Final Jewellery Project 2 : Elevation of Everyday Object

April 03, 2025

Final Jewellery Project 2 : Elevation of Everyday Object

HELLO VIEWERS AND READERS!

RICA'S BACK AGAIN WITH THE PROCESS BLOG!!!

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BRAIN MACHINE NOISES

So the project's concept is about Anting-anting and I am planning to make an object, inspired by it! The photos above were my initial sketches.

The photos below were my second sketches!

But eventually I settled down with the scribble I put on my to do list!

This guy!

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RHINO MODE!

So Per usual, I designed it in Rhino because I can't be trusted with math on my own. Numbers are harder to understand than shapes. Plus that way, it can do the math for me!

I started with creating a prism with the connector in mind, and then I used "Explode" and "rotate3d" to flatten the object. And then I designed on top of it, Using "trim" as to not confuse myself while sawing.

And then tada!

I printed it on a paper with the dimension within 6x6 because that's that dimension of my brass sheet.

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CREATION TIME!

I glued the paper down on my sheet! Center punched that baby so good my drill bits didn't even struggle putting the holes in!

I think it warped a little, I hammered too hard.

Then I sawed, I started sawing at 3 pm and didn't finish til 9 pm. I also forgot my headphones so I got to sit with my own thoughts for 6 hours. I delight in the beautiful sound of workshop noises such as diamond burrs, my saw blade snapping at unexpected moments and my friend's frustrated grunts from unsuccessful solders. The saw blades kept me on my toes the entire time. It's like a game inside my head. I play alot of games inside my head. I think I'm undiagnosed with ... something... idk

And then I filed the edges and corners of the absolute beaut.

made it extra shiny with 300,400, 600, 800 grits paper.

Criss cross technique.

Here is where my heart dropped.

I started folding them and some of the connective areas snapped, they are brittle.

With my frustration, They won't close perfectly.

So I filed the bottom corners an the edges because they were much too wide to close.

Using the connector at the top as a make-shift lock to keep the structure together, I managed to take these photos but few minutes later I heard 2 snaps.

one side fell off.

Surprisingly tho, I much liked and prefer it this way because as was sid in class, it almost invites the viewers to go inside, plus the detail on the sun is much more apparent.

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