DESIGN NAME: Emotional Jewellery
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Jewellery
INSPIRATION: This collection is inspired by Sara's obsession with heat, exploring the possibility of using temperature to assess one's emotional state. She chose to use bismuth because she believes this metallic material possess symbolic attributes that can be employed to reflect the emotional state of the wearer.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The application of bismuth is rarely seen in day to day life. The low melting point allows her to instill heat factor into her pieces. Bismuth melts at 271.5 degree Celsius, the oxidation of bismuth is stunning, where nature crystallised forms and colours can tell the temperature.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Sara has to melt the metal and control the temperature while transforming it into jewellery so that colours can tell the temperature. The crystalised metal amazingly transformed into nature colours and forms.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in October 2016 in London and finished in June 2017, and exhibited in London in June 2017, Romania in September 2017, Italy, Munich and Lithuania in March 2018.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The metal reacts amazingly well with the temperature. Sara has to control both the melting and room temperatures, to control the nature colouring reactions of the metal. The metal crystallised and formed into different shapes according to the heat, which the details and gradations of colours are impressive.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Installation 55 x 27.5 x 5 mm, 55 x 55 x 8 mm, 90 x 90 x 10 mm.
Brooches 45 x 38 x 15 mm, 35 x 42 x 13 mm, 41 x 26 x 10 mm, 38 x 34 x 13 mm.
Bangle 65 x 65 x 6 mm.
Open ring 13 x 10 x 9 mm bismuth with adjustable ring size.
Bangle 65 x 65 x 10 mm.
TAGS: Bismuth, Innovation, Low-melting point, Metal, Emotional, Interaction, Temperature
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Sara did testing and thousands of experiments to see the reactions of the metals, tried to combine with different metals.
CHALLENGE: The experiments during the development, as this is an innovative way to use a low melting point of metal to be a piece of jewellery.
ADDED DATE: 2018-03-14 21:22:43
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IMAGE CREDITS: Photographer: Sara Chyan
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Sara Chyan
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