Design

I am creating a jewellery piece that needs to relate to the built environment and is both aesthetically pleasing and functional. After thinking about all the different types of jewellery pieces such as earrings, necklaces, braclets, armbands, brooches, etc, I decided I wanted to make my adornment an armband.

I then had to decide how I was going to make my jewellery piece relate to the built environment. After researching different builings, structures, and bridges, I was inspired by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Did you know?

• The Golden Gate Bridge is painted red but called golden because of the sun
• Its steel cables are long enough to circle the world 3 times!
• It is the most photographed bridge in the entire world
• It took just over 4 years to build