plastic parts of the earrings (forever21) that I bought were. I didn't really know what they were at first and how to use them, so I had to try it out by myself and in the end I got how to use it. There was one point where I got frustrated with it because I didn't know its bad for your skin so when I was washing the palette, I used my hand to scrap it off. Then my whole hand became sticky and I had to wash it underneath the water for like 15 minutes. For the epoxy resin, you have to mix the two liquids. One of them was used to harden the resin and the other one was just for the color of it. I like the color of blue and turquoise and I thought it would look nice with the silver so I bought those two mixtures. For this project: Since I started it when it was the beginning of the spring break, I wasn't really able to get advice from the teacher. However, before the spring break I did a presentation on my recent project (this one). I think it was good since I was able to actually understand more about my project and I think the feedback also made me consider what I should try and develop. For example, they gave me an advice on researching jewelry designers that actually made pieces with the art clay silver, rather than only research random jewelry designers. From this project, I think I am going to make an advertisement poster on this collection. I think I am going to do some photo shoots where someone wears it.

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Title:  The  Lotus  Collection    Project  no.  6    Date  completed:  April  5th,  2011    Media:  Art  clay  silver,  jewelry  pieces  (earrings,  necklace  chains)  and  epoxy  resin.    Dimensions:  Lotus  +  Pattern  Design  Necklace:  2.2cm  x  1.3  cm                                                      Lotus  Square  Earrings:  (1.9cm  x  1cm)  x  2                                                      Simple  Pattern  Design  Necklace:  2.3cm  x  1.2cm                                                      Round  Lotus  Dangling  Earrings  (charm  itself):  0.9cm  x  1.2cm      The  jewelry  designer  “Zoe  Chicco”  and  “Jes  MaHarry”  influenced  this  project.  For  Zoe  Chicco,  the  simplicity  had  influenced  “The  Lotus  Collection”  for  example,  the  way  she  used  the  same  design  but  for  different  jewelry  such  as  earrings  or  necklaces.  I  think  the  designs  for  Zoe  Chicco  was  more  elegant  and  I  did  want  to  include  a  bit  of  that  in  this  project.  For  Jes  MaHarry,  I  interpret  her  style  through  the  charms  that  I  have  made.  For  example  the  “Daria”  necklace  that  she  have  made,  I  like  how  its  small  but  then  at  the  same  time  its  not  too  small  that  you  won’t  realize.      Since  the  media  that  I  used  for  this  project  was  new,  I  had  to  experiment  a  lot  with  it.  First,  I  tried  it  with  a  simple  pattern  on  this  round  piece  of  clay.  The  next  thing  that  I  have  done  was  the  small  charms,  and  I  tried  to  do  it  with  different  thickness,  sizes  and  shapes.  It  was  really  time  consuming  since  I  had  to  re-­‐fix  it  after  putting  it  underneath  the  dryer  for  30  minutes  and  then  baking  took  a  while.  After  baking,  I  had  to  kind  of  scrap  the  layer  but  not  with  the  tip  of  the  silver  needle  but  on  the  sides  of  it.    I  also  had  to  be  careful  when  either  re-­‐fixing  the  pieces  or  scraping  the  layer  off  because  if  the  charms/accessories  were  too  thin  or  not  stable  enough,  the  pieces  would  break  or  part  of  it  would  come  off.  I  also  included  epoxy  resin,  which  is  what  the  colored  plastic  parts  of  the  earrings  (forever21)  that  I  bought  were.  I  didn't  really  know  what  they  were  at  first  and  how  to  use  them,  so  I  had  to  try  it  out  by  myself  and  in  the  end  I  got  how  to  use  it.    There  was  one  point  where  I  got  frustrated  with  it  because  I  didn't  know  its  bad  for  your  skin  so  when  I  was  washing  the  palette,  I  used  my  hand  to  scrap  it  off.  Then  my  whole  hand  became  sticky  and  I  had  to  wash  it  underneath  the  water  for  like  15  minutes.  For  the  epoxy  resin,  you  have  to  mix  the  two  liquids.  One  of  them  was  used  to  harden  the  resin  and  the  other  one  was  just  for  the  color  of  it.  I  like  the  color  of  blue  and  turquoise  and  I  thought  it  would  look  nice  with  the  silver  so  I  bought  those  two  mixtures.      For  this  project:  Since  I  started  it  when  it  was  the  beginning  of  the  spring  break,  I  wasn't  really  able  to  get  advice  from  the  teacher.  However,  before  the  spring  break  I  did  a  presentation  on  my  recent  project  (this  one).  I  think  it  was  good  since  I  was  able  to  actually  understand  more  about  my  project  and  I  think  the  feedback  also  made  me  consider  what  I  should  try  and  develop.  For  example,  they  gave  me  an  advice  on  researching  jewelry  designers  that  actually  made  pieces  with  the  art  clay  silver,  rather  than  only  research  random  jewelry  designers.      From  this  project,  I  think  I  am  going  to  make  an  advertisement  poster  on  this  collection.  I  think  I  am  going  to  do  some  photo  shoots  where  someone  wears  it.