Costume Jewellery

Vinayak Mittal JD- Semester V

This is to certify that Mr. Vinayak Mittal is a bonafied student of B.A. (Hons) Jewellery Design Program offered by Pearl Academy of Fashion, Jaipur center, the program is validated by Nottingham Trent University, U.K., and he has completed the document of Design II costume Jewellery. Faculty Signatures Date:

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At the first I would like to thank my module faculty Miss Manreet Deol and Mr. Dhiraj Kumar for their guidance and support throughout the preparation of this documentation. I am also thankful to my other faculties, friends and colleagues who have offered us advices time to time to improve my work and for their valuable suggestions without which the work would have not been possible. Last but not the least I would like to thank my director Mr.Arindam Das for providing all the facilities and laboratories to make my work easier.

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 Module Introduction  Comparison between Costume, Fashion and Imitation jewellery.  Project Brief  Conceptualization and making of an Art installation  Construction of a Unique Piece of Jewellery  Collection of wearable Jewellery Pieces  Conclusion

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The Design II costume jewellery module deals in building up the insight knowledge of the costume jewellery world. It tell what is costume jewellery all about, how it differ from other jewellery. The module also provides the knowledge of all the materials which incorporate under this, in the preparation of costume jewellery. Beside studying we all tried to design a collection of wearable jewellery and an art piece on a specific theme.

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This was a group assignment given initially to compare between these three terms costume jewellery, fashion jewellery and imitation jewellery . The assignment says to prepare three different circular collage on these three terms of approx four feet in height, which should incorporate visuals as well as text. As to build up the clear understanding between costume, fashion and imitation jewellery.

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Costume Jewellery

Fashion Jewellery

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This Costume jewelry design Class focused on three distinct yet interconnected projects. The first part composed of conceptualizing and making an Art installation of objects that reflects a theme. The forms, materials, textures all relate to a story that inspires a piece of Costume jewelry. This was the second component of the project and every student conceived and crafted a unique piece of Jewelry. This was not necessarily a piece that is practical for everyday wear but rather an artistic expression that falls more with in the realm of wearable art. The final project was to design and prepare illustrations for a collection of wearable Jewelry pieces that are suitable for mass manufacture and could be sold in retail stores.

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The first stage of costume jewellery deals in conceptualization and making of an art installation. This was a group process which involves several stages. They are as follows:  Different Materials and objects were collected from the scraps, in and around the college campus, which were displayed.  Segregation of theses objects were done according to their colour, form and material.  Two distinct conclusion were drawn of what these segregated objects can be related to and what theme can be build up on them. (Example: abundant factory and childhood)  Childhood theme was finalized.  Brain Storming was done as a stage to explore the theme.  More objects were being collected, which can be interlinked with that of previous ones.  A story line was being created, as a process to explain the theme in a more clarified manner.  Finally all these ideas were conceptualized together, and an art installation was prepared.

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Story Line Twinkle Twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up, above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. We are inspired by the cozy, innocent world of a child. Where bright colours and playful forms of objects inspire the fantasy world of a child. In the world, where all playful object ,come to life. Playful shapes, bright colours, bring joy, that warms the heart. The innocent mind, mesmerized by playful shapes and bright colours, reflects the happiness of it, in their fantasy world, and even after growing up, the sense of joy is always the same. Our jewellery collection would make people relive the joy and innocence of childhood, in the realistic world. Through our costume jewellery collection, we want to capture the essence of childhood. The inspiration is taken from interesting ,simple forms and bright colours that fantasize a child. The keywords arePlastic toys Bubbles Fire crackers Paper planes Toffees Candles Firki Paper boats/paper toys Design II

Installation (Theme Childhood)

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Installation (Theme Childhood)

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Installation (Theme Childhood)

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This was an individual assignment in which taking the inspiration from the art installation prepared in the previous step, a unique piece of jewellery was to designed and constructed. The parameters for the preparation were: The jewellery piece should strongly reflect the theme at the end of construction.  The form, material and texture should chosen in a manner as to relate the theme.  The piece should not necessarily be a practical piece, which could be wear in daily life.  It should depict art expression. Construction Process  Various sketches were made and doodling was done to design the art form. (attached next pages )  One of them was finalized.  Material was decided of which the jewellery had to be constructed. Which were brass rods and black cords.  Two objects were to be made out of brass which were a chair and a cup. Chair Brass rod was cut equally according to the desired size. A chair was made out of them using the soldering method.  Proper filing and sand paper scrubbing was done to make it edges and surface smooth .  Buffing tools were also used to clear the unfinished part. Cup  Brass sheet was being cut of a desired size using shear cutter,  A cylinder was formed.  It was then domed upwards from one side and downwards from another side, using doming tools.  Doming was done till the shape of the cup has been achieved.  Lower portion of the cup was caped by soldering a circular brass sheet.  Handle was cut according to the size and shape of the cup, which was later soldered.  Finally the chair and cup was soldered together at per design.

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Doodling

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Final Sketch

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This was an individual assignment in which it was asked to design a collection of wearable jewellery, using the inspiration from the art installation made. The parameter for designing was The collection should be very practical It should reflect the theme  The collection should be production friendly.  It should sell in the retail market. Keeping the above parameters in mind I tried and made different sketches, out of which four of them were finalized and they include  Bangles  Ring  Neck Piece  Earrings

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Bangles

Wooden Bangles, Floral patterns painted with acrylic colours

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Ring

Ring made of Alphabetical Plastic Blocks and wooden Ring

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Neck Piece

Neck Piece made of Colour Pencils and Erasers

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Earrings

Earrings made of Paper and Aluminum Wire Design II

The module costume jewellery collection was a great learning, as motivated in many a ways, the various assignment we did under this taught me the value of materials and scraps present in the environment. It tells every object in this world has some potential in itself, and jewellery can me made out of them. The module also taught me to work in a processed manner and in stages, as to bring a fair result and better outcome.

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