Neck piece from concept to manufacture. Hon; Jewellex 2000.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiZil7vsDAEDWUIZG3UvWhvR4CW_47xXxxLETvfqxkJS-B0K7W5d7YO_05mpG2hVEYgqhczkO8dZP3NuyGwbkoaRG8MwshXnLEEBxdh45GGFHCc9rUkFoYD4anEVnyfi7hpC5Q4P908M/s1600/Neckpiece+manufactured+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiZil7vsDAEDWUIZG3UvWhvR4CW_47xXxxLETvfqxkJS-B0K7W5d7YO_05mpG2hVEYgqhczkO8dZP3NuyGwbkoaRG8MwshXnLEEBxdh45GGFHCc9rUkFoYD4anEVnyfi7hpC5Q4P908M/s400/Neckpiece+manufactured+final.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Neck piece Jewellex 2000. Form and Function in Africa.<br />Finalist Professional Designer category. </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYKE53kmhx-r4y2EpJDv6c85hozpvj7I6f0bBR37chT6Yyd4o1wscB_J6XBgqWUtF-QXLX0X4bPRYzMPqaby6sZosnoQc5eNqOcsFGyiEKtHKdYzrkN-wWis0jwAUst37P0w3fsiOM1I/s1600/Conceptual+drawings+%2528neckpiece%2529+I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYKE53kmhx-r4y2EpJDv6c85hozpvj7I6f0bBR37chT6Yyd4o1wscB_J6XBgqWUtF-QXLX0X4bPRYzMPqaby6sZosnoQc5eNqOcsFGyiEKtHKdYzrkN-wWis0jwAUst37P0w3fsiOM1I/s200/Conceptual+drawings+%2528neckpiece%2529+I.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This blog entry focuses on the design of my first Jewellery piece, from concept, right through the design development phase, including visual documentation of the final neck piece. The design was entered into the Jewellex competition in 2000, organized by the Jewellery council of South Africa. I was judged a finalist (one of 12); based on my entry of presentation drawings.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TEHRJ-AzeZoPzNcIlpMfcBOjaniveWTUtVywrUCMQqeucoWLRGoV6CMpE1SVkoQDJs8qa5yfCpTlwDW2jSdzU-qhLfFGzODx0UooivphRTdSTKjsVyW5mmQp8YTmGwH9uWWRuL8vhgw/s1600/Conceptual+Drawings+%2528neckpiece%2529+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TEHRJ-AzeZoPzNcIlpMfcBOjaniveWTUtVywrUCMQqeucoWLRGoV6CMpE1SVkoQDJs8qa5yfCpTlwDW2jSdzU-qhLfFGzODx0UooivphRTdSTKjsVyW5mmQp8YTmGwH9uWWRuL8vhgw/s200/Conceptual+Drawings+%2528neckpiece%2529+II.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">With the recent closure of the Ceramic Design Programme at the University of Johannesburg, I have taken up an academic lecturing position in the Jewellery Department, where I am responsible for the induction program; teaching drawing and design (2-dimensional & 3-dimensional studies) to the first years, as well as design to second and third years. This blog entry showcases the concept, design and development, including the presentation drawings of the piece.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmKhrMHxUexAzRd-O5dLozSnXIEFS4fUeoCnFHB2S-soEO9rFhafkxSc3IcSM5jYUOSW3CRE43hHLukAuqfOhodRY94Lh7N3Lh2qA1os8J_Rg8u9-2TXL-e-_kjyQC2Ize5BaK0uOk-k/s1600/Conceptual+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+III.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmKhrMHxUexAzRd-O5dLozSnXIEFS4fUeoCnFHB2S-soEO9rFhafkxSc3IcSM5jYUOSW3CRE43hHLukAuqfOhodRY94Lh7N3Lh2qA1os8J_Rg8u9-2TXL-e-_kjyQC2Ize5BaK0uOk-k/s400/Conceptual+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+III.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Designing the neck piece.</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt_KC01QEKGZRb4OFcLRYeq00BUCys2CsJt2OygoY31ceTI8o3ROBrCd88KKhB5dRbb1ImCcG7yDOMyY-ghEU7iTedoslWcqkSrSgNHdf9a9LLEcJ3mkgRpdB0aoHxEF9yCcrT6lgxHs/s1600/Neckpiece+Detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJt_KC01QEKGZRb4OFcLRYeq00BUCys2CsJt2OygoY31ceTI8o3ROBrCd88KKhB5dRbb1ImCcG7yDOMyY-ghEU7iTedoslWcqkSrSgNHdf9a9LLEcJ3mkgRpdB0aoHxEF9yCcrT6lgxHs/s400/Neckpiece+Detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neck piece detail.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Design Process</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I spent a long time refining the concept as well as the design and development of the actual piece. As the competition entries were judged on your submission of presentation drawings, it makes for a detailed and systematic record of the entire design process. What is recorded here is therefore an explication of the neck piece, the reference material, including the design idea and the concept. