Sustainability and jewelry design
From crystals geometry to faceted gemstone drawing
Abstract
The research addresses the topic of jewelry design with a view to environmental and social sustainability, relating both to the precious materials used and to the production processes. The study, applying methods and processes of the discipline of drawing, lays the foundations for the analysis of the morphological configurations of crystal lattices, assuming the analogy of these between natural and artificial stones already known since the eighteenth century. These premises are fundamental for the definition of the possible “mutation” processes of both the raw stone produced in the laboratory and for the re-faceting of natural stones, also using of specific modeling software.
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- Krantz, F. (1895). Rheinisches Mineralien-Contor. Verlag Mineralogischer und Geologischer Lehrmittel in Bonn A.Rh
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- Oluleye, G. (2021). Environmental Impacts of Mined Diamond. Centre for Environmental Policy. Imperial College London. https://www.imperial-consultants.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Final-report-Environmental-Impacts-of-Mined-Diamonds.pdf.
- Paravia G. B. (1917). Materiali e sussidi didattici per l’insegnamento della storia naturale e dell’agraria, pubblicazione trimestrale n. 151.
- Pisacane, N., Argenziano, P. & Avella, A. (2023). Gems Geometry: From Raw Structure to Precious Stone. In L.-Y. Cheng (Ed). ICGG 2022. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics (pp. 497-508). Springer.
- Pisacane, N., Argenziano, P. & Avella, A. (2023). Modellazione parametrica delle gemme dall’Encyclopedie. Analisi geometrica e criticità morfologiche./Parametric Modeling of Gemstone from the Encyclopedie. Geometric Analysis and Morphological Problems. In M. Cannella, A. Garozzo & S. Morena (Eds). Transizioni. Atti del 44° Convegno Internazionale dei Docenti delle Discipline della Rappresentazione/Transitions. Proceedings of the 44th International Conference of Representation Disciplines Teachers (pp. 1874-1895). FrancoAngeli.
- Sangveraphunsiri V., Kankriangkrai S. & Prachya P. (2008). Development of a 3-D Solid Modeling System Based on the Parasolid Kernel for Gem Stones Faceting. In The 22nd Conference of Mechanical Engineering Network of Thailand. Pathum Thani (Thailandia), 15-17 ottobre 2008.
- Sansoni, F. (1892). Cristallografia geometrica, fisica e chimica applicata ai minerali. Hoepli.
- Steensen, N. (1669). Nicolai Stenonis de Solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus. Florentiae: ex typographia sub signo Stellae.
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2024-06-30
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Avella, A., & Pisacane, N. (2024). Sustainability and jewelry design: From crystals geometry to faceted gemstone drawing. AND Journal of Architecture, Cities and Architects, 45(1). Retrieved from https://www.and-architettura.it/index.php/and/article/view/618
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