Jewellery

It seems that the the human body and human scale are central to both architecture and jewellery. A student of architecture at Auckland University visited me and asked if I would be a collaborator for her design thesis. This design thesis looks at connections between jewellery and architecture. It culminates with the design of an artist-in-residence... building on a steep slope in the Titirangi bush. The metaphor of the body as landscape and the brooch as dwelling underpins the thesis. Jewellery and architecture disciplines were explored showing that both have links through the use of similar words and language. Both disciplines underwent a history of incorporating similar aesthetic aspects. Making-jewellery-as-research for the architectural design is discussed in two parts; the first informs the final design and the second focuses on making jewellery to convey architectural information about the building. This thesis finds that the disciplines of jewellery and architecture incorporate similar histories, theories and aesthetics during the modernist movement and that relationships with the human body are of profound importance in both. A complex relationship of 'wearing' can connect both jewellery and architecture. Pieces of silver cast from 3D printouts of the final design, a 'building on a steep slope'. They await assembly. BUSH JEWELLERY STUDIO is a private jewellery school for individual tuition and group workshops, part of a functioning jewellery studio. Ancient and modern processes and materials with some practical bench tricks. Tuition ranges from weekly sessions to multi-day intensives including ACC vocational training. Content is all about what you want, and sessions are timetabled for you. Weekend workshops are occasionally organised for kids, jewellers, artists and other adults, sometimes with a guest tutor. I have a practical approach to jewellery making, somewhat off the beaten track, with a bit of curious thinking. Kids 7 - 17 come here to make silver rings and earrings ... and daggers, because when ...Read More