Pattern, Form, and Texture: Wearable Art - Report Example

PATTERN, FORM, AND TEXTURE: WEARABLE ART Name Institution Date Project Description Art can be a reflection of the time and life in which we live. Jewelry is not only about decorative pieces we wear and enjoy. Jewelry can have a close to our personal life and which will now be reflected in my creative accomplishment. Jewelry can have a close relationship to an individual, and it can be able to engage with the human body. In this project, I want to explore geometric elements made from metal to create pattern, form, and texture as body adornment. I create shapes that take geometrical shapes, and I follow my instincts. I have lived in the city for the most part of my life, and I have come to realise that geometry is in my daily life. For instance, buildings are designed using different shapes which are an aspect of geometry. In addition, the pattern can also be used to demonstrate nature. I find different shapes fascinating, and I like to experiment using metal to build shapes. I feel geometry will help me to express my aspects of mood, emotion or point of view. My intention to create jewellery can be associated with both the body and also stand on its own as a geometric form. I believe i can translate various shapes into wearable jewellery, and participate in the transformation of art jewllery, which create visual dynamic as well as sustain the interest of the human eye. Background Jewelry art has attracted people in the field from time in memorial. This field has long and memorable history that interweaves with our history, culture as well as fashion. To understand art jewellery, we must first understand jewellery. Jewel is an individual's decorative object that can be worn and is made of gems and precious metal (Hornby, Gatenby & Wakefield 2001). Today, art jewellery has evolved and are now more diverse, where artist continues to explore new techniques towards new artistic expressions. This has been driven by the desire to stand out which has contributed to the development of art jewellery (Haddonstone 2016). The geometric trend within the jewellery industry has become so influential making the artist to experiment with create innovative pieces (Olver 2000). Today, things made by the artist have become valuable because handicraft is a story by an artist to the wearer. Artists evolve their ideas by experimenting. The combination of geometry and jewellery is fascinating and has continued to create a new ideology. Movement is an intrinsic part of this work and supports the tactile experience. Jewelry interacts with the wearer body to create movement. This aspect intrigues me to investigate the possibilities of combining forms, patterns and balanced proportions. Through these compositions, I develop visual movements in patterns. The person wearing my jewellery becomes a sculpture by wearing my work. This has motivated me to create a spatial and visual movement to be viewed in all dimensions. Thus, the sides of jewellery show patterns and shapes. The overall shape of my work is broken down into components, comprising tiny details and worlds in their right. They require magnification to execute and to experience them fully. My work will help me communicate my feelings. At the same time, because my jewellery is made of such detailed and abstract forms, it blurs the distinction between the macro and micro world. The aim of creating my art jewellery is to help to express myself through the jewels and communicate myself to the society. Relevant Artist Although, geometry is not a word that is commonly associated with jewellery, the geometric trend within jewellery industry trend has influenced the designers to experiment with geometrical attributes. Jewelry designs in this age are being developed by designers exploring geometry and 3d printing techniques leading to the creation of sculptural jewellery. There are various artists who are boldly geometric. Gonzalo Palma One of the artists who has derived inspiration from geometry in creating jewellery is Gonzalo Palma. Gonzalo works inspiration comes from architectural and furniture design of the 1930s and 1950s (Lee 2013). The sharp shape and basic colouring play tricks with optical illusions that are achieved through careful consideration of shape, weight, texture, shadow and light giving each piece an aesthetic that is both edgy and sophisticated. Although some of the designs are dynamic, there is simplicity in every shape making the jewellery perfect for different occasions. The artist took particular consideration on the wearer and the importance of creating a narrative behind his work. The wearer can feel that the jewellery reflects with surrounding environment that is translated into a gem. The artist can demonstrate mystery and timelessness with elegance and make sense of the surrounding environment. Palma jewelry The above pieces demonstrate a three-dimensional system of coordinates that entirely fills out and pervades a purely imaginary dimension. Emma Macleod Jewellery Emma Macleod is a contemporary jeweller who make hahandmade jewellery. Her inspiration comes from strong architectural and industrial structures to create ornaments (Lee 2013). I am inspired by her work where she uses immense structures to completely strip it down to achieve a much cleaner and finer range of her pieces. I draw my inspiration from nature including buildings, and her work shows that our mundane surrounding can be used as a source of inspiration as well as the various form of nature such as structures. I can use her work to see how I can convert nature into some great pieces and visit her work for reference. I love how she plays around with different shapes. Sculptural works are the second pillar of the artist's genre. What is hinted in her jewellery, the geometry, for instance, is intensified in her sculptures. Most of her pieces, the basic form is entirely overt with the artistic discourse orbiting around the construction of casings. "Repetition" is one of the most effective and important themes in geometry, especially the one