It’s very easy to feel one has reached the limits of creativity when it comes to jewelry design. If you’re one for contemporary jewelry stypes, it’s even more common. Beads, shells and recycled materials may just not be your type of thing.
Where the human mind fails us is in our tendency to see a problem and assume defeat when there is no obvious solution. But think a little harder; what are you really tired of? Are you tired of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds or crystal? No, because you’re trying to find a way to diversify it. This means that you’re tired of their style and the limitations they bring. –Or better said, that we bring upon them.
This brings us to yet another problem with the human mind – we think along the lines we have been taught to understand in life. In terms of jewelry, we understand “Gold” to equal “expensive”, “expensive” to equal “sophistication” and “sophistication” to equal “conforming to certain expectations”. We expect every gem to be polished and every stone to be refined. Isn’t the popular high-school student always expected to be a blonde cheerleader with a footballer boyfriend? When she isn’t and he’s not, we’re perplexed; but we’re also pleasantly surprised.
My point is that if we just removed the boundaries we’ve been taught when it comes to jewelry design, we’d be able to come up with concepts like these:
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