the idea for my personal project is a personal project i’ve already started but have had to put on hold since starting school. it’s also too cold outside to drill shells and pearls. it’s my own little jewelry brand, ancientwtr. the moodboard is the vision i had for it but i don’t have the technical skills or the materials necessary (yet). it’s something that i dedicated a lot of time to during the past summer, so maybe i’ll be able to visit it again this upcoming summer.
skills that i would gain from continuing this project would be learning how to be my own client and (graphic)designer- how to brand, package, market things. how to put together my website, (which i did through shopify). the work we do here in school is digital, it would be cool to have something in my portfolio that you can see in person, touch and feel, wear it even. it was healing to create pieces.
ideally, i would work with real gold (maybe silver)and would know how to do so well. i don’t think i would want it to be a business, just something i do for myself and maybe if people like it, i could share it with them as well.
i’d hope to gain more technical skills for handcrafting and i’d like to be okay with imperfect and asymmetrical designs. i’d also pay more attention to color and shape, which would help my graphic design eye.