The Colour of Survival

Follow my journey as I create a new jewellery collection beginning with the initial design idea and all the steps to produce a new series of beautiful pieces

Inspired by the beautiful and very colourful salt lakes of Australia, through this project I will be exploring shape, colour. and chain forms as I work towards my collection for my grauduation show in June 2025.

Blue acrylic chain made of joined links in different sizes from small to very large.  Each link has a curved cut out design.

Colourful chains

The first finished piece of the new collection. This colourful blue acrylic chain has been made using the loop-in-loop chain technique. Bright and bold.

Button label
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A textured strip of Mitsuro Hikime wax twisted around showing striations running along the length of the twist.  This is being held in a hand.

Ancient Japanese lost wax technique

Mitsuro Hikime is an ancient and disappearing lost wax technique that requires much time and patience. The wax produces a beautfiful texture as it is pulled and shaped but it cannot be rushed.

I am exploring this technique within my project because the texture is reminiscent of the surface texture of salt when viewed under the microscope.

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