Texture

Test piece of texture in copper and silver plate. I'll use this texture on my platinum jewellery piece.

Design process

I decided to make another prototype, my aim was to change wings.

Fig1. This is a top view of the brooch pin that am busy making. I used copper to fly press a marquis shape, I used plastic nails on the underwing and Silver for the hard outer wing.

Fig2. This picture shows how I twisted hard outer wings. My aim was to change them so that they look different from the piece in fig3. 

Fig3. Top view of my original piece. I made this brooch pin in silver. The hard outer wings are twisted outside.

Fig4. This is a front view and you can see how wings looks like.

Brooch pin inspiration

These brooches look more elegant. I'm looking forward to trying to learn to embroider so that I can make these kinds of brooch pin with beads and crystals.

Fig1
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/345651340143236962/

Fig2
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/829154981381862217/

Fig3
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/257127459955218548/

Fig 4
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/147211481555233084/

prototype

In the pictures below It my final piece of my prototype, I was just trying to see which way look better. In fig1, the hind wings are outside whereas they supposed to be inside (findings is the one that is done in nail shape). My aim was to try and see how it gonna look like if the elyteon wings are at the centre(elytron wing is the one that is curved in the edge).

Fig2. This is the original look for my brooch pin. I'm thinking of trying to curve my electron wing in a different way.