New Endeavour, Jewelry : Project 1 : Filipino Christmas
Nostalgia Project: Parol Pendant Starting in September to the 24th eve of Christmas, the Filipino Christmas experience is full of life and merriment. We have other unique traditions such as Aguinaldo, 13-month work-pay, and midnight masses leading to Christmas. But my favorite part of it all as a child was going from house to house singing carols with my cousins and getting money, it was my only source of income as a 9-year-old child. That memory is always accompanied with the making Star lanterns or Parol. I ideated some designs in Rhino. Until I decided to stay true to a more traditional design, a star made of bamboo. Fun fact, these star lanterns used to lead people towards the church for midnight mass, this tradition also metaphorically represents the journey of three Kings who followed the North Star to get to baby Jesus. Then I decided to make it 3d like the bamboo. For this, I adjusted the design with no circle a little bigger so it would theoretical...
