paperclip

PROJECT ONE: PAPERCLIP/BOOKMARK

Brief Statement of Topic

Design and create a paperclip or bookmark. You should think about size, the physical dimension, its proportions in relation to itself, function, position and orientation of overall shape- how will it be seen when used or by itself?  Line quality- the overall character of the line, what can be eliminated, what could be suggestive line character?  How could you create volume, pattern, or texture in your overall piece?  

Aims & Objectives: (including skills to be covered)

●      Research for appropriate subject to explore through metals medium.

●      Explore the basic concepts of form and function

●      Research historical and contemporary design motifs

●      Employ traditional layout and templates for construction

●      Techniques: sawing, drilling, cutting (shear) filing, sanding, and polishing

Tools and Materials: You will be using 18 or 20 gauge silver, brass, copper and aluminum

Model making:  Individual discretion, several materials will be shown in order to execute a variety of models.

             

Design Research: Make 10 sketches of possible forms you researched in your sketchbook.  Trace your form with tracing paper and distort the overall form so it is not like the original- be careful of copyright laws.

Recommended Books:

Techniques of Jewelry Illustration and Color Rendering, Adolfo Mattiello

Metal Techniques for Craftsmen, Oppi Untracht

Boxes and Lockets, Tim McCreight

Silversmithing, Finegold & Seitz

Silversmithing, Bernard Cusner

The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark

The Eccentric Teapot, Leslie Ferrin

Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, Hekki Seppa

Complete Metalsmith, Professional Edition, Tim McCreight

Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, Tim McCreight