Blog task week 4

                                               New Zealand jeweller 
                                 RUTH BAIRD 

                                                                       Beech

NECKLACES, PENDANTS, BROOCHES, AND EARRINGS BASED ON THE NZ RED LEAF

Pendants: 35mm long x 23mm wide.
Earrings: 30mm long x 20mm wide.

Necklaces, pendants, brooches, and earrings are based on the native 
New Zealand tree, which grows in the south of the South Island.This evergreen tree sheds a few leaves from time to time, and whenI'm tramping I can be walking over paths carpeted in these leaves.
coloured, textured and riveted onto a sterling silver backing.
They are available in three basic colours: deep blue,
paler blue-gold, and pinky-gold.
I gather on a beach in the very south of the South Island. Around
the back is a silver crochet band .
Pendants are hung on 30in sterling silver chain.
Earring earwires are sterling silver.

The coloured metal is titanium or niobium, which is shaped,

Necklaces use beech leaf shapes and are combined with pebbles.

MARK VAARWERK

                                     
                                                      MARK VAARWERK 

Rings (shampoo series)
materials: plastic shampoo and
conditioner bottles, sterling silver.

Mark Vaarwerk questions the notions of value and Discuss preciousness in jewellery, which is traditionally associated with expensive and rare materials. The ongoing concern in his practice is the transformation of everyday throwaway plastics, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene, into materials for jewellery making. It can be difficult to guess the origin of his materials simply by looking at the works. They incorporate plastic from diverse sources such as pens, vacuum cleaner casing, white-out correction fluid, cigarette filters, remote control casings and car light covers. 


Mark Vaarwerk I really like the way he makes his jewellery's with recycle objects like plastics, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles pens, vacuum cleaner casing, white-out correction fluid, cigarette filters, remote control casings and car light. It's so interesting seeing a jewellery made from recycle plastics it's really creative and also a clever idea making your own jewellery's with plastic than using other things like gold/metal. I't was good to see some of the people helping him to give the recycle plastics and asking him what he needs from his next jewellery that he needs with his design. What I was a bit surprise when he use one of the cigarettes filters to make a plastic jewellery brooch it's amazing that he use trash from the streets and turn them into a amazing jewellery.

This brooch is called Wella Whirl, and as the name suggests is made from the Wella Balsam plastic shampoo bottle. Once you know this it is possible to recall the bottle as you have seen it on the supermarket or pharmacy shelf, the colours the only evidence of it's former life - but just how Mark got it to look this swirly way is a beautiful mystery.

Blog task week 3

Egyptian jewellery         

Egyptian Jewelry Collection by Egypt7000
The ‘Key of Life’ sign or Ankh, as it was referred to by the Ancient Egyptians, was a symbol of eternal life. This was often passed down from the gods to the King

The Key of Life with 2 Winged size is approximately 1" x1"

18K Gold Key of Life with Two Winged, Egyptian Gold Jewelry - Egypt 7000

The materials they use to make this beautiful Jewellery two Winged, Egyptian is Gold.
What I can see with this Egyptian is Gold is a key and two wings. My opinion about this Egyptian Gold is a key to heaven or a key with angels wings to make you feel protected and safe from evil spirits from hurting you also curse you. The symbols I see is A key with two wings. 


                                                 

                                                  SAMOAN JEWELLERY  

Earrings: Tau Taliga..These are made from coconut shell, green coconut shell, paua and oyster shells, bone or boars' teeth. They come in many different shapes such as breadfruit leaves, hooks, turtles, teardrops, or hibiscus. They can be further embellished with decoration. For this paint can be used, or sennit which is the thread made from the coconut fibre.

Bracelets/Bangles: Tau Lima .. These are made from the shell of a coconut, ususally mature coconuts which give them a dark colour. They come in all different shapes and sizes with various designs and patterns. They can be decorated with green coconut shell or tapa.

Necklaces: UlaThere are numerous kinds of necklaces made from bone, dried black plant seeds (used like beads) and green coconut from which pendants can be carved. Their shapes range from axes, geckos, Samoan fales (houses), coconuts or wild boar teeth. Ula Nifo (a necklace made from bone) is usually worn by the taupo (chief's daughter) during dance festivals and 

JEWELLERY

                                                                     WEEK 2

SAMOAN ULA NIFO

'Ula (necklaces) were made from a variety of natural products that included fresh leaves, scented flowers, fruit, seeds, shells and whales' teeth. Most are still commonly used today. Threaded together in various combinations, 'ula are worn for festive occasions and give as gifts to arriving or departing guests.

The whale-tooth necklace is the most valued of Samoan necklaces and is traditionally worn only by chiefs and their offspring. Anciently, the 'ula lei (ula nifo) were a symbol of status and wealth. Made from the teeth of the sperm whale, they were split and ground down into curved and pointed pendants. From there, they were smoothed and polished, threaded onto a cord and worn around the neck.

These replicas, originally made from whales' teeth, are now made from bone pieces, white plastic and threaded onto a nylon line. A modern adaption includes dark soap seeds in between the the long bone pieces.

Necklace is approximately 18". 

Bone pieces vary in length ranging from 2 1/2" to 3".

Jewellery

WEEK 2

                                                               
                                                     Ancient Egyptian Jewellery


I found this Ancient Egyptian Jewellery from http://www.myjewelrybox.com/articles/jewelrythroughtime/ found it from searching Egyptian Jewellery on google images.The first signs of jewelry date back to Africa over 75,000 years ago. Jewelry has been used for power, protection, worship, status, and beauty, and continues to carry its very particular meanings throughout various cultures. Jewellery is more than just a decorative fashion item; it has held a distinctive and valuable place in the evolution of cultures and societies throughout human history, providing insight into the political, sociological and psychological elements of the times. Pretty impressive, right? Just say that to the next person who tries to criticize you for wearing too much jewellery. 





