Surprise Element

One look at the designs and it was clear that these budding new-age jewellery designers are an inspired lot. From Baroque architecture to Indian handicrafts,tribal art to use of materials like plastic and metals,the students have worked on out of the box ideas. “I was deeply inspired by Baroque architecture and working on that concept I used Filigree work to design earrings and neck pieces,” mentioned Sabika Sadhna who is pursuing a two-year course at the Noida campus. Elsewhere,Vibhuti Bansal,a student at JDTI,Chandigarh was impressed by the terracotta designs that she came across at a recent visit to the crafts fair at Kalagram. “I have used elements of those designs but created the jewellery using my own interpretations,” explained Vibhuti as her contemporary Sukriti Jain chose to work with plastic bands,M-seal putty,coconut shells and more to style jewellery! “Working with cheaper materials gives the students the freedom to experiment as well as understand and practice the tools. Also sometimes what looks like a nice design on paper might not work out in reality,” explained a faculty member as we eyed delicate earrings made from wires entwined together. “The focus of this project was to restudy and explore various crafts to interpret the wealth of technical concepts found all around us. We were also curious to know their possible application and utilization in new direction for jewellery making,and finally to give serious consideration to hand-executed techniques,” remarked Malik. The jewellery on display also showcased crafts like Filigree,Paper Mache,inlay wood work,glass work and Bidri work.