FLUENCY IN JEWELRY DESIGN: Technology and Jewelry Design

TECHNOLOGY AND JEWELRY DESIGN

The potential of technology merged with craft, art and design is infinite.

Technology includes things like,

• New methods, processes and materials
• New ways to implement ideas
• Ability to generate new styles
• Opportunity to create meaningful forms
• Unseen contributions to aesthetic structure and composition
• Less costly and/or more production-friendly methods for creating pieces, especially for projects which might not otherwise get implemented

New materials and composites are created and enter the marketplace every year.

New ways of extracting, shaping, finishing, stabilizing materials come on line each year.

Polymer, Metal and Crystal Clays allow the designer to sculpt things, then fire them, burning out the non-precious or non-valuable composite materials, and resulting in materials of precious or other valuable materials.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3-D printing provide the tools to jewelry designers to create things beyond their imaginations.

Electroforming enables the creation of lightweight pieces from various metals.

Lasers are used to weld, cut and decorate.

Laser-Sintering melts powdered metal, layer by layer, into a finished piece.

Jewelry makers and beaders frequently come up with new techniques, mechanics and processes for creating jewelry. Technology provides creatives with original ways of expression.

“Smart” elements are getting introduced into some designs, transforming your jewelry into a smart device. These might measure and monitor health and fitness; might change color and appearance to suit different environments or clothing; might warm or cool the body.

Thanks for being here. I look forward to sharing more resources, tips, sources of inspiration and insights with you.

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