Early Traces Of Jewelry

When the Cro-Magnons migrated from the Middle East and settled into Europe, they made necklaces and bracelets out of bones, teeth and stone, which hung from animal sinew. As decorative trophies from a triumphant hunt, primitive jewelry was worn to recount stories: a means of communication. Carved bone was also worn at this time, however this was purely for practical use, in order to hold clothing together. 

The Ancient Egyptians were the first to establish jewelry-making as a profession. Egypt was a class-based society and Egyptians were divided according to wealth and profession. Jewelry makers were considered middle class and were highly regarded for their skills, though they worked long hours and lived mainly in poor communities. 

Jewelry symbolized power and religious dominance and was believed to have magical properties, which protected Egyptian men and women from evil spirits, especially in the afterlife. When an Egyptian died, they would be buried with all their earthly possessions.

All social classes would wear amulets for protection, though the lower classes would wear ones made of cheap materials like clay.

Gold was the favorite metal of the pharaohs as it was considered the skin of the gods. The color of jewelry was also very significant. For instance, green jewelry meant new growth for crops and fertility. Notably, Cleopatra’s favorite gem was the emerald.  

Introduction to screen printing

                                       

Andy Warhol

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song).

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.

Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio, The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons.

Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame". Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market".^[1] Warhol's works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold.

Marilyn Monroe 

Andy Warhol what i love about his work it's exciting to look at it's delightful. I also painted a artwork of one of his paintings Marilyn Monroe. It wasn't that easy to paint but i'm still practising to learn more techniques to paint. It's interesting how his paintings are about food products and pop stars. My favourite artwork of his will be Marilyn Monroe because how it's captivating and how she's famous. I also love her quotes my favourite quote of her's will be “We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” .. The reason why this is my favourite quote of her's because it sometimes help's me when i'm having panic attacks , anxiety problems it's a really hard thing to go through. Andy Warhol paintings are very pleasing i like how he works with different bright colours something different from all artist. Sometime's i sit and wonder how does he do his artwork does he paint it or screen print or hand draw? So I searched Andy Warhol's artwork his art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using amiga computers were introduced in 1984, two years after his death. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.

Introduction to screen printing

                 

                                     Emma Mclellan

The concepts of the grotesque and hybridisation have always piqued human interest. From the mythical gryphon - with its leonine torso mated to the wings and head of an eagle - to science fiction fantasies of android life, the fascination with otherworldly creations runs a darker thread through the annals of human life. As expected, these musings lend themselves to representation in cultural media and we can track a certain history of art - from Hieronymus Bosch through medieval bestiary to Patricia Piccinini - that comments on our fascination with the weird and ungodly. Viewed from this perspective, Emma McLellan's work is a contemporary interpretation of an age-old fascination.

McLellan attended Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Printmaking in 1993, before continuing on to compete a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting in 2001. The result of her affinity for these dual disciplines is a natural combination of the two that allows her to build multiple layers of colour, pattern and image, all the while seeking to conceal and reveal different elements of the composition. McLellan combines her fascination with the grotesque, the weird and the hybrid (drawn from an interest in the engraving techniques that produced works of medieval bestiary) and her love of the pattern, repetition and texture of antique fabrics and wallpapers to create a gallery of animalia laid out as if it were as innocuous a thing as a repeating wallpaper motif.

The effect of McLellan's approach to the repetition of curiosities is to generate a "second-glance" interest, whereby the sumptuousness of pattern draws the viewer into a closer examination of subject matter. It is here that McLellan's work begins to draw allusions on one level to print metaphors (replica, edition, copy) and at a deeper level to the concept of mutation and its introduction of newness, difference and diversity into a genetic pool - a concept that is often viewed in a negative light and which has lead to the pejorative connotations of the term 'mutant'. It is this idea of difference that is both societally unacceptable yet culturally fascinating and McLellan holds up her grotesque and hybridised animals for inspection in the same manner as one would inspect a museum oddity.

McLellan lives and works in Auckland. She lectures in printmaking and is currently the Programme Leader for the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree at Auckland University's Manukau School of Visual Arts. McLellan's work has been exhibited as far afield as France, Canada, Spain and Bulgaria and she continues to produce work from her Auckland studio.

Ex famillia muris II 

                                          Acrylic & screenprint on board , 500mm x 500mm 

Counting your chickens before 

                                         Screenprint & acrylic on board , 900mm x 900mm 

Emma Mclellan artwork is so exquisite it's captivating I was so surprise once I saw her artwork on the slideshow that she showed to our class made me focus more about screen print. I love the background it's enthralling i really like the vintage patterns . It's really creative using the animals and adding a different looking wings onto the chickens. I find her artwork really interesting you can see it in books and animation movie's. The counting your chickens before screen print is enticing the way she fade's the chicken on the screen print. Her screen print makes me want to learn more about screen print also learn more technique with screen printing. It's really clever of her repeating the patterns and the chickens onto the screen print it makes it so interesting to look at it also showing us it's telling a story behind this artwork. It's interesting how screen prints works my first time doing screen prints was in intermediate screen printings on bags also clothes but we didn't learn that much techniques about screen prints here in M.I.T that's why i love M.I.T you learn so much things about art and enjoy designing and seeing other students works give's you more idea's.