This is the adapted earring I have been working towards for the platinum. It entails a tapered wire and the epoxy skeleton leaf. I will decide as I work if I am going to add the smaller leaf veins like I did for my mesh prototyes or not; weight dependant.
(This drawing was done using ArtFlow and is just a sketch of what I have in mind)
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Digital earring sketch. |
I did a few more chain designs as I was having so much fun creating new brushes. Like the marquis, I often use a teardrop shape as the basis of drawing stylised flower petals. So for my second design, I used a teardrop shape.
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Teardrop chains |
I thought the 'butterfly wing' shape, that I used for my brooch for platinum last year, would be an interesting organic shape to use for an element/link.
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Butterfly wing chain. |
The best part about Artflow is the ability to overlap the brushes I made to have some chains that are a mix of the three links I started with.
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Mixed chains |
I printed my chain drawings and folded them into mini booklets. I was hoping to print on my handmade paper but the off white paper was too thick for the printer.
Video of how to fold the booklet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHa6kR2SZok
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Booklets |
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Folded booklets |
Playing with the elements of the two sunflowers I ended up layering the petals so the piece has depth. I realized the layered piece would fit well with the curve of the top of the ear so I drew the piece and inserted it into the original design.
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Layered Elements |
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| Bowes, K., (2021). Redesigned earpiece |
Using my customized Art Flow brush I mass-produced designs by changing the settings and adding different elements.
