Designing Value
Material Agency and Value in Jewellery Design
Can value be designed, or does it already exist within a material or an object?
This artistic research project explores how value can emerge through material exploration, jewellery design, and making. Working with overlooked natural materials, the project investigates how material agency, material transformation, and the existing qualities of a material can influence the design process and contribute to new forms of value. View Project
Calligraphy as Jewellery
Transforming Written Language into Wearable Form
How can written language be transformed into a contemporary jewellery form?
This artistic research project explores the transformation of calligraphy from written language into wearable form. Through gold jewellery design and making, the project investigates the relationship between language, visual form, cultural meaning, and material expression. View Project
Timeless Keepsake
Victorian Style Pendant as Personal Narrative
How can personal memory and family identity be translated into a wearable object through bespoke jewellery?
This project explores the transformation of a family narrative into a handcrafted keepsake. Commissioned to mark the birth of twins, the pendant combines Victorian-inspired portraiture, symbolic detailing, and a complete digital-to-handcrafted workflow — from modelling in Matrix and ZBrush to casting, stone setting, and laser engraving — to create an object that carries memory, identity, and emotional attachment. View Project
A Necklace for a Grandmother’s Memory
Transforming an Inherited Object into Wearable Form
How can jewellery preserve emotional connection by transforming a meaningful personal object into a new wearable form?
Commissioned for a client whose grandmother was living with severe memory loss, this project reinterpreted an inherited ring into a new necklace. Rather than reproducing the original, the design placed its exact form at the centre of a composition inspired by an angel with open wings, allowing memory and emotional attachment to continue through transformation. View Project
A Personal Name as Wearable Form
Typography, Sculpture, and Identity in Jewellery
How can a personal name be transformed into a sculptural jewellery form that carries identity beyond written language?
Developed in collaboration with the client, this pendant translates the name Mehrnoosh into a sculptural female figure. Rather than treating the name as lettering alone, the project merged typography and form into a single visual language, exploring femininity, grace, and inner strength through material and structure. View Project
Takhti Wrestling Cup Medals
Commemorative Design between Representation and Production
How can a commemorative medal balance historical representation, manufacturability, and material quality in large-scale production?
Commissioned by the Iranian Wrestling Federation for the Takhti Wrestling Cup, this project developed the official medals from digital relief modelling to final casting and electroplating. The work investigated how portrait, surface, and production decisions shape both symbolic identity and technical performance. View Project
Imperial Commemorative Coins
Historical Symbols in Contemporary Metalwork
How can ancient Persian visual symbols be reinterpreted through contemporary jewellery and metalworking practice?
This project reinterprets the Lion and Sun emblem and the Faravahar through digital modelling, casting, and hand-patination in silver. Rather than producing historical replicas, the work explores how relief, surface, and material finishing can re-articulate cultural narratives as newly crafted artefacts. View Project
Silver Perfume Cap for Masihzad
Jewellery Methodology beyond Adornment
How can jewellery design methods extend beyond personal adornment to shape luxury product identity?
Commissioned by the luxury brand Masihzad, this project translated jewellery design principles into the form of an exclusive perfume bottle cap. Through digital modelling and silver prototyping, the work examined how craftsmanship, proportion, and material presence can communicate brand identity beyond traditional jewellery. View Project