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Earrings in the making, spread out on a flat surface for review.

Earrings in the making, spread out on a flat surface for review.

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Tons of plastic waste pile up in our oceans by the minute. This paper discusses a jewellery design project where anthropogenic debris takes centre stage. The project investigates how marine plastic trash literally may be turned into treasures through approaches that transverse design, craft and communication design. The main design material are pla...

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... Sometimes we find 'given' pairs, that is two pieces that are similar to one another (see fig. 10). Because our 'studio space' is our living room floor, we equip ourselves with headlamps to see the nuances, cracks and textures better. Earring pairs in the making are placed on a different surface and is often left for review for a couple of days ( fig. 5). We design custom fittings, and a local goldsmith produces them for us. We use a cordless drill, and the only alterations of the plastic pieces we 'allow' is to drill tiny holes for assembling them with silver or gold. For this, we use a set of ...

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