Crown Jewels

Week 4's expedition continues...

You come across a secret tomb, which belongs to the last ruling leader of this alien territory. You reach the crumbling remains of the leader and notice that scattered above it's head are the fragments belonging to their spectacular crown. Mostly the jewels have remained, the rest has disintegrated, your job is to try and reconstruct the crown/ headpiece, using the jewels collected.

TASK

Build a crown/ headpiece/ laurel incorporating the 'jewels' made in last week's class.

OBJECTIVES

Composition

Consider the visual and the material relationships between your individual elements. Consider scale relationships between your elements and visual movement around the piece.

Construction

How will it join these elements together? What form of construction is appropriate to the design of the piece? Are the jewels set into the headpiece, therefore, are you making a substrate? Or, do the jewels make up the structure themselves?

Wear-ability

This headpiece must fit/ sit on the head.

 Using cupcake sheets, I've created a nest for my shy little aliens, whilst creating layers of protection for them.

This is what I did in class, but wasn't quite happy with the outcome. The vibrant colors of the cupcake sheets flushes away the soft colors of my aliens. While it may camouflage and protect my fury aliens, it does not make them stand out on the crown. I want my jewels standing proud on the leader's crown!!! As should any normal crown jewels are cherished... 

So, I've decided to use white cupcake sheets (varies from big, medium, small), mixed with the occasional tint of vibrant colored cupcake sheets. My headpiece is attached to a wire-formed headband for it to sit firmly on the head.

...CROWN...