Today, meaning of jewelry is beyond decoration and expanding into the way of expressing one’s character. Existing jewelries are now to bring up new values focusing on new materials overcoming limits of traditional materials.
I try to develop jewelries of new notion with composing reactive resin or variety shaped decoration of existing resin. Synthetic resins as a material of jewelry are many kinds and its correction is easy so that one can get organized shape or new effects.
Here are results.
First, utilized casting technique with mold to emphasis detailed expression and texture that are difficult to be exhibited with precious metals.
Second, to describe colorful tones of reactive resins, after mixing paints & using difference of hardening time, I expressed gradation and laminating.
Third, to emphasis transparency of hard transparent urethane resin, I utilized advertisements, photos or cosmetics which is arousing visible interests.
Fourth, to decrease artificial touch, I used abstract image of shell or scent bottle. To emboss visible amusement of casted object in resins, I eliminated complexity with express it as shaped precious stone.
When producing synthetic resins, there was generation of heat from failure of ratio control between main material & hardener and there was generation of bubble on the way of processing hardening. However these problems were solved through appropriate ratio and fitted production environment. Also, resin powder which is caused on the 2nd stage of correction induces dermatitis; I found that during work ventilation, protection glasses & mask are needed.
This study is relevant seeking application possibility of new materials through trait of materials with various correction methods when designing jewelries with synthetic resins.