Louis Osman While scrolling through the exhibition, I was immediately drawn to Louis Osman’s sketches of his silver goblets. My eye was captured by the wonderful colour contrast between the white soft pastels he has used against the brown paper background. The designs are then brought to life by the dark charcoal or soft pastel […]
For my final pieces I’ve designed a hexagonal vase with six petal like elements with have hexagonal openwork. I’ve fixed each petal at the base of the vase and about a fifth of the way up so they fall away from the main structure. I like the form of this design and I think the […]
Following my research on the geometric shapes surrounding bees, I began to construct hexagonal card sculptures. I tried to incorporate the beehive design into the forms I made that were more organic and I was interested in piercing on some pf my designs. After piercing a hexagonal pattern onto some card, the cut outs I […]
My final designs for the form and facet brief are a pair of silver goblets and a silver plate with a condiment bowl inspired by the hexagonal shapes found in beehives. Each piece will have a hammered finish with a high polish and are designed to be bought as a light hearted ‘wine and dine’ […]
Gilbert Riedelbauch is a German designer who combines practical silversmithing techniques with modern digital design methods like auto cad. His combined use of digital and traditional making allows him to edit and view his designs before realising them as a final piece of metalwork, saving time and materials. I love Riedelbauch’s minimal style of working, […]
Ellys May Woods is a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art and is heavily influenced by the minimalist modern architecture of Scotland. She models her designs on the interesting shapes created by the bridges crossing the Firth of Forth, which change depending on the viewpoint. Her combination of contrasting colours and clean cut, […]
Based in London, Paul Wells is renowned for his use of scoring and folding methods in his jewellery and silverware. He is responsible for the creation of curved scores in his metal, a technique which allows the metal to be folded in beautifully unusual ways. I particularly love Wells’ insect collection (right) which explores the […]
I decided to focus my form and facet research on the geometric shapes surrounding bees. I’ve tried to incorporate the hexagon shape that makes up a beehive into each of my designs. I made some 3D card models and photographed the interesting shadows they made on the reverse of the paper. I also experimented with […]
My designs looked much more finished after they’d been rendered and I could better visualise what they might look like in real life if I were to develop them further. I’ve been working with the hexagon shape to relate to my form and facet research where I’ve been looking at the geometric shapes surrounding […]
I really enjoyed using the revolve and rail revolve commands to create vessels as I found it gave me more creative freedom to come up with interesting outlines which I could play with to achieve different designs.
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