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTi0WRt6DdbKi0o-iot3k2otAIX7O8-Ufw4OVHwyxLNsSyN_TbWVxF3qu-YvQ9K-5Um9HOcihGilEB6Mv3LMS_wV1jBu-Vklgyyt-7vg3VFjUqO0yuhrQr6tIAAsfTYCT1OA1uvE_mQM4/s1600/Neckpiece+manufactured+final+top+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTi0WRt6DdbKi0o-iot3k2otAIX7O8-Ufw4OVHwyxLNsSyN_TbWVxF3qu-YvQ9K-5Um9HOcihGilEB6Mv3LMS_wV1jBu-Vklgyyt-7vg3VFjUqO0yuhrQr6tIAAsfTYCT1OA1uvE_mQM4/s400/Neckpiece+manufactured+final+top+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neck piece seen from above.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The explication is divided into three stages and or phases.  </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u>Stage one</u></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u> </u>is the conceptual development phase (reference material and ideas), then follows </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u>stage two</u></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> - the design and development phase (to determine forms and shapes and more importantly the construction techniques and methods) and finally </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u>stage three</u></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> - the presentation drawings (the final ballpoint pen drawings submitted to meet the requirements for the competition. I have always admired African artifacts, especially the styling and fine craftsmanship of the artists that constructed the pieces. I therefore made a series of drawings of various artifacts that could inform the form and shape of the individual motifs, the individual pieces that make up the neck piece - see reference material below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtg0XpZBASmOA9EjRRfXebXF6LgRFP3klnakI7X4ppsGKenc09pBegYbzo6-c-ZvuHnORdjWbem2gfakICHlT7jPYYUN4CK7EX9qyv9tQN4jAuGocOPPNY1iz-LjSd0HhBRnf5cCQ8J-8/s1600/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtg0XpZBASmOA9EjRRfXebXF6LgRFP3klnakI7X4ppsGKenc09pBegYbzo6-c-ZvuHnORdjWbem2gfakICHlT7jPYYUN4CK7EX9qyv9tQN4jAuGocOPPNY1iz-LjSd0HhBRnf5cCQ8J-8/s400/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+1.jpg" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Conceptual drawings</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c6uO24UQp_ECN2H24iQYCoxADXOcuKSetZbr9HWN2opkXudh2sxspBF6-2DMDI7_aafwctu778tgciKDj5HEd-OMIQLtekbGfpIkE0JrR1CSnFTiS85Z9pFsPMYWMLPPfRgGu8zUz9w/s1600/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c6uO24UQp_ECN2H24iQYCoxADXOcuKSetZbr9HWN2opkXudh2sxspBF6-2DMDI7_aafwctu778tgciKDj5HEd-OMIQLtekbGfpIkE0JrR1CSnFTiS85Z9pFsPMYWMLPPfRgGu8zUz9w/s200/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+3.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The work was selected from a few thousand entries, one of 12, to be manufactured for the final adjudication of the winner. As the prejudging was selected on the strength of the design as visualized in the presentation drawings and not the final jewellery pieces, you're drawing skills were of paramount importance. Computer software programs such as CAD and Rhino has changed all of this dramatically. Drawing however remains a tool to facilitate the development of the idea, to visualize the concept and design development of an idea into reality. I hope and trust that the entry will be of assistance to those who are in searching of a design and development methodology to realize their ideas on paper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTm_YGiVxseXBkXYlAmnjHmBmINIVinMkT6RzyPGHrKeWs4uggfUgVkqxZfIvtffDqINYPxsSatFivFTsT5GAJ0zAyYVPk7vyMGGaxK_4yZKtibWiCfWNOvdwNdIX2AHb0Z3AtMn9klo/s1600/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTm_YGiVxseXBkXYlAmnjHmBmINIVinMkT6RzyPGHrKeWs4uggfUgVkqxZfIvtffDqINYPxsSatFivFTsT5GAJ0zAyYVPk7vyMGGaxK_4yZKtibWiCfWNOvdwNdIX2AHb0Z3AtMn9klo/s400/Design+Development+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design development drawings</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Conceptual Development.