Reject Parade: Kinetic

So to begin the great vision quest of junior jewelry here are the ten sketches for kinetic adornment, and why they were or weren't used for the project.

Number 1

This was meant to be an exploding asteroid pin made of reticulated brass blobs with smaller ones suspended on springs. Thus, making it a trembler pin that wiggles with the movement of the wearer. The problem is that most trembler pins hide the springs, and this one doesn't, which detracts from it.

Number 2

It's a poseable robot pin, nothing to see here move along please.

Number 3

A rocket slide necklace where the rocket can move around the wire as opposed to just hanging off of it. And a possible trail of sliding gems behind it too. Its not the worse of the designs but it is fairly typical and expected as pointed out in class.

Number 4

Here's one that could be interesting if developed further. This "rocket ring" features movable riveted nickel-silver fins and brass exhaust. The design is based off of the robot parrot from the Doctor Who episode "The Pirate Planet" which is a great story combined with a greater visual look then most episodes from the 1970s.

Number 5

It's a model of a solar system awkwardly grafted to a cuff bracelet. Includes hot orrery action with planets sliding on swiveling wire orbits around a crystal sun.

Number 6

And here is the same concentric solar system idea half baked from the side as a pendant. The planets instead somehow become spacers between the orbital rings. 

Number 7

Oscilloscopes pop  up in science fiction frequently enough, and this bracelet strings together a representation of that distinct round display and wavy line. The movement is limited to the wave form spinning about the central axis that pierces it and the overall design is simple and straightforward. I rarely make bracelets so this seems like a fun piece to do at least in my spare time.

Number 8

Another possibility was to mount the reticulated brass asteroid nuggets into hexagons and string the hexagons up into a standard necklace. I still haven't decided if it looks science fiction-ey enough, but hexagons are clearly the shape of the future!

Number 9

Here's a copper bangle bracelet with little silver ships sliding around it. Not much to say, other than the ships would catch on absolutely everything if you wore it.



Number 10

Dun, dun, DUN! the final sketch and the design that has been chosen for the project. This asteroid field necklace combines the reticulated brass nuggets with the sliding (or spinning) movement on wire idea from numbers 2, 5, 7, and 8. A proper drawing incorporating more elements from number 2 will be posted by the end of the week, since I have all day to work on it now that the college has closed for the eighth time in its history (according to facebook hearsay) due to the weather! Until then it's off to happy drawing land!