Shell Belle

 This is the final stage of my shell belle project, after the glazing. The shell did come out well, but the confusion is that all the coloors comes out different from how they were before the firing. At this stage there was not much work left for us to do, we all collected, work and took photos of what was needed for other assessments. 

Glazed Ceramic shells.

The final glazed pieces were for another module and they were successfully submitted and met the requirements. The picture above are my whole shells including rings, pendants and pinch pots. The project was enjoyable and helped us with a technique for a living.

Shell Belle

 The process of making Shell Belle's may seem short when being explain but when it comes to doing, it is the other way around. After adding color to our Shells, we were supposed to get them ready fo rthe firing. Adding color did not be a challenge but making stands to hang our pieces did give us a challenge. We had to create a stand and wire hangers for rings and pendants.

Ceramic Shells-Pendants, Rings, Pinch pots

On pinch pots and the pendants, used color while on rings I only used glazing powder with water. Coming up with a good design on my shells was influenced by sea creatures and their original colors. The whole project was enjoyable and on the picture above my shells are ready for firing.

Bvlgari

 Bvlgari Jewellery

The company was found in Rome on the year of 1884 by a Greek silversmith Sotirio Bulgari. He named the company Bvlgari since it is the way his last name is pronounced most of the company's work is made in Valenza although their headquarters are in Roma. Sotirio opened the second store in 1905 at Via dei Condotti. In the years of 1950 the company became more popular and it jewellery was well known, some of its jewellery was used in hollywood movies. The company started doing more creations like bags ,perfumes etc. The company created an Emerald jewellery suite for Elizabeth Taylor that was well known and loved by the owner.

Elizabeth Taylor's Emerald jewelry suit by Bvlgari 

After the death of Sotiroi in 1932, the business was then led by his two sons who had the same desire with their father and the company kept growing under their management. They introduced working with yellow gold, where they came up with Serpenti bracelet-watches. The company kept growing and now have different types of businesses including hotels, spas etc. 

  

http://blog.jewelove.in/2011/12/elizabeth-taylors-bulgari-emerald-suite.html

https://luxity.co.za/the-history-and-heritage-of-bvlgari-jewellery/

https://www.bulgari.com/en-int/the-maison/about-bvlgari/bvlgari-history.html

https://mygemma.com/blogs/news/bvlgari-history

Shell Belle

Ceramic shell Pendants

These are my shell pendants, with designs that were influenced by sea shells. The designing process is quite simple than the shaping up the whole pendant because when you're designing the clay should be leather dry which makes it firm. Unlike shaping the clay should be wet. Making these pendant heads was enjoyable and it required much attention.

Figures below the pendants are ceramic rings that were also part of the ceramic project. Making these rings was the most complicating part as the finger size had to be able to fit our fingers, while the side gets smaller as it dries. Designing was enjoyable unfortunately due to loss of time, was not able to explore more designs for the rings.

 

Carter

Cartier Jewellery House

The company was founded by Louis Francis Cartier in France, Paris in 1847. The family continued to run the business until 1964. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group with its headquarters in Paris. In addition to its three Temples in London, New York, and Paris, Cartier runs more than 200 boutiques over 125 nations. 

Cartier Tank Must Model

It is known for creating, producing, distributing, and marketing timepieces, leather products, and jewelry. After relocating to the Rue de la Paix in 1899, Louis oversaw the Paris branch. Some of the company's most well-known creations were created by him, including the mystery clocks (a sort of clock with a transparent dial that gets its name from the fact that its mechanism is hidden), trendy wristwatches, and exotic orientalist Art Deco designs, including the vibrant "Tutti Frutti" gems.

Cartier Tutti Frutti

Above is a Tutti Frutti made in sapphires, rubies, emeralds engraved or sculpted in the shape of leaves, buds and berries, cut into cabochons, smooth or fluted beads - Tutti Frutti creations have been emblematic of Cartier style for a century. Inspired by India, whose influence is more alive than ever for the Maison, with a passion for combining volumes, colors and shapes.

https://www.cartier.com/en-us/high-jewelry/markers-of-style/tutti-frutti/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier_(jeweler)#History

Chopard

Chopard 

The Swiss company Chopard, also known as Chopard, produces and sells high-end accessories, jewelry, and watches. It was founded by Louis-Ulysse Chopard Sonvilier, Switzerland, in 1860. Since 1963, the Scheufele family of Germany has controlled Chopard. The current owner of the company is the daughter of Karl & Karin Scheufele. 

