I designed a tie pin for Prof. F. Freschi, Dean of Faculty. The Dean offered a financial contribution to the B.Tech tour to Craotia in May 2014. Creating an exclusive piece was my idea that motivated this process. The unique carved Victorian jet piece was the inspiration accented with a 0.01ct diamond. “Jet is organic in origin…black or dark brown…colour…” (Hall 1994:140) The metal employed in the production of the piece was (925) sterling silver. The piece was hand manufactured.
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| Figure 20 |
The choice of a stick pin figure 20 as opposed to a flat bar pin which is familiar to most people today, was a choice based on its distinctiveness as it is rarely worn today. It is an item of men’s jewellery associated with formal men’s wear. The more traditional adaptation is an uncomplicated white pearl, customarily worn with a morning suit. One does not have to adhere to the so strict rules of morning wear, day wear and evening wear as it applies to British aristocracy. This piece is placed directly under the knot in ones tie to keep the knot in place.
In this type of jewellery, is often worn at formal events like Royal Ascot in the United Kingdom. “Men are required to wear a morning suit, national dress or uniform-brown shoes are banned and top hats are the order of the day for Ascot formal wear”. (Dickenson 2006:1)
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| Figure 20.1 |
Figure 20.1, the use of the Rhinoceros CAD program to create this piece would have been ideal. However, in terms of time constraints, from growing the piece on Rhino to the casting process would have taken more time than the few hours it took to make the piece by hand. Rhinoceros CAD, as a designing and growing program, would have been an ideal solution and tool for the tie pin. But the associated time constraints, forced me to manufacture the piece at the bench.
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