Jewellery, Footwear & Fashion Accessories
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Scott Daniel William Armstrong
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Flawless Manners and Discrete Masculinity / Gamesmanship, bravado and competition. Three key associations with an English gentleman that have informed my work. This project outlines how little behaviour changes from the school yard to the prestigious gentlemen’s clubs. A desire to show off and be the best. I have produced two pairs of artefacts to be worn on the lapel of a suit, with decorative elements inspired by the angular, repetitive patterns on crystal cut glass ashtrays and decanters. The first, peashooters made from ebony and ash paired with mounted toy animal heads, inlaid with silver. The second, a marble firing slingshot and accompanying interchangeable marble medal display – the weapons and the trophies.
J Miki Asai Progression – BA Jewellery Design
Bellybutton / Bellybutton as a scar of birth which all we have as a first scar in the life. Losing the function for nourishment in the beginning of life, start the function as a remembrance of the birth to the death. Behind the humorous shape, there are precious memories which tend to be forgotten. Bellybutton and spur, is the remnant of production. Symbolising beans and pearls as embryo or life, the frame of plastic model as umbilical cord, the remnant of being taken off the pieces would be a bellybutton.
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Daniella Bertolino Progression – Gap Year
The Living Bone / My project focuses on the structure and shapes of the skeleton, mainly the vertebrae as it is one of the most important parts of our body. My aim was to make the skeleton come alive as it is something that can be seen as lifeless when found after something has died. I was intrigued by the way the human spinal cord was formed and how its properties differentiate from the strength of holding the body in shape, to it being delicate and fragile. During the course of this project I have explored many different materials and created many design ideas to help come to my final design. I have created a shoe that replicates the bone structure and comes to life when worn.
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Allegra Campolmi
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Rules of Attraction / Rules of attraction is a project based on woman’s beauty and physical attraction. The piece represents the standards and measurements of the perfect female face, underlining with very sharp lines what the woman’s features are and what all women should look like. It is not intended to be a tool of comparison, but a starting point for reflection on how humans rely on such trivial aspects to make judgements and decisions about individuals. Moreover, it is questioning if perfection is what we are attracted to, or instead if it is individuality and deeper unique qualities.
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Bella Catling Progression – Decision Pending
Scarification / An exploration in to the process of scarification: the ability to prolong and maintain the memory of the everyday. Considering texture through tribal scarification as well as western world medicine with replacements and reconstructive surgery. The versatility and diversity between those two aspects led me to concentrate on less permanent ‘scars’ such as the day-to-day allowing for variety in concepts, experimentation and design ‘Branding of the Everyday’. The outcome of the project was a set of knitted elastic pieces to wrap around the body with oversized clasps.
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Julia Chan Progression – Freelance Designer
Illusory / Do you believe in what you see? If you have been cheated by your sense, how could you affirm that you are not being cheated right NOW. As a observer, you can see part of you through the mirror, but there seems still someone else behind the mask. Or, perhaps, it is still you in the mirror. The rough surface blur the scene behind the mask, making it illusory. As a wearer, you can see the world dreamy through the rough surface of the mask. The mirror part cover one of your eye, which disable you to experience the depth perception, making the world illusive.
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Kwan Yui Chan (Chloe Chan) Progression – BA Fashion Jewellery, LCF
“OMG, you do it too?” / In my project, I have explored the common habits people shared and how they are influenced by our mood and personality. The final design of this project is inspired by a “pen spinning” habit. It is a collection of four rings which are wear on four fingers. Each of them have a piece of outer fabric which is made by leather-liked fabric. The gradient colours inside the fabric are influenced by the idea of “FDA Character Colour” that represents four principal personalities. The rings all have a brass wire to connect with the circular shaped fabric and a pattern will be created when the joints rotate. The other brass wires are used to stabilise the fabric’s circular shapes.
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Ruhong Chen Progression – BA Jewellery, Central Saint Martins
Religious Impact / The proposal is to develop a design which interprets religious views of life. I took a deep insight into Buddhism and was inspired by Buddhists’ beliefs about reincarnation and the perspective that all constituent form is temporary. Therefore I refer to the use of fragile materials which are candle wax and water soluble thread. I applied carving and casting techniques to create this jewellery with transient quality and preciousness within the details. The endless knot wax pieces symbolise the nature of reality where everything is interrelated and endless in life cycle. In the display, the first necklace exists in photos represents the passage of previous life. Its materials afterward were distributed to make the main jewellery and the ring which respectively are defined as present and future life.
