I began my visual research by drawing and painting the initial ideas that came to mind when thinking of the words crystalline and geometry. I did some observational drawings of crystals and some sketches of geometrical shapes which I then played around with in terms of possible vessels that could be made form each shape. […]

After the first lesson I found it easier to work my way around the Rhino programme. I enjoyed creating the flat shapes to be etched and laser cut, I found it easier to work with than the 3D solid shapes. I also liked the tracing tool to replicate my drawing and extrude it to create […]

 Having only used CAD a handful of times, I initially struggled with using the controls and properly creating a design, but after a few tries I was able to make some vessels I was pleased with.       

 Sarah Cave is a Perthshire based maker who creates hand raised silverware as well as jewellery, usually working with silver and gold and on occasion, wood and precious metal combinations. Most of Cave’s designs involve contrasting metal detailing like the designs below, from gold plating to granulation. The high polished finish on some of Cave’s […]

 Hailed as one of the UK’s most prestigious silversmiths, Michael Lloyd, draws inspiration from his surroundings to create the majority of his work. His pieces are usually made from chased silver and gold and the illustrations on the surface of his vessels are a beautiful portrayal of the natural world. His designs offer a sense […]

Cornelia Parker is a British artist who is well known for her impressive installation art. Despite destroying objects to create her work, Parker is more fascinated by the idea of objects’ worth being redetermined and revalued so they might find a new purpose as an artwork. Her work ‘Thirty Pieces of Silver’ (pictured below) shows […]

Copper Pea Pod         I really enjoyed creating this piece for the icebreaker task as the brief was so open to interpretation. I decided to design a vessel to accommodate sugar snap peas and took direct inspiration from their form to make the piece. I made five small copper bowls with a 20mm […]

   I have designed a kinetic ring comprised of two pieces of tapered sheet metal that resemble will o’ the wisps. One piece will be a wrap ring that will extend upwards to mimic a wisp, while the other will taper at both ends and be soldered to the base of the ring shank and […]

I began working with basic simplified shapes that I thought best resembled the will o’ the wisps and then refined the shape to a single continuous line which I thought best captured the shape and essence of the wisps. I wanted to make the ring feel more like a piece of sculptural jewellery than a […]

      Sketching Myths I began doing some rough sketches of my inspiration for the project, the will o’ the wisps. They are described as small green or blue dancing flames so drawing their indefinable shape gave me the idea for a very organic, flowing ring design. I did a chart of some colours […]