depicted in this shape. In my work, I will only use two basic shapes, but the interlocking design of these basic patterns will generate different and complex patterns at the end. I find repetition to be a significant theme in my creation because designs will be generated by the repetition of square and triangle shapes. Geometrical shapes are generated by repetition, and therefore they need a grid system, which can obtain by square and triangles (Cenani, S & Cagdas, S 2006). Ute Decker Ute Decker is a German artist. Ute Decker's stunning spatial collection is an expression of space with the preferred material of recycled silver, bio-resin and fair-trade gold (Chatterjee 2016). Her career background has influenced her ideology and context relating to society and our surrounding environment. She has dismissed the conspicuous beauty that is portrayed through the application of visible marks when forming, soldering and bending pieces to paint human character flaws and exterior imperfections. This is why I find her work very interesting, and I like how she uses bending and twisting to make pieces that depict our characteristics. Also, she can create pieces composed of flowing movement at alluding human characteristics, and this helps to connect with the wearer. This is one of her Geometric Poetry neck sculpture, which is a 3- dimensional line drawing in metal. This piece is composed of free flowing movement that has helped her to achieve a rich expressiveness, directness and liveliness. The connecting lines are open, and thus the wearer can adjust it. Critical Reflection Patterns, forms, the intersection in line compositions describe my works. I create my jewellery by engaging the body with line compositions. Jewelry work changes depending on style and materials used. Therefore, it is important to ensure jewellery engages well with the body. I regard nature as a source of inspiration, and it materialises my observations in the form of artwork. I have been working on a series of drawings inspired by nature, for instance, man-made structures. I tried to reflect on my surrounding and picture images throughout the city created in my mind. These drawings are also an inspiring process of creating the line. The aesthetic aspect of the project is inspired by the patterns and shapes of the surrounding. As indicated above, a tactile interaction with my drawing is a very important part of my creative process. I usually start with an idea and then sketch them, I then use soldering, bending to do my work. Cube It is known that the cube has been the symbol of ideal proportion for many years. It reflected the idea of regularity and divinity, of permanence and perfection, for instance, the Heavenly Jerusalem of the Apocalypse. Philosopher has used basic geometric forms to represent the perfect fusion of spirit and matter, the combination of space and time a priori used by Kant (Zilioli 2007). In art, it is represented as an ornamental sign. Scale and proportion have been used to attain objective proportion, and square and cube function has functioned as important tools in this context. Choosing a cube has been a constraint; however, it allows me to delve into a cube and each time I come up with a different form such as flexible or rigid and transparent and opaque, which is important part of this research. I try to reinvent, open and distort a cube without losing its form to come up with creative pieces. However, I preserve the lines that define a cube so that space is allowed to enter and to give presence to space both visually. I use my instincts to draw a line and to extend from the body into space with craftsmanship. I express my feelings through these lines. All strength and weakness of line compositions have interactive relation with getting into the rhythm. Triangle Triangle is also a stable geometrical figure. My jewellery designs will be generated through repetition of the two shapes. A grid created with equilateral triangles with equilateral triangles can generate hexagonal and dodecagonal forms, creating unique with the deep impression which is eye-catching (Cenani, S & Cagdas, 2006). Distinctive material for my art production Copper Sheet and Wire For my artistic jewellery, I will use a copper sheet and wire. I wanted to use different forms of copper and show a different feeling because the material is flexible and light. Copper also has a beautiful colour, it is suitable with torched enamel (colour). Copper can be bent and heated into any kinds of shape (Loney, 2009). For texture, I will use Hammer Heaven as it moves faster because it is relatively cheaper. Work I used copper wire and twisted each line to obtain 3-dimension using the scoring tool and enamelling. I twisted the line by turning left and right will all different lengths. For the copper sheet, I used rolling prints to create texture. I will then apply the coloured glass compounds to metal, and then fusing the enamels to the metal with heat. To improve on aesthetic, I will develop different types of enamels of varying colours. References List Cenani, S & Cagdas, S 2006, Shape Grammar of Geometric Islamic Ornaments, Viewed from https://cumincad.architexturez.net/system/files/pdf/2006_290.content.pdf Chatterjee, A 2016, Built, Unbuilt and Imagined Sydney, Copal Publishing Group, Ghaziabad: India. Haddonstone 2016, Cast stone garden ornaments & architectural building materials, Viewed http://www.haddonstone.com/en/subcat/historyartificial-stone Hornby, A.S., Gatenby, E.V. and Wakefield, A.H 2001, Idiomatic and syntactic English dictionary. Sydney Hornby Institute For Research. Lee, I. 2013, Geometric perspective in jewelry, viewed http://www.rockinthatgem.com/2013/08/the-geometric-perspective-in-jewellery.html Loney, J 2009, Metal Jewelry Made Easy: A Crafter's Guide to Fabricating Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets & More, Sterling Publishing Company Inc. NY, USA. Olver, E 2000, The Jeweller's Directory of Shape & Form, A. & C. Black, London, UK. Zilioli, E. M 2007, Geometry for the Body, Craft Arts International, 1038846X, Issue 70 Read More

