Victoria Walker

Design Process

Victoria Walker creates kinetic pendants that resemble seedpods and flowers. Each of these pendants have a special symbolic meaning connected to the type of flower or pod that the pendant resembles (Walker, 2018). Walker goes out into her environment for design inspiration. On walks, walker collects interesting flowers, plants and seedpods which she stores in her studio (Victoria Walker Jewellery, 2017). After collecting design matter, she disassembles each structure so that she can observe the construction of the object (Victoria Walker Jewellery, 2017). Walker also uses the matter that she has collected to create drawings to help her in the construction of prototype pieces (Victoria Walker Jewellery, 2017). After she has created working prototypes in copper, she then creates final pieces from precious metals (Victoria Walker Jewellery, 2017). These techniques help her to accurately observe and understand the natural object that she wishes to recreate in metal (Victoria Walker Jewellery, 2017).

Pictured below are images of Walker's making process, First Walker will sketch the plant used for inspiration, she will then create a copper prototype of the jewel: 

Figure 11 – Walker, V. Constable, N., Victoria Walker
Jewellery, Frame: 01:13. [ONLINE]¹¹

Figure 10 – Walker, V. Constable, N., Victoria
Walker Jewellery, Frame: 01:00. [ONLINE]¹⁰