Spring 2020- Metals II goes remote!
Project 1: One Week Brooch Challenge
In order to begin this remote jewelry/ small sculpture class, we needed to start thinking very differently about materials. To jump-start our creativity and start to think more broadly about what we can do with what we have, we completed a one week brooch assignment. Students were tasked with searching out materials from their environment, and making a brooch without purchasing any materials. The purpose of this project is to learn to use unusual materials in unexpected ways. Check out what we made!
Sara WilliamsI made this piece from the core of a roll of tape, three glass hearts, an old pull chain from a broken light fixture, embroidery thread, a safety pin, and a round glass prism. The prism provides somewhat of a kaleidoscope effect to further view the obscurities in the world. It makes me think how we sometimes foolishly view the world with skewed thoughts. I used hot glue to attach all items.
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A'niecia Defour
I used aluminum foil to create the shape of the nipple and sculpted around it with Polymer clay. When I finished sculpting the brooch, I then put it in the oven to harden the clay. Once cooled, I hot glued the nipple onto the base. I attached a safety pin to the back of my brooch using hot glue and super glue. I also attached two golden beads as the nipple rings and wrote “free the nipple” around the rim using a white gel pen. After finishing all of these steps, I sprayed the brooch with polyurethane.
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Tionna CooperI made this piece with ribbon, an old belt, an old pin, and acrylic paint. Everything was attached with hot glue or melted together with a lighter. My intent, while making the brooch, was to find a balance between pretty and dark. The flower brightly stands out from the pin, that is painted black with green cracks. The gold, from the belt, helps to add an enticing color to the mix.
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Jennifer DelabraIn this piece I used a shower curtain holder for the base and for a way to clip the brooch. I then found a rubber piece with a bumpy texture for the base of the flower. Playing cards, pop tabs and a some wood strips make up the petals. Lace and color fabric tape used as decorative or petals. All glued together with rubber cement and hot glue.
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Nariel TribbleThe materials I used were naturally dyed fabric, embroidery floss (metallic and nonmetallic), dried grass, iron wire, and copper wire. The dried organic material and iron wire wrapped in copper are embroidered into the fabric to keep everything in place. Some dried blades of grass have embroidery floss threaded through while some hang loose. When creating the brooch it reminded me of the small and simple natural elements that are constantly around but are overshadowed by closely compacted houses in my neighborhood. I realized and wanted to depict how they have a structure just like humans.
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Kenda BlairIt's not complete yet, but the shawl pin I'm working on has a wooden pin made from a dowel rod and round wooden bead (normally used for crafting dolls). The backing ring is made of leather and decorated with felt and seed beads. the beads and felt were attached by pinning the felt to the leather with thumbtacks to open the holes prior to stitching the felt and beads in place. When it is complete. the decorations will also include parts of broken or mismatched jewelry and beads (primarily in dark metals, greens, violets, and blues) to fill in the empty spaces. To cover and protect the stitching on the back a layer of felt will be attached by either glue or more stitching.
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