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Coming up with a concept is the first stage of any design idea. I new I wanted to make a neck piece and that my inspiration had to be firmly rooted in our very own indigenous culture. Indigenous knowledge had to add to the meaning and significance of the pieces. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUY_aUrXmZXWsfz3g8c5u11fpxFzHUI88twADtm-U0Q1YWB8rAggtGpXfiuuOIkWEy5zulS8YlLPmrqwRntnXbJz_pMwoZUnU4zrRPB9pNBVFr8oUzO965VzjCzXiCLePRu84DqFJtSI/s1600/Neckpiece+manufactured++side+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUY_aUrXmZXWsfz3g8c5u11fpxFzHUI88twADtm-U0Q1YWB8rAggtGpXfiuuOIkWEy5zulS8YlLPmrqwRntnXbJz_pMwoZUnU4zrRPB9pNBVFr8oUzO965VzjCzXiCLePRu84DqFJtSI/s400/Neckpiece+manufactured++side+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neck piece side view.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Reference Material.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">A Zulu meat platter and Zulu earplugs formed the inspiration and reference material for the development of the concept. The meat platter’s form and shape gave rise to the individual components that are literally chained together to form the neck piece. The earplugs were referenced as decorative possibilities; the patterns inserted into the bowls of the meat platters (see image below).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Zulu Meat Platter.</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> 'Meat platters of various sizes, some of them big enough to hold large quantities of meat for communal distribution and consumption on special occasions, are still used throughout the area of present day KwaZulu-Natal. Reserved for the roasted meat of ritually slaughtered goats or oxen, their widespread use underlines the continuing importance rural Zulu-speakers ascribe to their ancestors in securing the well-being of the living' (Philips T, 1999:224).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfqujt8jvLW3Q4eK0G0CEt55gHDx0bCfTrnozYl1DrO9LPuLZhBuNlPcluPAIBxizbp3mDvz-niVmfhg1mlTZkTgdid1B1Use0xFlYBYIkR5CYZtoW4a6a7qiOS0KClx2Q9LZeSOla0M/s1600/Meat+Platter+%2528ugqoko%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfqujt8jvLW3Q4eK0G0CEt55gHDx0bCfTrnozYl1DrO9LPuLZhBuNlPcluPAIBxizbp3mDvz-niVmfhg1mlTZkTgdid1B1Use0xFlYBYIkR5CYZtoW4a6a7qiOS0KClx2Q9LZeSOla0M/s400/Meat+Platter+%2528ugqoko%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Meat Platter (ugqoko), Zulu. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Wood. 80cm </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">length. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Private Collection.</span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVXSdQgcPa48opDj2vZIAzu6w4sBhRAiAvw-jdCAwS6xpbgqRA67JPcNgznxZ3S8RtNYkw4w9ANFzstTGqX8aEOB4MPeDCosgSI2-9NLKVDLF4hdT5e1VtxTEkwZlYZsyFqnTZoLVguo/s1600/Pairs+of+earplugs+%2528iziqhaza%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVXSdQgcPa48opDj2vZIAzu6w4sBhRAiAvw-jdCAwS6xpbgqRA67JPcNgznxZ3S8RtNYkw4w9ANFzstTGqX8aEOB4MPeDCosgSI2-9NLKVDLF4hdT5e1VtxTEkwZlYZsyFqnTZoLVguo/s200/Pairs+of+earplugs+%2528iziqhaza%2529.jpg" width="100" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Earplugs</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">'In my search for appropriate decoration and or surface development options, earplugs featured here made the most significant impact. Development of earplugs is related to the custom of ear piercing, still widely practiced on south-east Africa, especially among Zulu-speaking people. Historically, it was an important ceremony performed on every Zulu child before puberty. It incorporated some of the features of the circumcision and initiation ceremonies which are still practiced by many southern Nguni but which fell into disuse among the Zulu during the early 19</span>^{<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">th</span>}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> century' (<o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">Philips T, 1999: 219)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Pairs of</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> earplugs (left). Zulu. South Africa. 