Piercing, Sawing, Filing, Sanding

Jewelry Technique Practice: Piercing, Sawing, Filing
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Riveting

Jewelry Technique Practice: Riveting
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Idea Generation & Sketching

Using graph paper, draw out a minimum of 10 different symmetrical designs.  Then, split your designs in half, 5 & 5 based on similarities in style.  Categorize them (if you will).  Create 5 new sketches of your previous designs by combining two designs.  Remember your final design should incorporate two symmetrical designs (as in examples #1 & #2 from the images above).  

Alternate Project Challenge Ideas

Your challenge is to find a found object or objects that you feel are personal to you or aesthetically pleasing to then be transformed into wearable jewelry.
You must incorporate the following in your jewelry:
  1. Cut / rolled / fabricated metal
  2. An opening of some kind
  3. Stamped texture
  4. Rivet pins to secure your found material
  5. A finished, filed, sanded and polished surface.
  6. Some kind of necklace, bracelet, jump rings, clasps, etc. to enhance its wear-ability.  
Critical Thought Reflection & Brainstorm
Answer the following prompts (as a Schoology assignment) in response to this video about Jeweler Tara Locklear:
  1. How / where does Tara find her inspiration for her jewelry?
  2. How can "having a sense of community" or an active relationship with the people in your community help an artist through the creative process?
  3. Explain the importance of "knowing your material."
  4. Explain your thoughts on "what makes jewelry beautiful or aesthetically pleasing?"  
  5. What is the importance of "using the natural veneer" of the recycled found object(s) for your jewelry? 
Rubric - Found Object Jewelry
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Symmetry in Design

Create a pendant, set of earrings, or wrist bangle of your own design.  Use graph paper to draw out two different designs, of two different types of metal, that will interact with each other in the same jewelry piece.  Create a design that is symmetrically balanced.  
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​MN State High School League 2016-17.  Perpich Center for the Arts High School Student State Visual Art Competition. Rogers High School
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MN State High School League 2016-17.  Perpich Center for the Arts High School Student State Visual Art Competition. Rogers High School
​Artist Unkown