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Back To School

What started out as a fleeting thought has transpired in my return to full time study. For the next two years I’ll be completing an Advanced Diploma in Engineering Technology specialising in Jewellery – that’s right I’m going to be a qualified metal engineer.

I’m bristling with excitement at the the thought of being surrounded by people actively involved in the local fine jewellery scene on a daily basis, and am galvanised by the myriad of ways this move may transform (or solidify) my aesthetic direction.

Although I battled internally for a couple of weeks about whether returning to study was the right move for me, the process of enquiring, interviewing, and enrolling in the course all took place over just 7 days; and I have orientation on Monday. Naturally this seemingly sudden, compressed agenda has my head reeling a little.

Now that the whirlwind of administration has settled I’ve begun thinking (panicking) about my back-to-school style. In the studio I wear whatever sloppy get-up is appropriate for the weather, most of which isn’t suitable for leaving the house in. I have to be as practically dressed as possible but I’d still like to represent my aesthetic identity convincingly.

An old acquaintance who has done the same course recommended I may like to get myself a little wheely luggage bag as I will find myself dragging heavy tools to and from campus. The rest of the items pictured above are some work-bench practical ensemble ideas straight from my wardrobe. Thanks to my culling efforts I’ve now got a pared-back wardrobe that may not allow for a full-time study schedule so it will be interesting to see how my rather small collection of clothes will cope being worn, remixed and repeated.

8 Comments / Feb 04.12 / Design Inspiration, Lonely Ocean, Style Inspiration / by Miss Ghost

Michele

Michele Lamy by Steven Klein for Vogue Paris

In a recent interview I was asked who I would give a limb to find had been wearing my jewellery designs. It was an interesting question, and one I really had to think hard about. I never design my jewellery with a muse in mind, but I came to decide that if I had an opportunity to expose my jewellery to someone I admired with the chance they might wear it, it would probably be Michele Lamy. I find her interpretation of a shared aesthetic enthralling – her eccentricity in jewellery selection is in stark contrast with the pared back minimalism I seek to embody in my designs and yet I feel that she’d be my ideal customer. It’s a sudden realisation of inspiration I wish to take with me on my new journey.

If you have five minutes this afternoon and haven’t yet seen A Little Bit Enternal, I would urge you to do so. The short film is an intimate portrait of Michele Lamy and husband Rick Owens by Danielle Levitt.

2 Comments / Feb 03.12 / Design Inspiration / by Miss Ghost