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  • Aska
    Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 34

    Jewellery Collection

    Hi all!
    Im a first year MA student in the jewellery programme at the Royal College of Art in London. Right now I'm working on a small collection of five pieces with the working title STURM und DRANG.
    I thought it would be nice to post some images here of the pieces
    I´v done so far and maybe get some feedback from you.




    Wanderer Ring: Sterling silver, oak wood.
    Techniques: Wax carving, lost wax casting, nail making, wood carving, filing, polishing.






    Ruins Bracelet: Sterling silver.
    Techniques: Wax carving, lost wax casting, forging, filing, polishing.
  • jacquesrevalde
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2011
    • 10

    #2
    These are incredible ! looks almost like concrete, i'm very envious of your skills and where you are studying!! did you make the curb chain yourself?

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    • ahn
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2012
      • 293

      #3
      Beautiful work! I feel that many of us emerging jewellers take inspiration from a similar zeitgeist (pardon the pun). Although in no way the same design, I can see that some of my recent work has a very similar aesthetic value to your first ring. I think it is a very exciting time to be a contemporary young jeweller. Congratulations, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your collection with much anticipation.
      some do it fast, some do it better in smaller amounts.

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      • NicolasA
        Junior Member
        • Aug 2012
        • 7

        #4
        Amazing. Mineral world has definitely an immense range of possibilites.


        Raw finish in jewelry I think it's VERY interesting as well. But as jacques said, great skills!

        Would like to see more!
        Last edited by NicolasA; 05-05-2013, 11:48 AM.

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        • Aska
          Member
          • Feb 2013
          • 34

          #5
          Thanks for all the positive feedback!

          jacquesrevalde: Its a good school, with good facilities. My programme is very open to new approaches towards jewelry and have a high level of critical thinking which is nice. But like all educations it have its pros and cons..
          The chain is the only part I didn't do by hand, I usually make my own chains but i find the filed and cut ones to be a bit overkill..

          ahn: Indeed it is, and much more openminded than a couple of years ago. I would love to see some of your work!

          NicolasA: Thnxs! I think so as well, and that there are other ways to show technical skills then high polishing..

          I just finished a new necklace from the same collection, will try to post an image of it tomorrow

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          • drmmr
            Junior Member
            • Sep 2010
            • 8

            #6
            Lovely! Looking forward to see pictures of the rest of the collection.

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            • keilani
              Member
              • Jan 2012
              • 43

              #7
              Wow, great work. Very impressive, keep working hard and I'm sure you will go places with this.

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              • UA+
                Junior Member
                • Nov 2007
                • 28

                #8
                Absolutely beautiful pieces, i love the work that was put into the first ring.

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                • Vanna
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2008
                  • 1217

                  #9
                  These are fantastic. Post more.
                  Life is a hiiighway

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                  • olethomas
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 118

                    #10
                    Really nice pieces. Regarding the titles STURM and DRANG, what are the references? I first got the JK. Rowling-feeling but is this wrong? Striking names anyway.

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                    • radio-aktivität
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 188

                      #11
                      Originally posted by olethomas View Post
                      Really nice pieces. Regarding the titles STURM and DRANG, what are the references? I first got the JK. Rowling-feeling but is this wrong? Striking names anyway.
                      Sturm und Drang was a german literary and artistic movement prior to Romanticism and, by the time, contrary to the classical period of Rationalism. Think of the early Goethe and Schiller.
                      I didn’t know about the Potter reference to that era, although Durmstrang sounds a bit odd to a German.

                      More on topic: the visible nail does it for me. I always like to see how things work and explain themselves by the very nature of their design.

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                      • Aska
                        Member
                        • Feb 2013
                        • 34

                        #12
                        Thnx for all the positive feedback!
                        As radio-aktivität said Sturm und Drang was a cultural movement in germany. For this collection I draw inspiration from art and poetry from that era. I was also influenced by the ideas of the sublime within nature, that derived from Kant during that zeitgeist, as something noble, splendid and terrifying and tried to incorporate that in a contemporary context within my work.

                        Her are the last three pieces from the collection, hope you enjoy it!


                        Island Fibula: Sterling silver, oak wood.
                        Techniques: Wood carving, forging, nail making, filing, polishing.






                        Stalactite Necklace: Sterling silver, oak wood.
                        Techniques: Wood carving, forging, nail making, filing, polishing.




                        Colossus Ring: Sterling silver.
                        Techniques: 3D modeling, 3D printing, lost wax casting, filing, polishing.

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                        • Aska
                          Member
                          • Feb 2013
                          • 34

                          #13
                          I forgot to say that I'm part of a showroom during Stockholm fashion week, 26-27 of august, at the Army museum. If you are around during that time you are more than welcome to pop by, see some work, have a drink, would be fun to see some SZ folks!
                          Here is the event link: http://showroom13.se/

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                          • ahn
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2012
                            • 293

                            #14
                            Your carved wood pieces are exceptional! Congratulations on such fine work!
                            some do it fast, some do it better in smaller amounts.

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                            • Mrama
                              Junior Member
                              • Feb 2013
                              • 15

                              #15
                              these are absolutely fantastic.
                              how long does it usually take to churn out a singular ring?
                              "All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last." - Marcel Proust

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