Answering questings for my B Tech proposal

The artist i choose is a lady ffrom colorado , her work relates to me because she usese seed beads and metal , she also useuse some of the techniques i had mension on my prevoiuse post /http://beadedartjewelry.blogspot.co.za/

Answering my reasech questions for B Tech proposal

Im first answering my question by reasearching different syles of beading and trying to mix it with sterling silver and using differenet techniques like punching and roll milling . its very important for me that i start by doing reaserch about bead work and the different meaning of colours and working out how to intergrate that with the teachniques .https://za.pinterest.com/nomfundodube/pins/

Answering my reasech questions for B Tech proposal


The people i relate to is a tribe from africa called the the Berber from morocco , they intergrate beads with sterling silver thy use alot of techniques on rthir silver such as punching ,fold forming ,  fine ingraving and scrabing . they also use different bead shape and size.they also include stones like the amazonite , coral and amber . Fisher ,A ,1987. Africa Adorned. London :collins harvill 8 grafton street.

sterling silver ,beads and coral

Answering my reasech questions for B Tech proposal


on my personal project I explored using beads. I want  to reasearch making contempory jewellery using beads .  beads play a very  important role in my calture as a zulu , im wanting to mordanise all the zulu traditinal bead jewellery by mixing it with sterling silver , it has been done before but mine will be different because i will also be bring elements on motherhood .

these are my finished earrings

I continued with fold forming trying to perfect my shape

I stared by roll milling metal in odder to have texture , for the roll milled  texture I drilled holes using different size drill bids . I then stared playing with fold forming to made a 3D shape   

these are my elements that I made with clay using the Patten I choose from the shweshwe material, I choose the 4 pictures because the make interesting forms , the pictures also show how the different form are made with the 3D and with the flat ones there's also a picture that shows all the 3D  and flat ones together 

this is the section of my shweshwe material I used for my elements .

the picture above is the piece of material I choose at the shweshwe shop

I found the trip to the market not nice, I don't like going to that side of town its very dirty and I was hoot. I love the shweshwe shop they had a lot of colourful materials

these are the sketches I took on our walk to market

 I also took pictures of things that interest me


 

perter hoogeboom

 

This piece challenges the perception that all jewellery should be worn, this piece was made to be displayed
peter hoogeboom
show your teeth

final piece 

close up of the filigree 

From my final design on my drawings I decided during my manufacturing to change the shape of  the structure to make it more interesting . My piece was very challenging especially the filigree, I had a difficult time soldering . my setting was also not easy but i manged to  do everything and submit in due time.even thought the project was not easy ,i enjoyed it.  

 design process

I i played around with the elements I from my reference to , then i came up with my final design 

circus project

circus acrobats

aerialfit
for the circus project I was inspired by circus acrobats, the shape their ropes make . 

a zoomed in picture showing the detail 

The arm piece transforms the way you dressed , so you  look appropriate and beautiful .

pearls fashion rescuer
beads, fabric, pearls and cabochons  

gribbles

Pearl the fashion hero

In 1919 just after the Zulu wars in Stanger and people had stopped wearing animal skin and started wearing normal cloths, lived a girl called pearl. During that time people where exploring different dressing styles and different type of clothing but the problem was that they were not dressing appropriately. Some would wear swim wears to church and they didn't see anything wrong with it but pearl had a special gift she new what's appropriate to wear and new what to wear at what function . One day she decided that she's tired of  they way people dress in Stanger and decided she was going to help then. She went to Umhlali v which was a village well know for magic. Pearl went the king of mhlali for help . The king gave her a sparkling harm piece with white and red gribbles, he told her that she should wear the piece at all times . If she wants to use it she must move her hand up and down towards the parsons body and they cloths will change . Pearl did as she was told and the fashion since of the people of Stanger changed for the better all thanks to pearl.