UNIQUE COMBINATIONS AT ITS BEST!
INTRODUCING COCO SHELL JEWELLERY,
MADE FROM RESPONSIBLY SOURCED STERLING SILVER AND,
THE FINEST COCNUT SHELLS FROM THE HEART OF KERALA IN SOUTHERN INDIA
JEWELLERY LIKE NEVER BEFORE
EVERY COCONUT IS DIFFERENT AND IT TAKES THE FINEST CRAFTSMEN TO MOULD AND FINISH THEM TO PERFECTION.
EACH PEICE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST, THUS EVERY PART IS HANDMADE BY THE BEST JEWELLERS IN THE WORLD
INSPIRED BY TURKISH ARCHITECTURE AND WOODEN INLAY WORK OF ISTANBUL.
THE DESIGN OF COCO SHELL JEWELLERY WAS INSPIRED BY THE DOMES OF THE HAGIA SOPHIA , WOODEN INLAY WORK AND JEWELLERY THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE GRAND BAZAAR OF ISTANBUL.
HOW IT IS MADE
STARTING FROM A BLOCK OF SOLID SILVER, THE JEWELLERY IS CRAFTED BY HAND AT THE END OF WHICH THE COCONUT TOPS THAT ARE SHIPPED FROM SOUTHERN INDIA ARE SET ON THE PIECE USING PRONG SETTINGS.
PROJECT SUMMARY
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BRIEF
“To create a product using indigenous Indian crafts, while taking design inspiration from a foreign country.”
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KEY OUTCOMES
To fuse two different materials: coconut shell and sterling silver to create a unique gender-fluid lifestyle accessory
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DELIVERABLES
To travel to southern Indian, learn the indigenous coconut shell craft and fuse it with the craft of silversmithing
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SKILLS INCORPORATED
Rapid Ideation | Design and Aesthetic Generation | Working with Exotic and Unique materials | Silversmithing
