Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ by Maya McCormack

Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ by Maya McCormack is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Competition Category.

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Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́

by Maya McCormack

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Category

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The Design

About Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́

Chiaroscuro jẹ́ àkójọpọ̀ ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ tí a kọ́ láti inú ìrísí àjọpọ̀ kan ṣoṣo tí a ṣe àtúnṣe rẹ̀ ní ọ̀nà oríṣiríṣi. A ń tẹ̀wé àwọn àjọpọ̀ náà pẹ̀lú ẹ̀rọ ìtẹ̀wé onípẹ̀tẹ̀-mẹ́ta (3D) ní lílo polima gbóná ABS tí a ti so pọ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀, èyí tí ó jẹ́ kí àwọn ohun-èlò náà fúyẹ́ tí wọ́n sì lè gbé kiri fàlàlà. A ń dà àwọn àjọpọ̀ tí a yàn sínú fàdákà sterling, ní lílo àwòrán rọbà àti epo-oyin tí a mú láti inú àwọn ìtẹ̀wé náà. Àwọ̀ àdánidá àti kirisita tí a fi kún un ń fún ni àwọ̀ àti ìrísí ní iwájú àti ẹ̀yìn, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí a fi lè wo yẹ̀rìngì etí náà láti gbogbo igun. Ìṣàwárí kọ̀mpútà ni a ti so pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ọgbọ́n ìbílẹ̀ tí àwọn onígbẹ́ fàdákà ń lò, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí gbogbo ohun-èlò á fi bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti ìrísí kan náà ṣùgbọ́n tí yóò parí ní jíjẹ́ àrà-ọ̀tọ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Chiaroscuro Àkójọpọ̀ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A Jewelry collection exploring different iterations of a singular element in repetition to create a whole. Designing an individual link and pushing the boundaries to how it can be transformed with the use of material and technique combinations. Mirroring the uniqueness of the individual, a repetition of the same form in constant evolution, adding and subtracting but always growing. An exploration that has evolved with me and will continue to develop and change. This design is not only unique in its form but also in its process and materials. An intersection between traditional silversmith techniques and technological advances. A back and forth between Computer-Aided Design and organic exploration through the use of 3D printed ABS, natural dye, cast sterling silver and Swarovski sponsored crystals. Reflecting the concept itself. A combination of elements that change over time being held together by history and contemporaneity.
Dimensions & Packaging: w 37mm x d 12 x h 133.5
Production Technology: This design was made through a combination of traditional silversmith techniques and materials hand in hand with contemporary processes. A combination of the organic and the predetermined results of computer-aided design.
Starting with introspection and taking that to pen and paper through sketching and moving that into 3D modelling programmes. Letting go of my control through the process by 3D printing already connected links in an industry-standard prototyping material (ABS - thermoplastic polymer) with countless failures until achieving a fully printed linked piece. Manipulating the results with organic processes such as dyeing and beading, letting the materials speak to me and following along the curves and ridges. Enhancing the texture normally seen as low quality. It was a constant exploration of the form and the boundaries of linkage. Making rubber moulds in order to make waxes of the 3D prints that could be transformed further with additive/subtractive methods. Casting those results in sterling silver through traditional casting techniques and unifying them with the 3D printed/dyed thermoplastic polymer to create a cohesive connection. Even though each piece starts with the same form, they all end up as completely unique and impossible to re-create exactly.
Inspiration: This body of work examines how one can be simultaneously drawn to places and feelings that are not always equally perceived yet naturally balanced.
They are a chiaroscuro of depth and interpretation creating a marble effect, elements combining over time, through pressure and heat, coming in and out of sight at different moments. When held together, each uniquely designed link portrays how one’s own perspective evolves and grows to exist as a whole.
THINGS ARE NOT BINARY.
They are a chiaroscuro of depth and interpretation creating a marble effect, elements combining over time, through pressure and heat, coming in and out of sight at different moments. When held together, each uniquely designed link portrays how one’s own perspective evolves and grows to exist as a whole.
Project Duration: The project started in Sept 2019 and ended in March 2020. Exhibition at the Savannah College of Art and Design cancelled due to COVID-19. Exhibited virtually.
Operation Flow: These links are 3d printed already connected so there is beautiful movement while wearing and the material makes them extremely weightless. The sterling silver adds the little bit of weight needed to remind yourself you are wearing earrings and the dye/beading is beautiful on the back so the earrings look great from all angles. It performs better because sterling silver can be easily polished and the 3D prints are easy to wipe clean if necessary.