The combination of geometry and jewellery is fascinating and has continued to create a new ideology. Movement is an intrinsic part of this work and supports the tactile experience. Jewelry interacts with the wearer body to create movement. This aspect intrigues me to investigate the possibilities of combining forms, patterns and balanced proportions. Through these compositions, I develop visual movements in patterns. The person wearing my jewellery becomes a sculpture by wearing my work. This has motivated me to create a spatial and visual movement to be viewed in all dimensions.

Thus, the sides of jewellery show patterns and shapes. The overall shape of my work is broken down into components, comprising tiny details and worlds in their right. They require magnification to execute and to experience them fully. My work will help me communicate my feelings. At the same time, because my jewellery is made of such detailed and abstract forms, it blurs the distinction between the macro and micro world. The aim of creating my art jewellery is to help to express myself through the jewels and communicate myself to the society.

Relevant Artist Although, geometry is not a word that is commonly associated with jewellery, the geometric trend within jewellery industry trend has influenced the designers to experiment with geometrical attributes. Jewelry designs in this age are being developed by designers exploring geometry and 3d printing techniques leading to the creation of sculptural jewellery. There are various artists who are boldly geometric. Gonzalo Palma One of the artists who has derived inspiration from geometry in creating jewellery is Gonzalo Palma.

Gonzalo works inspiration comes from architectural and furniture design of the 1930s and 1950s (Lee 2013). The sharp shape and basic colouring play tricks with optical illusions that are achieved through careful consideration of shape, weight, texture, shadow and light giving each piece an aesthetic that is both edgy and sophisticated. Although some of the designs are dynamic, there is simplicity in every shape making the jewellery perfect for different occasions. The artist took particular consideration on the wearer and the importance of creating a narrative behind his work.

The wearer can feel that the jewellery reflects with surrounding environment that is translated into a gem. The artist can demonstrate mystery and timelessness with elegance and make sense of the surrounding environment. Palma jewelry The above pieces demonstrate a three-dimensional system of coordinates that entirely fills out and pervades a purely imaginary dimension. Emma Macleod Jewellery Emma Macleod is a contemporary jeweller who make hahandmade jewellery. Her inspiration comes from strong architectural and industrial structures to create ornaments (Lee 2013).

I am inspired by her work where she uses immense structures to completely strip it down to achieve a much cleaner and finer range of her pieces. I draw my inspiration from nature including buildings, and her work shows that our mundane surrounding can be used as a source of inspiration as well as the various form of nature such as structures. I can use her work to see how I can convert nature into some great pieces and visit her work for reference. I love how she plays around with different shapes.

Sculptural works are the second pillar of the artist's genre. What is hinted in her jewellery, the geometry, for instance, is intensified in her sculptures. Most of her pieces, the basic form is entirely overt with the artistic discourse orbiting around the construction of casings. "Repetition" is one of the most effective and important themes in geometry, especially the one depicted in this shape. In my work, I will only use two basic shapes, but the interlocking design of these basic patterns will generate different and complex patterns at the end.

I find repetition to be a significant theme in my creation because designs will be generated by the repetition of square and triangle shapes.

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