Bangle_03.jwl

My collection "Digital Desires" explores the untouchability of the digital age.Typically within the jewellery world a huge amount of value is still placed on materiality or precious materials. However, we also now place a lot of value in our digital data too. My pieces represent the dip between reali

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ty and virtual reality.

This stacking bangle seems to show a rope within, but as the layers mess up whilst worn and through arm movement, the image gets fragmented and broken up, revealing the illusion of the layers. Although you may see this piece 'worn' on the body, the rope form depicted within the transparent acrylic is actually a false illusion made completely of negative space. The wearer can never make direct skin contact with the rope form suspended within, much like how we cannot reach out and touch our non-physical data we rely on daily.

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Type

stacking bangle

Methods

laser cutting, 3D CAD

Materials

clear Perspex

Softwares

Rhino

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