Wolfgang Rahs

Rahs work is inspired by culture,history,place and the people around him and most of his is also inspired by Africa because he has visited african many times before.he uses different types of material in his work, he usually makes statement pieces.

David Watkins,1993, the best in contemporary jewellery,quarto publishing place 136 and 137

The answer to  research question

I plan to answer research question by using techniques that are African influenced techniques such as punching,form folding,forging. I want to explore using different types of metals such as silver,brass,copper. I also want to explore with colour in my jewellery by using different types of metals i will get variety of colour and by using  texture on my metal it will give it a nice feel.

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Africa

In my personal project I explored different things with my inspiration being Africa so everything i have done in my personal project was based on africa. the reason for me to choose Africa as my inspiration for my jewellery is that i connect with Africa its were i find my inner peace.what I am trying to achieve is to create jewellery that has an African feel to it and try to use techniques that are influenced by africa. my aim is to create jewellery that when you it know that it has some african feel on it somehow because i am very fond of Africa cause thta were my roots are.

Nuba permanent scarification and Xhosa face painting

I looked at the Nuba tribe and Xhosa face painting and decided to explore with dots.

These are my exploration using dot punching dots.

  Final piece

The walk to market was  eye opening for me,I have been to the market many times before but this time around I observed things in a different manner.for the first time I actually took time to take a look around me observe things differently and looking at the different patterns around me. We are always in a hurry and we never take a minute just to around us and look things in a different manner.

Contemporary jewellery

Eric Loubser is inspired by the cute and pop genres in art and design.He works in precious and semi precious stone but also incorporate man made material such as enamel paint,pratteys putty, found objects etc his work is not meant to be taken "seriously" in a sense of of academic insight or deeper meaning,he does not try to create work that solely rely on its concept,it is mostly made to be enjoyed by bigger and more diverse audience,it is thre so that the viewer can make up his/her mind about the piece, it is is more what it will mean to them personally.

earrings

ring

Final piece

I think the circus theme was very interesting one and having to designing  from it was very fun.from using circus tents as my inspiration was was quite interesting. the difficulties that i face in this project were soldering the different kinds of metals because the solder at different temperature and because i had many layers and next i need to pay more attention.

Designing process

inspiration

Design process

As i have used circus tents as my inspiration especially the top view, i took the circles that the tents makes when looking it from the top view and the different strips the tents has. then incorporated all those elements into my design process. most of my designing was done using Rhino drawing.

circus tents

cirsus tents

top view

top view

tents

I took circus tents as my inspiration because of the colour,strips and form. when you look at the colour of a circus tents they are very bright colours you will never see a dull circus tent that is what got me attracted and the layering of the different round forms and the pattern the strips makes. 

the breastplate

This is a breastplate made out of wood,straws,beads,cotton its purpose is to protect when going to battle.

Like i said it is meant to protect the chest part when going to battle

Fictional character            

My story is based on a Red Indian warrior from the red Indians nation in America. The name of this warrior is Tolo, He is one of the greatest of warriors that has graced this earth, you could rely on him whenever you went to battle, he never back down on any challenge put upon his shoulders.

During the times of the wild wild west with the cowboys he was one warrior that the red Indians nation could put their hopes on whenever their went to battle they would come back victorious. He was well built on body physic he was tall, strong and very powerful. He was every general’s dream solider when going to battle.

When going to battle he was always on the frontline among the best warriors, as a warrior on the frontline one has to wear protective armour to enhance his survival chances. Tolo wore a protective breastplate to protect him when going into battle.

This breastplate was original made out of small animal’s bones and sew together with animal skin and beads. Every warrior would design and make his own breastplate the way he would like and the way he would suit him.

These breastplates were very strong armour because even a bullet would not go through this protective armour, so it was very ideal one to wear this breastplate whenever you called upon battle.

The Indians believed the breastplate was spiritual linked to their gods   and they believed that the gods would help them whenever they went to battle.

The breastplate was not only worn when going to battle it was also worn during rituals and big ceremonies the warriors would wear them when dancing.

These breastplate was a very valuable item among the Indians nation so it was important that every warrior would wear one.