Caroline Scheufele, born in Pforzheim, Germany, is a German business woman. She is the artistic director and co-president of Chopard, the Swiss-based luxury watches and jewellery manufacturer.[6] She is the daughter of Karl and Karin Scheufele, German entrepreneurs who purchased the company in 1963. During the 1980s, Scheufele expanded the business into the jewelry sector.

Chopard has concentrated on creating sustainable and ethical jewelry in more recent years. The company became a member of the Responsible Jewellery Council in 2010. Three years later, Chopard produced the first watch ever to be made of Fairmined gold. This was widely praised by the critics at Baselworld. The company's promise to employ only 100% ethically sourced gold in the creation of its jewelry is its most recent ethical breakthrough.

Pendant, ethical white gold, diamond.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopard#cite_note-:0-2

https://www.thbaker.co.uk/blog/chopard-biography-history

https://www.chopard.com/en-intl/jewellery-happy-diamonds-jewellery

Buccelati

 Buccelati Holding Italia house

This house is an Italian jewellery company that was formed by a father and son Mario and Gianmaria Buccelati in 1919. This company became popular all around the globe. Mario Buccellati established his first firm in 1919, and after opening shops in Milan, Rome, and Florence, he started expanding his operations internationally in 1954 and 1958, respectively, by opening new shops on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida. Pope Pius XII commissioned Mario Buccellati to design an icon for Princess Margaret in 1949 to commemorate the historic significance of the first visit by a British Royal to Vatican City in hundreds of years. 

Burma Ruby and Diamond Floral Brooch

He established his store on Fifth Avenue in 1951, being the first Italian jewelry designer to do so. When Buccellati's son Gianmaria launched a new company called Gianmaria Buccellati upon his father's death in 1965, the company broke up. The businesses united in 2011 to become Buccellati Holding Italia.

Buccelati Boscoreale Cup, Calathus Model - Unica

Above is a silky, diamond-studded yellow and white gold bangle bracelet with geometric shapes including triangles, stars, and lozenges. It is devoted to Schedar, the brightest star in the constellation Cassiopeia, which according to belief is located in Schedar's own heart. Schedar is typically seen seated with a mirror in her hands while combing her hair.

https://silverhalloffame.com/bios/buccellati/

https://rauantiques.com/blogs/canvases-carats-and-curiosities/an-in-depth-look-at-buccellati-jewelry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccellati

Faberge

Faberge House

Faberge is a Russian Company that was founded by Gustavo Faberge in 1842 in the city of Saint Petersburg.. The company was known for producing a variety of high-end, intricately detailed works of art, including enormous Fabergé eggs for the Russian Tsars covered in jewels. Alexander and Eugène Fabergé, who were Peter Carl's sons, founded Fabergé & Cie in Paris, France, in 1924. They produced comparable jewelry pieces and customized their company's seal by adding the name of the city.

Amongst Fabergé's more popular creations were the miniature hardstone carvings of people, animals and flowers carved from semi-precious or hardstones and embellished with precious metals and stones. The most common animal carvings were elephants and pigs but included custom made miniatures of pets of the British Royal family and other notables.

Faberge Parasol Handle.19th-20th century.

Publications and significant exhibitions, including those at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1994 and the Royal Collection in 2003–2004, helped to preserve Fabergé's image as a manufacturer of the greatest caliber. Russian collectors attempted to repatriate many of Fabergé's creations after the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of the oligarchs, and auction prices rose to all-time highs. The Rothschild Fabergé Egg was sold at auction for £8.98 million on November 27, 2007, at Christie's in London. The Rothschild Fabergé egg set records for being purchased for a piece of Fabergé, as well as being the most money ever spent for a Russian product and a clock. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Faberg%C3%A9

https://vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8024928/