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Alexandra Cherkasova Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Suspense /
J Kiu Cho Progression – Decision Pending
Story / At the beginning of the project, my initial proposal was to find a interesting story to tell though jewellery. However my final outcome is a pen to let people to share their own story. In the very beginning of my research, I had interviewed lots of my classmates. I asked them to share something that affected them a lot, and I think what they shared was too personal to say. However, I did never forgot the day we shared our stories with each other. Therefore, when I gave up the initial idea of just telling a story, I come up with the idea of ‘story sharing’. Please feel free to take the ring and use it to write or draw, share your story!
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Colombe d’Humieres
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Voodoo Masquerade / Witchcraft is the subject I chose for my final project. I wanted to explore the rituals and spirituals aspect of the believers of what is called Voodoo. The relationship between the magic and the power is particularly mystic, torn between destruction and construction. The piece I designed can contain a spirit, that is light or colour, but thanks to its circularity cannot be trapped into a body. I see my creation as part of a particular universe, becoming a performance and part of a scenery. I was very much inspired by African masquerade dances and costumes in the African contemporary art scene as well as in the Antic African tribe’s jewellery. The materials I chose is an experimental combination of resin and African fabrics. Everything was put together using mixed media to create a voodoo experience around the piece, which is the central piece of the scenery for it empowers the spirits of voodoo.
J Natasha de Heney
Progression – BA Design Futures, University of Brighton
Tattoos: Permanent Etchings on the Body / Due to my personal experiences of tattoos, I have come to appreciate the meaning of permanently marking one’s self to express one’s identity. The aim of my Final Major Project is to showcase the true beauty, background and art behind modern tattoos; challenging the taboos associated with them. The reason I decided to work with light and shadow, rather than a physical marking material such as ink, is primarily to do with the temporary aspect of casting shadows. I want to put into evidence the beauty equally portrayed both by permanent means: tattooing, and by temporary means: shadows. My decision to use wood as a frame and leather as a skin was taken to reflect the human body’s skeleton and skin. The patterns hand cut onto the leather are inspired by traditional Polynesian tattoo designs, portraying three stages in life: birth, survival and the final destination (death). The coffin shape of the chest piece is not only due to the way it rests on the wearer but also reflects the largest patterned panels of the piece: death.
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Elise Donaldson
Progression – BSc Biochemistry, Imperial College London
Contagious /
‘Contagious’ is the exploration of the growth and spread of infection. The work emphasises the inadvertent passage of infectious agents in our environment, whether that is person to person, or to another object. Inspired by the burs of seed dispersal, in ‘Contagious’, the ‘infection’ is spread by the attachment of hooks to another entity through direct contact. The hooks, which are attached to threads on spindles located behind the piece, pull away and detach from this main structure, leaving the hooks attached onto someone or something else, and the threads dangling. Represented by a single form multiplied, the main structure, comprised of ten circles, symbolises the growth and manifestation of infection. Accentuating the rapid and extensive transmission of infection that surrounds us incessantly, the jewellery combines form, function and message in a single gesture.
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Kanako Ebisawa Progression – Decision Pending
Beauty of Disability / Some people think having a disability is a disfigurement. I want to question the definition & understanding of disability. For me, lacking something is beautiful. Difference is beautiful. My work used the Japanese concept called ‘beauty of insufficiency’ and ‘beauty of incomplete’. I interpreted a broken and distorted comb as a disability. The comb used to be for hair, and in this project I used hair to support the comb. I created the brooch with the comb to celebrate and enforce this unappreciated, imperfect beauty.
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Jialin Feng Progression – BA Fashion Jewellery, LCF
What Water Gives Us? / Water is one of the most necessary element for us to live with. But has water always been beneficial? The rain storms in the UK, the African drought, the Indonesian tsunami and the Chinese snow storm? The two-sided effects of water make it difficult to predict whether water is a gift from God or a nightmare. For this project, I made a necklace to represent the process of how water influences life. Press the sponge in the tube; the water will be squeezed into the pots that contain seeds. Without the water being pressed, the seeds cannot live, but if the water continues to be pressed into the pot, too much water will make the plants die.
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Annie Amelia Fielding Progression – Fine Art Drawing, Camberwell
Space / My project explores astronomy, which is something that constantly surrounds and envelops us. Thinking about what else is out in space, has always made me feel small and insignificant as a human being. This topic creates much fascination for me as there is so much yet to be discovered. My main area of focus is how we are all made from star dust and how I could portray this idea in a three-dimensional way. The motion of movement inspired by orbiting is something else I have tried to use in my work.
