Jewelry design is a very popular major for studying abroad. Years of tradition has led us to believe that wearing is the mission of jewelry and decoration is the purpose of jewelry design. But today, with the expansion and deepening of art forms, the style, process and material of contemporary jewelry are undergoing tremendous changes. Can the unchanged wearing relationship meet the requirements of art schools for applicants? How to find more divergent directions for the creation theme of jewelry design works?

To understand this problem, let's go to the official website of the Academy of Arts. First Rhode Island College of the Arts Its Jewellery&Metal/jewelry and metal majors are not included in our impression of fashion, but in Fine Arts/Pure Arts. Then, in the student studio in Rhode Island, which boasts world-class equipment, we also saw the figures of jewelry majors, but the style of painting is different from what we imagined: if we didn't see it on the official website, maybe we would think it was a brick factory.

Rhode Island explains this as follows: this is a laboratory that can help students complete the process from traditional goldsmiths to different combinations of materials. The jewelry and metal specialty is a specialty that closely combines students with teachers. Relevant technical personnel will also fully participate in the practice process of this discipline, Its purpose is to support everyone to explore the relationship between jewelry and human body with an open mind.

The last sentence also answered our question at the beginning. The goal of colleges and universities to train students is to promote the development of contemporary jewelry and get rid of the inherent view that jewelry is just a symbol of wealth. Like other art forms, jewelry should become a work of art for artists to convey ideas and ideas, and its value is far higher than decoration itself.

Since the view of the college has been clear, we hope that we can explore the art form of jewelry as far as possible, instead of sticking to the traditional way of wearing jewelry, what can be the divergent directions for the creation theme of our jewelry design collection? Next, we will find inspiration for you through some specific cases.

    How to find the theme direction of jewelry design works?

　　 1. Change to a "place" to wear

We usually distinguish jewelry categories according to the different parts of the human body that jewelry is worn on, that is, necklaces, rings, bracelets, anklets and other common forms. These categories look the same because they are designed according to the structure of the human body.

Jewelry refers to anything or device that can interact with the body

When we break this inherent law, we first create from the structure itself, and then select the parts to wear, which will also produce completely different visual effects and creative methods.

Some time ago, we introduced a classmate who was admitted to Huangyi Jewelry Design by Natural Light. In her collection of works, there is a series of works with great visual impact, which are necklaces, brooches, and rings.

However, the students completely broke the shape rule of traditional jewelry. Taking this necklace work as an example, she borrowed the shape of the ring, set aside the original position to support the gem, and took the ring as the wearing position of the human body. The intention of the author is also to express that the brain is the most important part of our human tissue and is as noble as a gem.

Changing the inherent way of wearing through the treatment of the structure of the work itself will not only give people a sense of surprise in form, but also deepen our ideas and creativity, and create in a more open and critical manner.

　　 2. "Funny" jewelry

Jewelry has been synonymous with luxury and wealth since ancient times, but the new trend of contemporary jewelry design is trying to put aside the inherent positioning of "luxury" and pursue an interesting "soul", and this trend can be seen in many brands famous for luxury:

Van Cleef&Arpels

Boucheron

The interesting design is also worth learning from in our works. But what is interesting here is not only the pursuit of unique visual effects, but also the unique ideas embodied in the works, and uniqueness can also be demonstrated in many ways:

First of all, we can choose a topic with topic and extension, such as Baosilon and Van Cleef Yabao shown in the picture. They choose the "animal" that everyone likes as the creation prototype, which not only reflects the exquisite craftsmanship but also weakens the sharpness of gorgeous jewelry, naturally winning the market's favor.

In addition, we can also divergent thinking, looking for different creative techniques. For contemporary jewelry, precious jewelry is no longer a single choice. Students can try any material, such as wood, metal, acrylic, and so on. In the process, the combination of different materials, structures, and techniques can also harvest different levels of "sense of sophistication".

3. "Tell" stories with jewelry

Jewelry is also closely related to people's emotions, whether as a symbol of identity before, or as a derivative of modern "wedding rings" that gives emotional value, because of the wearability of jewelry, it will naturally be given stories related to people.

In our jewelry design works, commercial sales are not the purpose, so jewelry should be regarded as a work of art to carry our feelings or ideas. The story in the work is the key to impress the interviewer. BCU Birmingham City University The graduation work of a classmate from the Jewelry Institute bears the memory of her four years of life in Birmingham.

At first, she had just come to a strange city and experienced a completely different cultural shock and a high-pressure student life, which made her begin to pay attention to her mental health problems. Fortunately, she loved art. During that time, she often went to a piece of abandoned construction site, which also inspired her. In this set of jewelry design works, she uses the natural form, combined with the exposed steel wire in the waste industrial materials, to form a moss like linear structure. In this set of works, the wearing positions she chose were mouth and chest, which also implied that she slowly opened her heart to accept the new life in the process of self healing.

Students can also try to explore their own stories, memories and experiences in the creation theme of jewelry design works collection, and extract design elements from them for creation. Usually, such experience will also lead to social topics, and from an individual perspective, it will be easier to find the details and make the most infectious and original jewelry works!

How to find the theme direction of jewelry design works? We often say that design is a process of continuous creation, overthrow and re creation. Today, with the diversified development of artistic creation, how to combine jewelry design with new techniques to meet the artistic needs of the audience and the way of wearing is a topic worth exploring. For us, innovation of an excellent jewelry design collection does not only mean the change of the creative form, More importantly, how to reflect our professional skills to realize our ideas requires us to constantly think, deepen and innovate in the creation process!

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