rhino and wax

The strive for perfection when manufacturing can be very very frustrating. I've started this year off by using a millling machine to help me in this quest for perfection. If I had to handmake the pieces i have designed I think i would slowly fall into a deep jewellery depression.

The first piece came out alright except that my proportions were very wrong. I am still learning how the digital format looks and then how it translates into analogue. On rhino things look all good. Except when I cut it out of wax on the milling machine the proportions were not as I had imagined.

Thought i got it right but still being a learner these rings haven't come out as planned. It could have been the drill bit or the settings it made a really wierd pattern and the finish was bad.

I like jewellery that moves. All the pieces of this pendant rotate around a central axis. One side of the setting is an onyx and the other side a moonstone, anything black behind a moonstone always brings out its best colours. I like the repitition and balance this piece has. My first piece I made in third year. Will put up some pictures of my first pieces in 4th year.