"Container" Design Review

I was inspired for this project by ornate picture frames and antique bird cages. Both of these things not only contain something, but they are also meant to display it or show it off.




So that's what I wanted to do: show something off inside of this birdcage shape with picture frame-inspired swirl shapes pierced out of the front.

different iterations of the design

Then I came to the other aspect of this project: What is it containing?

Since this piece is meant to show something off, I wanted to create something that a person could wear in a place as to show off whatever is inside, whenever they wanted. It would be a pendant and would contain whatever small mementos or pictures are important to that person.

Because I will be the one using this piece, I wanted to incorporate some of the small beads and charms that my Grandmom has given me over the years. As I was looking at some prospective items, I realized that most of them were jewelry or had some kind of gemstone embellishments. My Grandmom always gives me amethyst jewelry, because it is my birthstone. I thought a great way to commemorate that instead of putting the actual jewelry or charms inside, would be to put individual, loose amethyst gemstones in the piece.