New large scale bubble neckpiece made from Alumnide – a grey nylon and aluminium mix with a lovely matt, flecked sparkly finish. Teamed with rock crystal beads and a silver magnetic catch to create a show stopping piece of jewellery, available to order at our Boutique.
Images below of the installations in Tiffany&Co’s windows as part of the ‘Street Lights’ project in conjunction with Vogue magazine and Royal College of Art alumni. The theme for my installations was optical effects, placing the jewellery in chambers which reflected and enhanced their beauty, which rotated slowly casting out colored light and patterned shadows.
Bubble is inspired by the transient, beguiling and complex structures of soap bubbles. Foam structures are mimicked using generative techniques – using software (Jenn 3D) to digitally generate mathematical patterns in a controlled manner. The results are rapid prototyped and cast into precious metals to create a distinctive collection of fine jewellery. Items from the Bubble collection available to buy ...
Grow What happens when inanimate objects develop their own life force? Using generative digital techniques, natural phenomena such as crystallisation, Fibonacci sequences and breeding were applied to archetypal objects and made tangible with rapid prototyping. The results have the feel of the uncanny – familiar objects in familiar patterns yet juxtaposed in an unfamiliar way, self generating and mutating. ...
Decided is was a good idea to get to grips with Processing and make a simple shape grammar generator. These are some of the results!
Butterfly and insect wings, are abstracted into graphic patterns with an emphasis on repeating pattern, line and negative space, the resulting patterns are etched into silver and constructed with tradition jewellery techniques. Finally, plique -a-jour resin brings colour and light into the pieces.
Come and visit the new Lynne MacLachlan Boutique!
My work is featured in Frame magazine this month as part of an article on the LabCraft exhibition. And above all very pleased to be described with the adjective ‘young creative’!
My large neckpiece is featured in an article about craftsmanship in the Walpole yearbook – an organisation that promotes the British luxury industry.