Jewellery And Body Adornment
Overview
Jewellery is the only design work that is worn. It is measured in millimetres, it touches skin for sixteen hours at a time, it has to survive a coat sleeve and a car door, and it says something about the person wearing it to everyone who looks at them. It is also the one area of study where a two millimetre error is the difference between a ring that fits and a ring that does not.
This note covers the whole intimate scale: how the body governs the design, the difference between making one piece by hand and designing something to be made two thousand times, the core bench processes of piercing, forming, soldering and finishing, casting and the lost wax method, and the non-precious materials that have carried most of the interesting jewellery of the last fifty years. The makers here worked in gold, in wallpaper, in resin and in aluminium, and every one of them was arguing about what jewellery is for.
Objectives
- Develop and construct both individual and mass-produced jewellery and body adornments
- Use a range of jewellery and body adornment materials, tools and techniques such as metal, glass, textiles, wood and plastics, modelling, digital and non-digital design and recording methods
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- Annealing is carried out in order to: A) Harden metal before polishing B) Soften metal that has become hard and brittle through working C) Remove oxide and flux after soldering D) Colour the surface Answer: B
- Which process removes oxide and flux residue after a piece has been heated? A) Annealing B) Pickling C) Piercing D) Doming Answer: B
- Anodised aluminium in jewellery is normally joined by: A) Hard soldering B) Welding C) Cold connections such as rivets or screws D) Enamelling Answer: C
- A rigid bangle must be sized so that it will: A) Fit the wrist exactly with no clearance B) Pass over the knuckles of a compressed hand and then stay on the wrist C) Be the same diameter as the forearm D) Match a standard ring size Answer: B
- In lost wax casting, the wax model is: A) Left inside the finished casting B) Burnt out of the investment so the cavity it leaves can be filled with metal C) Used directly as the master mould D) Soldered to the metal piece Answer: B
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