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Lucy Ganley
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Propaganda: Psychological Weapon / This project explores the concept of propaganda. The liberal tradition empowers people by teaching them how to think. Propaganda on the other hand attempts to persuade people what to think thereby narrowing their view. Noam Chomsky states: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow a very lively debate within that spectrum.” Thus even when people are empowered they are restricted at the same time. This duality is embodied in the piece. Playing with notions of scale; exaggerating the wearer’s silhouette references 80’s power dressing. At the same time the visor restricts the wearer’s view.
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Xiaoyu Guan
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Disguise: Multiple Personality / When it comes to camouflage, people will think of the appearance in disguise. In other words, relates to the change of physical appearance, is also a kind of to hide their identity. However, multiple personality is also a way of performance in disguise, people control their psychological or mental power to change themselves, and become another person. This project is the study of psychology, but also tries to shape the psychology, and then show people through the way of jewellery design. Multifaceted nature of multiple personality contact with jewellery’s structure and surface.
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He He
Progression – BA Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories: Product Design and Innovation, LCF
Mosaic / In my project, I would like to represent a social phenomenon that people start to conceal their real feeling and emotions. The theme ‘mosaic’ is coming from a misunderstanding of pixelating images. Because, in Chinese, ‘mosaic’ also refers to pixelating. The idea of the glasses I made is from the pixelating picture used in public media such as television. They use pixelation to protect individual’s identities. The reason I used mirror in my work is that mirror gives a reflected image of an object, and therefore looks like a copy of it. As a result, when you wear these glasses, it seems that you want to hide or disguise yourself, but on the other hand, you also have to face it.
J Erica Heng
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Oblivion / This project explores the concept of oblivion - the state of being unaware or unconscious, the state of being forgotten, and the possibly imminent arrival of human extinction. My piece features an optical illusion that challenges the notion of existence and hopefully, induces some form of oblivion. Through this, I have materialized an extra dimension. A small window that sits on the body, giving us a glimpse of a bleak “alternate universe”: cracks indicate impending combustion in an expanse of infinite depth. Of all the ways for a species to go extinct, the worst has to be recreating the death of a star, leaving no trace of existence in a vast empty space and basically fading into oblivion.
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Georgina Hopkin
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Mudlark / There is certain exhilaration in making a discovery and unearthing hidden artefacts; these observations of new phenomena provide us with an insight into history. My project explores the act of discovery, particularly around the Thames and its banks. I have researched into the history of the Thames, the artefacts discovered in its many layers of preservative mud, and the mudlarks who dig up these objects. For my final outcome I made a series of narrative pieces that show the pottery fragments from the rings were once plates, by encasing them in clay plates, unable to be worn until the clay has washed away, much like washing away the mud from the banks to unearth historic artefacts.
J Yiran Huang
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Deception / Deception – the instance expectation is overthrown; when reality proves our expectation wrong, our eyes have been deceived by our own imagination. The transparent minimalistic bracelet is shown in the front, along with a small part of what is hidden on the back, making the viewer subconsciously imagine and expect. Our eyes tend to give us an expected image when we are only provided with clues. Curiosity leads us to the back and we realise that it is strange, even grotesque, and we question: “What is it? Is it a piece of jewellery?” Our expectation is denied with the reality of something strange looking, which is a contrast from the front.
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Ziyun Huang Progression – Decision Pending
Shadow and Light / What I have designed is a handbag. It has a rough pendant lamp shape. Due to good light penetration of the lamp shade, it can have a brilliant performance in both light and shadow, l was inspired by this. The material of my piece is ordinary white fabric, which has been used to make an archetypal lamp shade. I want to represent the shape of the bulb inside and change shapes under different light conditions – people can see the shadow outlines from outside. The net decoration which covers the whole shade is to decorate this shade more like a hand bag, and makes it easy to pick up.
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Yuwen Jia Progression – BA Footwear, LCF
Yin and Yang / I explain Yin & Yang by exploring men and women – opposite words. After analysing these contrasts, I find I can use different materials to explain them at the same time, so that my work can be balanced. Plastic and metal are both important materials in my work, because they can be both soft and hard by heating them, rolling them then cooling them down. The reason I chose neck-wear is that the position is suitable for both male and female wearers. This is men and women in my mind – keep balance.
