Jelly Paintings

I thought I would play around with my paints and graphic jellyfish shapes. I used cotton thread as the tenticles. The reason for this was to capture the movement as well as emphasise the uncontrolled way in which the threads fall. The threads are uncontrolled as are most things in the natural world. I let them fall as they please, which is much like the way I manufacture my jewellery, I let the process guide my design...

Soooshi

I have been craving sushi ALL DAY.
So when I came across this ring it made me very happy...but then very sad, because I still need to eat some soosh.



This tasty treat is made by Carolyn Tillie, she uses plastic gumball machine toys in her jewellery.

Jelly Drawings

For this project I want to play with my references in ways other than manufacturing jewellery pieces. I plan to do some ink drawings and paintings, the reason for this is so that I can explore the references I am working with and at the same time create little works of art with colour. Because colour is such a big part of why the ocean appeals to me as a source of inspiration, I feel like I need to use it in my drawings while designing as well as in my actual pieces.

The pictures below show my versions of little jellies...


... Although these drawings do not look anything like real jellyfish, they are the abstract product of my previous sketches which were more jellyfish like. They are my idea and interpretation of what I want my jellyfish inspired brooches to look like.

Jellyfish sketches

After watching a documentary about Giant Jellyfish I was amazed at how gracefully they glide and float around the ocean, as well as how intimidating a huge group of these placid jellies can be.

I want to try and capture that movement and whimsical appearance that the jellyfish have in my next pieces of jewellery. The photos below show my thinking drawings of possible jellyfish inspired brooches...