Fine Jewellery Techniques (JEW4035)

10/02/2018 - MAD Museum Trip

The "Mechanical Art & Design" museum occupies a small space above the shops in central Stratford-Upon-Avon.  It is crammed full of automata, marble runs and various moving sculptures.  The possibilities for adapting the hundreds mechanisms on show, for small scale jewellery, is limitless.  I've come away with lots of inspiration.

I particularly liked these sea themed pieces.  The gentle up & down motions really evoked the movement of water.

Lovely filigree style decoration on these wire pieces (but some fairly shoddy soldering).

Ooh, a sneaky peak through an open door to the museum workshop.

These videos are of mechanisms that I think would be particularly suitable for scaling down for jewellery.

And this one's just for fun, because I love The Beatles.

Here's my hoard from the gift shop.

And the two kits all built up ->

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