Display Two

This is what my 2ND display looks like(KZNSA)...What do you think?

Exhibition poster

I'm so excited about the poster for the exhibition which is displayed at the KZNSA gallery...A picture of my pierced earring was used. It looks really great!
What do you think?

Display One

I decided to use existing pieces of jewellery for my first two weeks at the KZNSA Gallery. As a group, the B Tech students decided to add an A5 sheet of paper which has the details of the piece of jewellery as well as that of the designer to the display...this added a common link to the entire exhibition.

My Display

I decided to use existing pieces of jewelleryfor my first two weeks at the KZNSA Gallery. As a group, the B Tech students decided to add an A5 sheet of paper which has the details of the piece of jewellery as well as that of the designer to the display...this added a common link to the entire exibition.

KZNSA

During our break 4 month break, the Jewellery design B Tech students were given a chance to exhibit our work at the KZNSA Gallery. The intention is for us to keep busy instead of going into complete hibernation. We are expected to update our displays every two weeks or so...
This is an article from a Sunday newspaper magazine (Sunday Tribune,13 June 2010) that shed some light on the intention of the exhibition.

Local is Lekker

“Local is Lekker” is the theme of an Exhibition which took place at Artisan...At 1st when I thought of local , it sort of scared me because I thought local meant using found objects or making a beaded piece of jewellery...A friend reminded me that I live in Durban and anything that I make is local an will fit in with the theme of the exhibition. So I didn't have to move too far out of my comfort zone.

After some thought I decided to expand on my Mirror range for this exhibition, the brief called for neck pieces and earring. I ended up making simplified versions of my mirror ring as pendants...they didn't sell yet but I'm holding thumbs...

Vetkat

Tree Earrings

The piercing of the tree om my earring was something that stuck with me, reminds me of a family tree. For these earrings I decided with that tree element for another piece that I will send to the Exhibition.

I pierced out the tree element again but this time I used the positive instead of the negative. I used diamond burs to texture the back of these trees and I soldered copper wire onto these silver elements. My intention was to add some contrast to the piece..the result was very positive. The best part was that they sold at the exhibition and I made my 1st sale!

Vetkat

Pierced Ring
The Vetkat exhibition was held in order to raise funds for the family of an artist who died recently. This task was a bit difficult for me as it took me out of my comfort zone. I had to design and manufacture jewellery based on references that was given to me instead of going out and finding my own.

I still felt like I needed to incorporate piercing in my piece, my first idea was designing plain bands that had an element pierced out of it. The element that I chose was that of a tree...The ring ended up being simple and comfortable to wear. It turned out being something that I wouldn't normally make.

I am really happy with the result but I feel guilty because I ended up keeping the ring for myself, I kind of got attached to it...feels like it belongs on my finger.