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Bokyung Kim
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Transparency / Through out working on my Unit 7 project with Transparency, I was able to understand other features of Transparency in Emotions or what is it to be Transparent. Pure and unpolluted, unseen protection that allows an open mindset, which developed into my project aim also the purpose of my final piece of Jewellery. I have designed an image-maker piece that could turn into two ways, functional and visualizing. Two set of bracelet represents, sharing one’s true feelings with others, that allows communication and staining the ink mark that denotes the imagemaker and the beauty of natural world on our body.
J Malik Kydd
Progression – BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print, LCF
The European and the Non European / The aim of my project was to explore and visualise the relationship between the culture and society of Europe with that of the Middle East. Through the analysis of Arab culture, through the eyes of a native European I developed the idea of creating a garment that would embody this cultural relationship. The twopiece garment is a corruption of a traditional Middle Eastern Structure using Greco-Byzantine designs, while the Jewellery piece is harsh and Industrial – a visualization of the European Influence upon modern society. It is metal, encompassing and raw, much like the skeletal unfinished skyscrapers that can be seen throughout the Middle East’s cities.
J Herry Lee Progression – BA Footwear, LCF
Life’s Most Urgent Question is What Are You Doing for Others?? / Nowadays, millions of people continue to live in places that outlaw same-sex relationships and prosecute people for being gay. In some countries, homosexuality is still punishable with the death penalty. Dr. King said: “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.” In addition, at some point in your life, you may find yourself in a situation where injustice is prevalent all around you but everyone acts as if it is okay. It is as if the good becomes bad and the bad becomes good, and the true becomes false and the false becomes true. Therefore, in this project I want to protest against the unfair treatment of homosexuals, along with fighting for their rights.
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Jiaqi Liao Progression – Decision Pending
The Chinese Perception of Beauty / In this project, I attempted to seek the appearance of Chinese beauty. I focussed on Chinese painting because of its historic cultural value, and also its influence on the Chinese aesthetic across the ages. Chinese painting is always keeping its own way to render Chinese style and charm. Cherry blossoms, bamboo and chrysanthemums are beloved not only because of their form. What is more impressive is the moral integrity and spirit which Chinese people have given. Chinese perception of beauty is about observation of inherence in a peaceful mind – the reflection of the inner spiritual world; we appreciate the beauty of all things.
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Agatha Henrietta Elizabeth Lowndes Progression – BA Contemporary Crafts, Falmouth University
A Lesson On How To Be Violent / Violence is something that both fascinates and scares people. Video footage of wars, riots and mad gunmen running loose through villages is watched with interest on news channels, yet on film it is criticised and torn apart by complicated censorship laws. Laws that attempt to “protect the children” when really they’re there to control the rest of us. They claim that screen violence de-sensitises people, creating a more openly violent society. What if people’s fears about the effects of on screen violence were correct? What if watching violent films really did de-sensitise people. What would children play with? How would we teach our children to hold lethal weapons?
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Zhen Lu
Progression – BA Ceramic Design, Central Saint Martins
Mother Love / I start this project by thinking of my mother. It’s she who lets me know that love is grand. From women’s’ pregnancy to children’s’ education, mother love exists at every stage of our growth. This project is for exploring the greatness of mother love. Also, it’s for breaking the clichés and discovering a novel element of love expression. The communication between gravidas and foetuses is what I chose to focus on. My piece of work is for expressing the sweet moment when a mother first feels the baby’s movement in her belly.
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Yanmi Lui
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Indulgence / The jewellery piece gives off heat when activated. The motion of activating the heating process by the wearer symbolises the act of sensory self-indulgence: satisfying our own bodily pleasures, which is our body’s fundamental desire to be warm. The warmth aims to relax the muscles and joints of the upper body to allow the wearer to experience a state of complete relaxation, similar to indulging in the luxurious experience of a deep tissue spa and massage. The shape of the leather shoulder shell helps elevate the warmth by acting as a form of insulation for the skin. The warmth is also a subtle reminder of the human behaviour of indulging in bodily pleasures: “we are the slaves to our animalistic bodily desires”.
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Chencheng Ma
Progression – BA Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories: Product Design and Innovation, LCF
Dark Fantasy / My project is about dark fantasy. From my research, I think dark fantasy elements can be seen around us in our daily life, such as Gargoyles and Chinese Lion guardians. They are placed on church roofs and at gates in order to protect people from the devil and danger. I am inspired by their claws and the textures on their surfaces. Therefore, I used leather, fur and plastic to make claw-shaped shoulder pads. I choose black as the main colour to create a feeling of wild and scary outlook.