20the century.6cm. Jonathan Lowen Collection. (cited in Africa the Art of a continent: 219)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWiPhyo8omMZ_SdF8lBo8YIJ0LKGDpMs6_qNJaI-kqyT3CKWrqg0C_rmX8159tUcwWOvvsZ73cfDWa_eBVBNX7sbN9jKy4JrG37VKGyQJ2vZQhwzsBYEaOeXBGekhcRcT5LsMEv0Vd6s/s1600/Presentation+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWiPhyo8omMZ_SdF8lBo8YIJ0LKGDpMs6_qNJaI-kqyT3CKWrqg0C_rmX8159tUcwWOvvsZ73cfDWa_eBVBNX7sbN9jKy4JrG37VKGyQJ2vZQhwzsBYEaOeXBGekhcRcT5LsMEv0Vd6s/s400/Presentation+Drawing+%2528Neckpiece%2529+1.jpg" width="385" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Design development drawings</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6e2JRTcnr7jRo8XyGq_z85uUGXH4ZhlI0ShSqkDxrbimyL1-EEiJKQI4FKn2NvJkpYRL1xMZui-5n9m14Dcet_oxFNZyu6egBZ8bWq5NnkJ6O_KUC6QtECR4ZU4-XsO_NqxRtPQjd4Q/s1600/Ballpoint+pen+Presentation+Drawing+components+Final..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6e2JRTcnr7jRo8XyGq_z85uUGXH4ZhlI0ShSqkDxrbimyL1-EEiJKQI4FKn2NvJkpYRL1xMZui-5n9m14Dcet_oxFNZyu6egBZ8bWq5NnkJ6O_KUC6QtECR4ZU4-XsO_NqxRtPQjd4Q/s400/Ballpoint+pen+Presentation+Drawing+components+Final..jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Presentation drawing of joined components.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYt9mrI_AM46YI5DUGFyq4sZW-NgtvDklt204azbwZpGWdeu_7X-xeg5HEJMC7ql7Lyt8WZsIuFxIwz1R0ZvmXgTf3T6m6SYSlHpNuAm1mxLJ8D9gr6_nNPo3C5UCD9JN77qF7U_RLt8/s1600/Award+Jewellex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYt9mrI_AM46YI5DUGFyq4sZW-NgtvDklt204azbwZpGWdeu_7X-xeg5HEJMC7ql7Lyt8WZsIuFxIwz1R0ZvmXgTf3T6m6SYSlHpNuAm1mxLJ8D9gr6_nNPo3C5UCD9JN77qF7U_RLt8/s200/Award+Jewellex.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Design development phase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Then follows the design development phase. This is the refining of the design idea considering the manufacturing options. This also includes the final styling as well as the presentation drawings seen below. The drawings has to convince the judges and provide the manufacturer of the piece with the necessary detail to be able to realize the idea in terms of jewellery techniques and methods. The final piece should resemble the piece in the drawing as close as possible – do justice to the design in every way possible. However there are times when adjustments are made during the manufacturing phase to take the piece to a new level. However these changes should always be communicated to the designer to ensure the final piece is a reflection of the concept and in keeping with his intent.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjob4ORo0ixdX5Q7B2zvc_vaQnG6-DcmKsSweqvg0kZ-tGDkagRWvCZkZkrZ2CvQ9OusxsTBpX27goDQgjxK6q9ownGfy_oK3cA6BQVUFoWrfZocFMkzKzh9jqc1JPXAY3BxbHzBSgDYU0/s1600/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+presentation+%2528neckpiece%2529+final+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjob4ORo0ixdX5Q7B2zvc_vaQnG6-DcmKsSweqvg0kZ-tGDkagRWvCZkZkrZ2CvQ9OusxsTBpX27goDQgjxK6q9ownGfy_oK3cA6BQVUFoWrfZocFMkzKzh9jqc1JPXAY3BxbHzBSgDYU0/s400/Ballpoint+pen+drawing+presentation+%2528neckpiece%2529+final+.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Presentation drawing of neck piece,<br />seen from above.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Neck piece from concept to manufacture. Hon; Jewellex 2000.

Neck piece Jewellex 2000. Form and Function in Africa. Finalist Professional Designer category.  This blog entry focuses on the design of my...

