Inspirations of Jewelery Designing

Jewelery designing is an art of personal ornamentation. It is the study of arranging materials and objects for adornment of men & women.

Designing involves skill, creativity, & originality with an ability to visualize ideas observing, recording and analyzing from things around us. So whenever we design any piece of jewelery we need some inspiration that comes in mind through some sources. Design is a highly influenced by source of inspiration. what we see, feel, hear greatly influences are creativity & expression. By and large, the visual information obtained influences a design the most.

These major design sources are around us in abundance which can inspire oneself to design jewelery:

I. Natural sources:

These includes all god gifted nature, varieties of flora, fauna, insects, birds, animals, shells, trees & other forms of life. One can either duplicate or create abstracts. Abstraction consist of using part and piece of original forms and combining forms or altering them to create a new form.

Nature is an endless ocean of ideas. Observation & expression influenced by nature can result in interesting new forms & ideas. Natural sources are widely used in entire world. An expertly crafted piece of jewelery can capture forever the life-like qualities of an animal on the run, a bird in flight, blooming flowers, butterflies, insects or fish. Such jewelery remains a perennial favourite, never seeming to go out of style.

II. Man Made Sources:

These are innumerable things created by man. Drawing can be done by using ideas or motif from different kinds of fabrics, utensils, building, machinery, instruments etc. Working with these ideas or motifs gives you different experiences, a chance to discover something new through permutations & combinations Man made sources.

III. Historical Sources:

These are found from museums, historical monuments, libraries, sculptures, vases, calligraphy painting and ancient jewelery & other artifacts.

History has witnessed magnificent art periods like Medieval, Egyptian, Baroque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, etc that are rich in expression & inspiration. Fusion of conservative & contemporary ideas & re-interpretation of ancient art forms can give birth to a new & original style. All the recent Creativity is the blend of ancient with modern ideas.

IV. Symbolic Sources:

These includes emblems, religious symbols, Zodiac signs, organizational signs & symbols, occupational symbols, monograms & logos, alphabets or geometric symbols, cartoons, etc. These are good source of design & inspiration. The combination & use of different shapes & styles help us visualize new combination and composition.

V. Themes & Concepts:

If a designer thinks with an open mind he can realize a deep concept or theme in every art form and the same way he can incorporate & express a variety of themes in his jewelery designs for instance nature, politics, social, religious, etc.

Magazines, Catalogs, Books, Photographs, visits to jewelery stores, exhibitions are some other useful sources of information & inspiration but it is important to maintain your own style & originality.

Besides the above stated symbols and motifs ,there have been various other objects to be used to design jewelery but Flowers, Sun, Moon, Stars, birds & animals are frequently used in Indian Jewelery. The heavenly bodies have been a source of awe and inspiration for human since time immemorial and no wonder these found a way into jewelery too.