Often I am asked “where do you get your ideas from?” and I can honestly answer, “everywhere!”
I notice all sorts of interesting shapes, textures, and colour combinations all around. My iPhone is great for quickly capturing these images to look at later. When I sit down to design, just with pencil and paper, I look at these photos as a starting point...and then pick out the parts I want to make into jewellery designs.
The trouble is I’ve got so many ideas buzzing around in my head, I can’t draw them quick enough and then there’s deciding which colours to use!
A technique I learnt when I was employed as a designer was just draw...anything and everything! Don’t worry how you could make them or how good they are, just get those sketchy ideas onto paper. Then the next day go back to those drawings and pick out just the best ones. These will be the ones to make as a prototype.
Even when I’ve designed a piece, it can still be developed and adapted as I go along. All part of the design process.
