From concept to reality

The above image (left side) is a design made on Rhino 4.0 and rendered in Brazil. And the right side is a finished product 3d printed in nylon dyed with fine silver tube riveting and 42cm silver plated cable chain. ( To see more of my kinetic jewellery , log on to http://www.kineticpatterns.blogspot.com.au/ )

Its amazing how far the technology has taken us, helping us in every aspect of life. I always wanted to learn CAD to give my ideas a virtual reality. It really saves time and money.

In my quest to go beyond norms of jewellery, I aspire to add movement in my work. Each work is made of layers which rotates and form varying configurations. In the above photo, this kinetic pendant is made of five layers which can rotate and can be worn with different styles.

As we say, Variety is the spice of life!

My new range

Kinetic Patterns ( silver )

Kinetic Pendant-Sterling silver 925

This range is inspired from CAD command Polar Array. I make motifs from sterling silver wire. Each motif is joined through riveting which creates rotation. So you can move each layer of motif and wear a piece with different styles (as shown in above photo). There is 16" long sterling silver snake chain which has bolt ring clasps on its ends. So once you decide which style you want to wear, you can put clasps through anywhere. The basic idea is to provide varying styles in one piece to emote fun and fashion.

Visit my new website - http://www.kineticpatterns.blogspot.com.au/ 

Schtick

A new gallery in town..........

SCHTICK
133b Lygon street,
East Brunswick, VIC

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Melbourne Design Awards

Category- Product Design(Accessory and Jewellery)

Kinetic Pendant- Fine silver, 22ct Yellow gold, copper, iron, shakudo, shibhuichi

VOTING OPEN TILL 13TH FEB,2011!

http://melbournedesignawards.com.au/mda2010/

"Pickled GINGER" A Banquet For Eight

Photo credit: Kate Marshall

Exploring the room laid out as a restaurant, with sushi inspired jewellery laid out as banquet on 2 long tables. A tactile exploration of jewellery as food for the mind. The exhibition starts 30th oct,10  and runs till 24th nov,2010 at Oak Hill Gallery-100 Tyabb Road, Mornington. All credit goes to Kate Marshall for organising all this and encouraging rest of us from start to end.

"Pickled ginger" is the title given to jewellery exhibition inspired by Sushi by emerging jewellers who either studied or are studying from Box Hill Institute of Tafe. I am really honoured to be a part of it.
Artists include-: Puneet Jodhka, Stephen Robb, Misako Sakai, Marieke-joy Trelor, Karyn Nankivell, Jane Walker, Kim Jonsson and Kate Marshall (curator).

Photo credit- Kate Marshall

The Installation Crew- Kate Marshall, Stephen Robb, Jodie Welch, Karyn Nankivell

See the gallery's website to check out other great exhibitions by Michael Sanders, Gayle O'Connor, Eugenie Bos, Matt Drysdale and Joy Elsner.
www.oakhillgallery.com.au

MEGA CRAFT HATCH 23rd Oct,2010

Setting up my first individual stall at State Library of Victoria (experimedia) in the morning, I was very much in awe. There was so much talent around me and I was also honoured to be a part of it. I wanted to present myself informally to the customers so I drew my work on foam board and wrote by hand (instead of printing) for a display. This felt very amateurish but I got good feedback from the customers. Coming from Victoria mason " Display is good, very informative". My work was about kinetic jewellery, so I had to show movement to people so only displaying my work was not enough. Hence, I drew my work and showed how petals rotate with arrows. I also kept giving demonstrations on how to wear one piece with different variations. People really like the idea of movement and gave me some positive feedback.

The above picture was taken in the end of the day. I am still smiling which means that I had a very good day and I want to thank Craft Victoria for giving me this opportunity and my fellow stallholders for encouraging me. It was a really good opportunity to put yourself out in the market and see how people react. And when they say "wow", all the pain seems worthwhile. After I finished packing, I was very much motivated and more determined to deliver the promise that I made to all the people who appreciated my work.

Craft to Consumer: Craft Victoria

Finally, I was able to get Craft Victoria professional membership which i was putting off for numerous reasons. So the first session i attended was Craft to consumer. This information session was for emerging and established makers seeking to expand their market reach in retail sector. Gaye Naismith and Victoria Mason shared their experieneces in retail, markets and wholesale sectors.
It gave a useful insight to understand the difference between wholesale and retail markets. One really needs to know their product and its target market. Above all when dealing with retail sector, one needs to present oneself professionally-" always give an invoice and keep a detail record of your consignments".And before presenting yourself make sure you have enough stock to fulfill the demand.

My product is quite labour intensive and i can only produce limited edition range. The technique i am using is inspired from mokume-gane and I have been trying hard to make shakudo (copper and gold) and shibhuichi (copper and silver). The most difficult part is to configure how to melt copper to make alloys. Sometimes its such a pain!

GANOSKIN came to my rescue, it really has all the answers. Putting crushed charcoal besides copper helps preventing copper to absorb oxygen. I cant believe I produced 1083 degree celsius temperature and copper finally melted.

The above picture is a test piece. The black lines is shakudo ( I was so happy to see the black colour after applying patina).  I really want to call it black gold (instead of shakudo) as apart from having 4% 22ct yellow gold, it is enormously labour intensive. Now am making some more shakudo, need to get hold of the technique!