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Hon honoured as a Fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlvycMSh529ygE3y1TFh0ZGILFAlluL8zLbVuMVvf6PqjxnTcPc5lEFKYAZci0VrnYcjXhBsrdrshWY58Y4UrKnRWxhHleOe-P_qLqaze-9B65MSl0kR_XEjszudVBbkTt_jEbY_J/s1600/certificate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlvycMSh529ygE3y1TFh0ZGILFAlluL8zLbVuMVvf6PqjxnTcPc5lEFKYAZci0VrnYcjXhBsrdrshWY58Y4UrKnRWxhHleOe-P_qLqaze-9B65MSl0kR_XEjszudVBbkTt_jEbY_J/s400/certificate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was selected as one of eleven ceramists, the first fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa; we were honoured at the opening of the current Gauteng regional exhibition in Johannesburg. The exhibition opened at Museum Africa last Sunday, during which each recipient received a certificate (image above). </span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'The first Fellows have been selected not only for the consistently high quality of their work but also for their commitment to Ceramics Southern Africa over the years' (National Ceramics, Number 93/Spring 2010; page30).</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The First Fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa include,<a href="http://johnshirleyceramics.blogspot.com/"> John Shirley</a>, Digby Hoets, Drury Brandt, Jerice Doeg, Dineke den Bakker, Elza Sullivan, Gail de Klerk, Minette Zaaiman, Wendy Goldblatt and Querardien van Vliet. Each fellow had to submit work for the Ultra-furn Regional exhibition; organised by CERAMICS Southern Africa Gauteng Region. I was requested to facilitate the display of the exhibition. For more information about the exhibition see invitation details included below.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z_pmsAL4IXNgyefc9u0ZZ8WDxVgZ6iwzX5UQwZUEOUsL0bPhCH1lSryT53KbsLMIiTC2GiG2mb8yTLGLv5MMjx4KTA1HxDituhyphenhyphenVEfMhEvO09MBo2wVAlzbb3Lucq8oXWGu2PW0D/s1600/invitation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z_pmsAL4IXNgyefc9u0ZZ8WDxVgZ6iwzX5UQwZUEOUsL0bPhCH1lSryT53KbsLMIiTC2GiG2mb8yTLGLv5MMjx4KTA1HxDituhyphenhyphenVEfMhEvO09MBo2wVAlzbb3Lucq8oXWGu2PW0D/s320/invitation.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Images of my work on display at the exhibition will be posted shortly.</span></span>

Hon honoured as a Fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa

I was selected as one of eleven ceramists, the first fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa; we were honoured at the opening of the current Ga...

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Tattooed Rats win award.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2O9bPwc2vD_Fl_oALgfkGdvUsKHQVOgzjaLnEjnOtF3Y8upaAgcsUcd6UGKBZhyC9hUpQUo4ad9P7kfpNOr31U9X8KP76DqzOhP4leS1JvxazJAJwIlhSDaKS3-dk-z3cFlVZGL9/s1600-h/Tattooed+rats+win+regional+Craft+Award.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394195401203254226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2O9bPwc2vD_Fl_oALgfkGdvUsKHQVOgzjaLnEjnOtF3Y8upaAgcsUcd6UGKBZhyC9hUpQUo4ad9P7kfpNOr31U9X8KP76DqzOhP4leS1JvxazJAJwIlhSDaKS3-dk-z3cFlVZGL9/s400/Tattooed+rats+win+regional+Craft+Award.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Claypot Award certificate</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Glazecor Regional Ceramics Awards Exhibition, Ceramics Southern Africa.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The tattooed rats, the images below, were submitted as a group for Ceramics Southern Africa's regional awards exhibition, and won the Claypot Award (certificate above). The Judge was Wilma Cruise, an acclaimed South Africa ceramist /artist. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394193571312494674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuZmCfVk6aeHs-GZ8RtK5KwFFcUP8Bc1ipzmy8DrjXV85wTmLZxxEiK2KI9vokT0MH-mzHb_Y3beW8QAjyhHkW90XFtRSqYbK_7mkdTWnCdWsMeozKmvs1kfIfRpjOYlNQYWzxFVT/s400/Letter+Ceramics+SA+Regional+Award.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Glazecor Regional Exhibition</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">,</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The awards exhibition opened last week at the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Edoardo Villa Museum, University of Pretoria (South Africa) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and closes on the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">25 October 2009.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394191996397026194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeypPBlc1U3Easa6fxPbTT4vdOhAWV-CrmKnxxuc4wQQCWipTPyka8VX7573NI00XH1Ml0kbw2YEkDTFAeVifEBLtvJNyWbeLaIhyphenhyphenGhOP0vWpCO3h74o9t61p01aBHVRdd6tYvaOv/s400/The+self-righteous+and+the+outcast+web+image.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">The Self Righteous and the Outcast</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">B</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">lack and white incised Amaco Under glaze colours (sgrafitto) fired to 1200 degrees Celsius.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394191246455730546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8SGYYH3gwPOCgBehFJ2FMm-GF6mcowM2f9YMNH41UHhjQs57BImma9V6w8pdSGDUAwCvW7woXjzMoACN7bG-LA1UUu8kvSImXUzT9jA537yeycECzrg-xEDcUztDoebzQP8WdUd-/s400/Crafty+Rats+web+image.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#993399;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#663366;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Pair of Crafty Rats</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Incised black and brown Under-glaze Colours (sgrafitto) fired to 1220 degrees Celsius.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>

Tattooed Rats win award.

Claypot Award certificate , Glazecor Regional Ceramics Awards Exhibition, Ceramics Southern Africa. The tattooed rats, the images below, wer...

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