Rings!!! DUE DATE!!

The last day of class is May 29th! This is a potential due date for the project!  

Potential clean up dates:

May 5th form 3:00- 5:30

PROJECT THREE: SILHOUETTE HOLLOW RING

PROJECT THREE: SILHOUETTE HOLLOW RING

Brief Statement of Topic: 

Make a hollow constructed ring using silhouettes

o      How can a silhouette be iconic

o      How does a shape change when you wear it

o      Historically, how were silhouettes used?

o      How can the hole for you finger be incorporated with your shape?

Aims & Objectives: (including skills to be covered)

●      Challenge your abilities and design concepts relating to the relationship of your five senses to a container form

●      Research historical and contemporary reliquaries

●      Employ traditional layout and templates for construction

●      Techniques: All techniques covered in this course are fair game and should be considered and utilized!

Tools and Materials:  Copper or silver

Model making:  drawings and models should be made to size in order to translate shapes accurately.

 

Design Research: Look at signage, logos, old tracings, 2D representations of 3D.  How does it translate? 

Recommended Artists:

Sheppard Fairy, Banksy, Michael Dale Bernard, Kara Walker, Giampaolo Babetto, Anya Kivarkas,  Amy Haskins, Christina Smith.

Amulets!

etching!

I finished up a necklace I was working on.  

I marked where prongs will go with my sharpie, Center punched the marks, found a drill bit to match my wire and drilled holes through my frame.

Once I had my holes drilled I pushed my wire into the brick. I nipped more than I needed and then hammered them into the brick so they were all sticking out a bit.

 

After the prongs were soldered, I gently pried off the frame from the brick, pickled it and then test fit the piece.  I then flush cut the back prongs and sanded the back flat.

Once the back was sanded I figured out my bail and soldered it to the frame.

Once the bail was soldered on I patinated it with liver of sulphur and the brass brushed it.  Then I set the piece and connected the chain to the bail with a split jumpring.