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Simpson Ma Progression – BA Fashion Jewellery, LCF
Mirage / Mirage is an impression of something that will appear randomly in people’s vision, and is mostly what they’re craving for. The meaning of craving is something that people will feel when they are desperate. I’m inspired by how meaningful and suggestive the vision will appear alive when desperation is their circumstances. Perhaps is with their thought. For me Mirage is a feeling, a feeling that gives you motivation. For people it might be a miracle, it’s like dream or temptation. My aim is to make them experience the feeling of my mirage and by summing up my project unit 7 is that: inspiration comes from desperation and desperation is my motivation.
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Frankie MoughtonSmall
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Fungi / Fungi often provoke revulsion or disgust in people, yet over 80 different types live all over our bodies, from the palms of the hands to behind the ears. My project is about the uncomfortable intertwining of the body and fungi; exploring their unsettling, insidious elements such as spores and mycelium, and the almost repulsed fascination they evoke in people through their conflicting associations: growth, decay, invasion. The locations for the pieces are ‘fungal hotspots’ of the body, and I hope a sense of invasiveness is created; strange and unexpected growths on the body that although parasitic, have some delicacy or grotesque beauty to them.
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Xindi Nie
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Hometown / I come from Kunming, Yunnan province, which is located in Southwest China. There are 56 ethnic groups widely distributed in different areas in Yunan. I grew up with all the ethnic elements, therefore, I’m a new generation witness of how the old cultures have ‘eaten’ by the new ones. I feel extremely upset about how everything changed every year since I began to studying abroad at age 14. Also under Chinese highspeed development, I’m afraid that one day my familiar things will be gone forever. In this project, I focused on modern Chinese architecture and my hometown local culture; the contrast between industrial concrete and soft craft embroidery inspired me, so I made a mixture of them to show my complicated emotions.
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Ruby Parker
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Crossing the Bridge … / My project captures the magical essence of life on Eel Pie Island: the working boatyard, the eclectic inhabitants, the wilderness of the nature reserve, the eerie atmosphere… and its rock ‘n’ roll heritage. Its only connection to the mainland is via a tiny footbridge. My piece – constructed from materials like discarded boat rope, broken garden ornaments, waste pipes from houseboats and water from The River itself - reflects the disconnection from the real world. It is a celebration of the spirit and eccentricity of the people who live there and the creative legacy that continues to flourish.
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Dayana Pinaeva
Progression – BA Fashion Jewellery, LCF
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Emily Powell Progression – BA Fashion Contour, LCF
Under The Microscope / This historical project revolves around the medical science of the 19th century. It is composed of two pieces, the first in the medium of contour using dye on latex. This suit represents affliction and disease on the body. Cleansing the suit removes the dye leaving the skin healthy. The idea originates from the use of dye on microscope slides observing Tuberculosis. The second is a jewellery piece influenced by design features of both antique microscopes and surgical equipment respectively. The two combined demonstrate the conflict between disease and science through time, when worn the two pieces are presented like a pace maker under the skin.
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Maiko Satake
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
8 Million Gods / My theme is 8 Million Gods which is derived from the Shinto religion of Japan. Shinto has many rituals related to these gods, some of which are represented visually by multiple repeating components comprised of handmade structures randomly placed to form an disorganised meta-structure. For this piece I focused on the Omikuji ritual. Omikuji are strips of paper printed with randomised fortunes. People go to pick Omikuji at the Shinto shrine. After that people tie up the Omikuji to a brunch of tree in the shrine to pray for good luck.
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Louis Tamlyn
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Blurred Boundaries / Blurred Boundaries is a project that is centred on the idea of choice. People are offered a restricted set of choices when buying a design piece, regarding the aesthetic of the object, its function. This ornament is born to give the user a freedom in experiencing the design, wearing it and choosing its function. The choice of its purpose is given to the user. Is he the wearer, the user, the spectator etc‌ The boundary between body and space forms a blur too as when it is not worn it will inevitably become an architectural ornament. The client must call upon his playful and creative skills to come up with an answer that is suited to his own self.
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Chloe Trickett Progression – Decision Pending
This Is My Body / ‘This Is My Body’ focuses on the freedom of women’s choice and what happens to their rights, exploring the controversial issues of rape, prostitution and pornography, with a focal emphasis on abortion. I have looked closely at the comments of political figures, whom are predominantly of male gender that comment negatively on these subjects, and ironically, will not physically face these problems themselves. The struggle for women as a result of this lack of rights has been an influential factor leading to a focus of how some women are pushed to a last resort in these circumstances.
