Chain/brooch etc

Files:

All files should be named in this format: name+project+object

for example:

arthurVINYLGOLD.AI

Also, please make sure to label the file as final or WIP (work in progress)

This will ensure that we are printing the correct file

Files should be located in the proper folder

VINYL photos should be in the VINYL PHOTOS folder

LASER files should be in the LASERFILES folder

Please upload your photo files to the VINYL PHOTOS folder. Again, all the files should be labeled

name+project+version

for example:

arthurvinyldrawing.ai

arthurvinylphoto.jpg

Please make sure you have uploaded all of your files

I have a merit badge in….. 

Assignment Brief:      

Use digital fabrication tools to create a brooch that builds a narrative, creates social awareness or commemorates an event. Think of merit badges, reliquaries, memento mori and monuments. 

Learning outcomes:    

Students will make a brooch by using Adobe Illustrator, to combine laser cutting and engraver with traditional hand skills.

Skills list:                               

Vector tracing images from digital photos

Illustrator: Grid, scale, units, rulers, RGB versus CMYK, printing to regular inkjet printers

Illustrator: Importing images, Image tracing, vector shapes, brushes, scatter brush, layers, re-sizing and layout tools

Laser cutter:  what materials can be cut?

                                   

Bank building: learning a workflow for using the bank building 

           

Pin backs and prong settings

You must have an etched component (using the vinyl cutter, laser engraver)

Concept:  Tell a story in five words or less.  Uses identifiable symbols to create combinations that support your concept.

Research

Icons/ logos

Family crests

Merit badges

Military medals

Police badges

Car medallions

Commemorative coins

Maker’s marks

Road signage

Ikea directions

Maps

Emoticons

Mason symbols

Architectural details

Questions:                  

How can combining symbols create a narrative?

How big can a piece be before it becomes a brooch/badge/medal?

How can material inform your concept?

How can simplifying imagery support a piece?

How can it take away?

How can framing and layering silhouettes create dimension in a piece.

Can a personal narrative be universally understood?

Where does your piece fit in the cannon of jewelry?

When commemorating a personal event, talent or skill, what can wearing it do to the viewer?

Requirements:

Four complete models.  (this includes multiple layered paper mock-ups)
All drawings should be to scale.
At least five layers of material (this includes the plexi).  
Use the layers to contain/capture something. 
Pin back (completed, polished and working)
Must follow the parameters of the project. 

Memento mori 

(Latin: "remember that you must die")

Reliquary of the jaw of St. Anthony. Basilica di

Santo Antonio, Padua. 1349

Becky McDonah, reliquary for ear plugs

Jack Cunningham, 'The Great Barrier'

Anna Talbot

Marissa Saneholtz

Andrew Kuebeck

Melenie Bilenker

Mary Hallam Pearse