Student Sale

I find pricing work always difficult. Below is the pricing worksheet we were given in class. I decided to sell the earrings for 45, pendant for 30, the bracelet with a stone for 65 and the bracelet without for 55. I sold both the pendant and the stone less bracelet in the sale! my first jewelry to ever be sold. I would like to build a larger body of work in order to sell. I want to explore the techniques of production further. Over christmas break, i am going to design and map out the steps necessary to create one or two production pieces.

Production Pieces!

Still too delicate

Above are my ideas to add metal to make the delicate pieces a bit more wearable and practicable. 

My initial solution to add sturdiness to the bracelet is seeming less like a good idea now because it is required a lot of clean up. Since the metal is already so delicate and thin, i don't think it can take all the sanding and might break. Soooo this idea is being discarded :(

Ready Set Saw!

I textured my metal by putting it through the rolling mill with 60 grit sand paper. I then attached three of them with rubber cement and set out for hours of sawing fun! When I finished, I realized my metal was much thinner than it appeared to me in the beginning. The pieces are super delicate and I'm not sure they can withstand being a bracelet. I think they're super awesome though and i'm thinking of ways to add sturdiness or to repurpose them. Here they are:

Tube Stone Setting

I'm trying to figure out how I want to incorporate the tube set stone in my design. When I drew it originally, I have the stone floating so I have to figure out how I want to attach it. Here are some of my ideas:

Change in Plans

So since I still do not have my stones for the wax pendant, I have switched production project ideas. I will definitely continue to work on the pendant. My new project is going to be a series of five cuff bracelets that have tube set stones in them. Here are some of my ideas, i've been playing with scale and the amount of repetition.

Carved Wax

Here is the wax carving in progress. 

Its not complete because I haven't received my stones in the mail yet. Cant wait to get them! The shape is hard to see in the photo but there is a lot of variation in line thickness. It is meant to mimic how a thick liquid would bunch up in a tube like structure. I still want to push the movement in the piece. Its not quite where I want it yet.