My proposal

This semester I will use the details of two of my favourite artists-Yves Klein & Lily Kanellopoulou- as a basis/inspiration to create my own work.

First of all, I love blue very much, so the international blue of Yves Klein was very appealing to me. And the blue he creates gives me a feeling of "no boundaries" and "infinite peace", so it reinforces my desire to create a blue jewelry series - I've always wanted to create a blue painting series before this. So my first goal for this semester is to create a series of blue jewelry. But how to make the blue jewelry look less monochromatic? There are different kinds of blues in blue - navy, ultramarine, lake blue, indigo, etc. - and I try to add as many other colours as I can to make sure the pieces don't look monotonous.

Each different kind of blue has their unique characteristics and representations, just like whenever we think of the sky and the sea, what will be presented in our mind will be two very different kinds of blue. And these two blues can also properly show our impression of the sky and the sea. I like nature very much, so my second goal is to use different blues to symbolize different natural things and landscapes. Just like the cold (snowflakes) in winter brings me the colour of adding a lot of white blue, a light blue; while the blue in the sky will be more vivid; the sky or the universe at night is dark blue/navy blue.

However, the presentation of blue and nature in jewelry cannot depend only on the change of blue colour, I still need the texture of different materials to deepen the presentation of nature. Like this piece I created last semester, it has a blue background at the bottom (actually it is just a photo, because the material of this piece is transparent, so I want to set the whole piece off with a dark blue bottom), while the top piece is 3d printed with transparent resin and has a bumpy pattern like a hill. I realized a long time after making this piece that the blue background and the unevenness of the transparent resin gave me a feeling of waves in the deep sea - the dark blue background is like the depths of the ocean, and the unevenness is like the waves being blown up by the wind. So I found the importance of the material and the texture it carries, which will help me to represent the (abstract) shape of nature.

Lily Kanellopoulou's use of natural objects (rocks) also appeals to me because the use of natural materials makes the work look more comfortable and natural - if you use other chemically synthesized materials to create nature, it will inevitably look a little unnatural. That's why the use of natural materials is so important to me. I was also intrigued by her combination of natural and synthetic materials. She uses a lot of different materials throughout her work, but the overall look is extremely harmonious and unified. I will also consider the use of natural materials in my future blue jewelry collection.

Materials:

1. Resin, 3d printing, glass and other transparent materials with a certain degree of hardness

2. Different patterns of fabric or cotton (soft materials)

3. Different colours (blue) of paint

4. Different patterns of natural materials (ore, shells, etc.)

5. Still need more time to explore...

Material sources.

1. Online purchase

2. Out (in nature) to find

3. Professional team (3d printing)

Reference/Resources

1. klimt02.net

2. Pinterest

3. YouTube

4. iDaily Jewelry

5. ...

Timeline:

Feb. 3-Feb. 10: 1. In-depth research on the colour blue to learn more about the colour blue and its symbolic meaning.

2. Investigate and learn about different natural landscapes and things to discover more "nature" related to the colour blue.

Feb. 10 - Feb. 17: Identify the nature I would like to create and the corresponding colour, as well as the most distinctive features of the different nature - the ability to visualize the specific nature when people see the outline of the jewelry.

Feb. 17- Feb. 24： Start researching different materials: for example, what would be more appropriate for blue? Blue paint, blue paper, blue fabric, etc. What kind of material would be more suitable for the nature of the thing I want to represent. I will find a variety of options.

Feb. 24 - Mar.3: Complete the basic design and finish two pieces (2/5)

Mar.3-Mar. 10: Draw the first draft of the remaining pieces and decide on some of the materials, but look for a variety of materials to avoid inappropriate materials for the natural characteristics of the creation.

Mar. 10-Mar. 17 Purchase materials and experiment with different materials (colours and shapes) (photo comparison) to find the most appropriate way to create paint and shapes. (Learn from the first two works).

Mar. 17-Mar. 24: Basically decide on the final materials and combinations, make demos, look for problems, and buy online the materials to be used in the final work.

Mar. 24-Mar. 31: Start to make the final 3 pieces, and record the process of making them, look for problems and difficulties in the process, and think of solutions.

Mar. 31-Apr. 7: Continue to work on the final pieces, leaving a longer time to avoid other problems in the middle.

Apr.7-Apr.14: The final product is finished, and I will start to summarize my experience - including the problems and difficulties we encountered in the process of creation, other new and interesting ideas, and interesting materials we found in the process of production.

Apr.14-Apr.21: Photograph the final work and prepare for the final presentation.