Chapter 3 -Pod-o-type

Serendipity Prototypes: 

I created prototype pieces in copper and silver before working in platinum for the final PlatAfrica piece. For my first two prototypes of serendipity, I created a design before making final pieces, see figure 12:

Figure 13 - van der Linden, A., (2019)
Pod-o-type, design sketch

‘Pod-o-type’

The first prototype consists of a sterling silver branch with textured leaves and attached to rotating pivots are three of the copper gooseberry elements that I created beforehand. Figure 13 is an image of the Pod-o-type piece:

Figure 13 - van der Linden, A., (2019)
Pod-o-type, Copper and sterling silver