Domestic Forms is a small, solo jewelry campaign produced during my final semester at Rochester Institute of Technology. The campaign includes ten silver pieces, a printed lookbook, and forty supporting renders. All jewelry was fabricated and is on display at RIT alongside the physical book. The project explores reclaiming old spaces once lived in, and the idea that “home” travels with you, not only where you reside. Many designs were inspired by familiar domestic objects.

PROCESS

Every model began in 3D using subdivision or sculpting workflows. Approximately three-quarters of the pieces were cast at RIT using a kiln and centrifugal caster; the remaining quarter were outsourced to professional local casting houses to meet deadlines and achieve a level of quality difficult to reach with university resources. All bench work, including sprue removal, filing, soldering, sanding, and polishing was done by hand across the entire collection.

I developed three production scripts that were used extensively throughout the project. First, a mesh-prep tool that uses VDB remeshing to combine parts into a single closed body, then poly-reduces to ~25k–50k faces and scales to final size for printing and rendering. Second, an RTV-mold generator that builds a mold box from any jewelry model with specified wall thickness and box dimensions, and lets me place sprues directly by clicking on the model. Third, a render utility that generates orthographic views for each piece and applies a procedural metal material for quick yet professional renders.