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Moe Moe Win Progression – BA Fashion Jewellery, LCF
The Phenomenon of Memory / There are four aspects of memory related issues investigated: Déjà vu, selective memory, phantom limb and imprinting. Going to many different museums helped me develop my ideas in addition to web searches and reference books. My final idea is an autobiographical one relating to déjà vu. The two ‘wheels’ sitting on each side of the ear will be seen by the wearer when looking straight ahead. Like déjà vu the ‘wheels’ will be within constant view of the wearer and will surface or be clear when attention is given.
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Tsz Ying Wong (Jennifer) Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Reinventing the ‘F’ Word: Feminism / In my opinion there are two types of men. There are men that adore women and those that despise women. This is quite often a subconscious mind set, manifesting in the systematic oppression of women’s role, identity and place within today’s culture. One of the earliest expressions of this lies within the Bible (the story of Adam and Eve). Scripture written by men, for men, has shaped society. We are still feeling the impact of women’s ‘original sin’. Her weakness and this blame associated with our sex handed down through the human race. I would like to hand women the power, to control and remind the audience how scientifically, women created men. My work is not suggesting equality, it is playfully punishing man. And it is about control and punishment, with reference to women’s oppression historically, through the body, ornamentation, costume, identity and sexuality.
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Yana Wu
Progression – BA Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories: Product Design and Innovation, LCF
Abstract Painting and Children’s Drawing / I find it interesting that some abstract paintings are hard to differentiate from children’s drawings, because both of them are not drawn realistically. Symbols are the most general and effective means of communication. Artists find or create symbols to express their personality or what they think, and so do children. Children use different colours and symbols showing their personalities unconsciously. I use the balloon, one of the symbols that children usually draw, in my jewellery piece. Each balloon has different things inside and different colours showing different meanings in a child’s inner world in the shape of sound.
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Mika Yamakoshi
Progression – BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
Stage Fright / I get stage fright. Why does it happen? What happens to me then? Gaze changes to invisible force and it intimidates me. Trembling body doesn’t obey me even if I try to. I focused on the ‘cause’ and the ‘reaction’. I used magnetic forces to represent these elements. It clings your hand and will usurp the freedom of moving. That’s what happens to me when I get stage fright.
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Bing Qing Yi Progression – BA Footwear Design, LCF
The Emperor Ruled The World / The Forbidden city indicates the solemnity. The emperor indicates the supreme and loneliness. The shoe I made can be interpreted as lonely because it not a pair, the whole shape is based on the ancient Chinese shoe and the dragon claw at the back implies that the emperor (dragon) controls everything. I put wire inside, therefore the shape of the claw can be easily changed and the heel is made by 9 wooden sticks in the middle, which shows the person is very hard to stand. Everything is difficult in the Forbidden city, especially the emperor. The emperor has the world, but he loses everyone else.
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Jingwei Zhao
Progression – BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear: Product Design and Innovation, LCF
Technology / Modern technology is a doubleedged sword, you get some, you lose some. Nowadays, people work, study, shop and have fun relying on the internet, and this is causing social anxieties. Most teenagers feel insecure without cellphones and computers. In some extreme cases, people are so addicted that they isolate themselves from the real world, feeling more comfortable communicating with a machine than interacting with real friend, like an infant, ignoring everything but indulging in nipples. So the shape of my project is based on a pacifier. I call it the Adults’ Pacifier. We are just like babies clinging on nipples except we are willing to exchange our saliva (AKA our information) through our devices. The sections of the ring can be undone and placed on other rings, forcing us to interact with other human beings.
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Loki Zhang
Progression – BA Ceramic Design, Central Saint Martins
Zen / My theme is Zen. I think bamboo is a very Zen style material. The body of even the largest type of bamboo is not large compared to the other much larger trees in the forest, but the plants endure cold winters and extremely hot summers and are some times the only trees left standing in the aftermath of a storm. The bamboo is remarkable for its incredible flexibility. This flexibility is made possible in part due to the bamboo’s complex root structure. My idea is from Enso. The Enso is one of the deepest symbols in Zen. This state in Zen is called spiritual poverty. The Enso is a symbolic representation of this Zen state, intuitively grasped, portrayed with boldness and beauty it encompasses the universe with one endless line.