Chapter 1 Conclusion

 Throughout this chapter, I have attempted to define the significant words that make up my title,' Producing Contemporary Organic Jewellery,' in relation to my body of work. I learnt that mass-production is not limited to producing finished pieces and my body of work is a mixture of contemporary trends with the most important being to market the pieces using an online platform. I also learnt that organic jewellery can be spiritual without being religious and that organic does not simply speak to materials but can refer to the evolution during production.

Chapter 3 Introduction

 In this chapter, I separate the work I produced throughout the year into the three foci that make up my research question: which are: design development, mass production and marketing. I did this with the hope of finding an open-ended conclusion to my research question and sub-questions. Under design development, I showcase the finished pieces in my three collections and each piece is accompanied by a summary of the process that lead to the final piece. I discuss the method I chose to explore for both mass-producing pieces and marketing them.

Chapter 2 Introduction

 The chapter examines the work of other jewellers that refer to the same theme, organic, which is the foundation of my body of work. I focus on jewellers who utilize casting as it is a skill I have been developing and used in the three collections I produced. I used the other jeweller's websites as a reference for designing my own. The semi-structured interview I conducted with Michelle Pujol helped me to delimit the possibilities of casting and the theme organic.

Design books

Unfortunately, the videos of my four design books are too large to upload onto blogger so I posted the videos of my design books onto my Instagram so that they will be in the journal on my website. I also uploaded my videos to youtube: chain designs, chain links, leaves and sunflowers

The first design book consisted of the mass-produced designs that I folded into signatures. I hand-stitched and bound the signatures together. For the final books, I wanted to ensure certain photos stood out in the book so I printed important photos on gloss paper. I planned the layout of each signature. I used my sewing machine to stitch them together as hand stitching was too loose. I added two small watercolour paintings into my design books which contrast the printed images the same way the handmade paper covers contrast with the smooth card used for the signatures. I 

Quick watercolours

I printed my digital drawings in light grey and used them to do quick watercolour paintings for my design books.

Bowes, K.,(2021). Watercolour paintings.

Design book-stitching

My first attempt at binding my design book by hand. The stitching was loose so to add tension I used my sewing machine to stitch the signatures together.

Bowes, K.,(2021). Signature test.

Design book-prep

I made mini books to work out the layout of my design books before I printed them. I scribbled a mini-book for each of the collections. It helped but I still ended up printing the pages more than once. 

Bowes, K.,(2021). Printing layout

Bowes, K., (2021). Test booklets.