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