DESIGN NAME: Gaia Collection
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Jewelry
INSPIRATION: Gaia Collection is inspired by Greek Mythology, Gaia is the mother goddess of Olympus, of all Greek gods and goddess, portrayed as mother earth. When I read this myth, I felt deeply touched, I felt the strength and balance aspect, as well as the chaos aspect from Gaia’s story. This urged me to design this collection. I chose gemstones as my main material, gemstone, a treasure holding the energy of a little universe. I want to show how to raise our inner strength and reconnect with Mother Earth.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Gaia Collection is a set of Jewelry inspired from the goddess Gaia from Greek Mythology. Gaia, as the primary goddess, also been portrayed as Mother Earth. By designing this collection, I used lots of gemstone and round and square elements, referring back to the aesthetic of Pythagorean as well as showing how powerful mother Earth is able to create.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Gaia collection including two line, one line is a High-end Art Nouveau style Necklace, it is more likely to be an exhibition piece. Another line is more towards day to day basis, universal and elegant.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in January 2018 in Michigan and finished in May 2018 in Michigan. It will be exhibiting at Fe Gallery's Art Nouveau in California in August 2018.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Silver plated 14k rose gold with gemstone
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Main Piece: 40mm*53mm*2mm (Different Piece have vary dimension)
TAGS: Gaia, Earth, Goddess, Art Nouveau, Mythology
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The research for this project includes researching mythology, psychology, aesthetic books. Also by researching on inspirations and collecting storyboard give the design more lifely features.
CHALLENGE: Inspired by Greek Mythology Character, Gaia, the earth mother and also the aesthetic theory of Pythagorean, only two opposite force neutralizing each other can create the beauty. In this collection, I used a lot of different symbols such as round and square to create the contract.
ADDED DATE: 2018-07-24 17:18:15
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Modeling Assistant: Yeung Fan Lau
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1 Photographer Matt Gubancsik/ Creator Kiley Chaw (Chen Lu Cao)
Image #2 Creator Kiley Chaw (Chen Lu Cao)
Image #3 Creator Kiley Chaw (Chen Lu Cao)
Image #4 Photographer Matt Gubancsik/ Model Kierstyn Holman/ Creator Kiley Chaw (Chen Lu Cao)
Image #5 Creator Kiley Chaw (Chen Lu Cao)
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