Different Jewelry Box Aestetics

Main project

For my main project, I will be trying something outside of my comfort zone. I will be attempted a traditional Galician aesthetic. Now I am aware that is seemingly random. However, this is because I plan on making a jewelry box in the shape of a Galician Horreo for my girlfriend who is Galician.

Galicia is a region in the northwest of Spain where they speak there own language, and live in a really humid, wet climate, closer to say Scotland than Andalusia.

Figure 1: Galicia on a map

Figure 2: Galician Horreo

I will take this overall shape and try to convert it into a jewelry box. You might be wondering what is it? Well it is a grain storage device used by Galician farmers. They have slits around them for airflow but don’t let any water in thus letting the grain dry. Most have crosses on them since Spain is very Catholic and a lot were built around churches. The Horreo is on stilts, or pegollos, because the stilts are used as “mice stompers” to keep out rodents.

Alternative Aestetics

Alternatively, I could construct the jewelry box in different aesthetics.

Figure 3: Floral aesthetic jewelry box

Figure 4: Gaudi inspired jewelry box

The floral inspired jewelry box tries to imitate a potted plant or flower. It would have a drawer in the pot of the flower and have different petals where you could place rings on, or hang earrings from different holes. This is nothing like a traditional Galician aesthetic but it does follow the aesthetic of a flower which could easily be in a bedroom, and therefore fit in quite nicely.

The Gaudi inspired jewelry box follows the curvy, natural lines that many of Gaudis works are known for. I’m not sure how possible this jewelry box would be for me however, as the woodworking is incredibly difficult. This box could be 3D printed, but Im not sure how good it would look.

I am not sure which aesthetic I like more. I enjoy the idea of a Galician Horreo as it has sentimental value, however, I do like the idea of having a drawer in a potted plant, or the beautiful lines of a Gaudi inspired jewelry box.

 

Citations

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_%28Spain%29

[2]https://www.polyglottando.com/?p=979