My space.

wax dipping.

I decided to dip my card hexagonal pieces into melted beeswax. 

And i think the outcomes are really really nice...

a little bit of metal.

Recreating the frames from the beehives...

new week.

So its a whole new week starting from today....and i'm hoping to have the majority of my work done by this time next week!!
A jam packed week of getting into the metal work shop, completing my design sheets and getting some of that dreaded business done!

will post photos of my progress in metal. :)

confusion.

After my tutorial today i am more confused than ever! why why why does my tutor want to throw all these other materials into the mix just because they would be the easy way out?!
i dont want to do something because its the easiest! i want to do something because its what i want to do, and because it relates to my ideas.

ohhhh i dont know anymore.
hopefully the 3d tutor will be more helpful if i can get to talk to him tomorrow.

i have less than 3 weeks to have something made..... stresssss!!

lost wax casting...

So i have been doing some research and i'm thinking that the best way to achieve the outcome that i want is to try the lost wax casting technique.
i have placed an order for some blue carving wax and some carving tools... just waiting for them to arrive so that i can get sampling! Fingers crossed there is the equipment to cast metal at uni.
Here are a few examples of jewellery that has been made using this technique.

what i made from what the bees made.

I stripped the hexagonal wax shapes from the frames and manipulated it into these beautiful pieces!

what the bees made.

I think these are just beautiful!

the colours and the shapes...

hexagonal

Hexagonal shapes made out of card... hoping to get into Brass soon!

drawings

Hives, wax, comb and bees.

Third and Final year.

Hello there, its been a while.
So...
The first 7 weeks of term have flown by and i now have 3 weeks left until the end of it!
We have to do a desk presentation of our work before we all head off home for our christmas festivities.

My work this year is all about Bees Bees Bees, i have been lucky enough to put on a bee suit and have a look inside a hive. It was very scary!

I started to base my work around textiles originally wanting to create large scale structural pieces to be worn on the body.

However with the development of my work, i am now concentrating on manipulating the bees wax and creating hexagonal structural jewellery using brass and possibly resin.
Its all been very fast and exciting so far!

Take a little look...