Hannah Blount

Hannah Blount

Tiny Aquamarine Lady Vanity Ring, Aquamarine set in 14k gold

I follow Hannah Blount on instagram and am constantly in awe of the various ways that she incorporates her cameo into her pieces of jewellery. The ring pictured above is one of my favourites. I think it is good example of adding a 3D from in an understated and elegant way. She subtly adds in the cameo into her cameo range very cleverly and I think that i can take a lot from her jewellery in terms of proportion and balance in terms of adding cast or carved elements into my jewllery.

Rosies Place Cameo, Fresh Water pearls in Sterling Silver or 18k Gold. 

Colour and 3D forms in Jewellery

I battled to find other jewellers who had similar aims or objectives to mine so I focused on other jewellers that utilise colour in jewellery and 3D forms.

The first Jeweller is Lisa Vershbow. She uses Plexiglass in her jewellery. I particularly liked her jewellery as the colour of the glass transforms the quite plain and simple ring into something quite interesting.  I think that introducing colour into jewellery can be extremely effective. 

Lisa Vershbow, "Neon Trio", Sterling Silver and Plexiglass

The second jeweller is Saskia Bostelmann. She created a range of rings called “I got you wrapped around my finger… A love story”. In this range she made rings with tiny human bodies. They are very delicate and detailed. I was drawn to her jewellery as it shows that when working with 3D forms, they don’t have to be chunky or over baring. They can be as delicate and beautiful as traditional jewellery.

Saskia Bostelmann, “I got you wrapped around my finger… A love story”

Images and jewellers both found in: 

Robert W. Ebendorf, 2004,1000 Rings, Lark Books, page 102 and 320 respectively.

The How of my Btech Proposal

Art Nouveau drawing 

Throughout my Btech, I'd like to study the various elements and characteristics of each design movement and incorporate those into mini ranges for each movement. 

As has been brought to my attention, I need to not only focus on only using these elements, but also make them my own by designing and manufacturing pieces of jewellery that reflect both my personal design voice as well as theses different elements from each movement. 

I'd like to create a range for each design movement and bring in 3D techniques and colour. 

I'd like to work in Rhino, wax carving as well as ceramics and putty. 

to add colour I want to work more with enamel and paint. 

I think that it would be interesting to try fuse my design style with these different movements I think that it'll be a challenge that will help me find and grow my personal style. 

This is a link to my pinterest board which showcases some of the references that I have been looking at for my personal project as well as for future designs.