3D Communication Power Point and Mind Map 6th January

Power Point and Mind Map   6th January

The first day of a long project always starts with an idea. In our case a brief, and this one was all about communication in all its forms and meaning. Much like the 3D subject, it started with a power point presentation. This was to make sure we know what questions we should be asking ourselves in order to get a professional well thought out finished end product. Such as, what's my target audience? What materials will I be using? On top of the normal questions there were new problems to solve, for example, how and what way am I going to display this piece? I wrote down all these questions so that I may ask myself these things as I go along. I know already that after this course I want to do jewellery design, so this will give me a good opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the materials and techniques I will be using.

With communication and jewellery in mind, I had a brain storm of how I could combine the two into a professional concept and final piece for the exhibition at the end of this project. All these deadlines were in my head. The worry of making sure my final object is not only finished, but to a good enough standard to be accepted into the exhibition had me worrying.

I had to take a it one step at a time, idea first, then concept, test pieces, and finally the finished product. It's the only way I could think at the moment. I had a deep breath and looked down at my notes. What ideas did I have and how can communication work with them? I stopped and thought about it whilst running through the questions that were asked in the power point. It was simple; people communicate through jewellery all the time. Each piece, be it a large statement garment, or a small fragile one, it makes a comment about the wearer. In selecting this object to place around the body, the wearer has given the people around them messages about their personality. They could even be trying to make a statement about themselves.

I thought about how jewellery can tell us a lot more about the person wearing the item than just their personality. It can tell us if they follow fashion, or if they are part of a wider group, their culture, status, power, wealth and importance. We can get all this information from once piece of jewellery.

I now have to dive deeper into the reasons and meanings why someone would wear statement jewellery. Hopefully that will expand my ideas I have now.