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In this creative research, how to record the stages of life worth remembering was explored. The author has a romantic personality. She keeps meticulous records of and reviews major and minor events in life. She understands her love and yearning for wedding events. Therefore, she further adopted a romantic approach, hoping to explore the existence of weeding symbols and studying newlyweds’ choices of jewelry to wear throughout the process of recording the important stages of their lives. The wearer’s recognition and expectations were hoped to be reached, which enabled the author to put her romantic ideas into practice. In life, love is a complex and powerful force. It contains many kinds of emotions. Newlyweds meet, fall in love, and join together. They are witnessed at a wedding ceremony to become husband and wife. The ceremonial symbols including weeding ring, bridal gown, bridal headpiece, etc. Based on the symbolic meanings of flowers, the author created bridal headpiece and brooch jewelry used in western weddings. In the creative research scope, the headdress work series corresponds to the symbolic elements of the “Victorian period”, such as flowers, plants, etc. The brooch work series corresponds to the elements of the “Art Nouveau period”. In addition to the flowers, organic lines were also added to create a lively and romantic vibe. For the craft implementation part, laser cutting was first applied to perform technical assistance, followed by metalworking production to complete the wedding jewelry work series. The works were partially embellished with cubic zirconia and computerized embroidery to add color to the works in addition to the original brass material. Through the author’s creative plan, people are expected to have their unique way of recording the stages of life and present the romantic blueprints in their hearts through craft creation. In the creation of wedding jewelry design, flower and plant elements were used. The symbol and blessing of “floriography” were given. In this creative project, two work series were completed. The “one heart series” consists of ten pieces of bridal headpiece jewelry; the “inseparable” series consists of paired sets, 20 pieces of brooch jewelry in all. It is hoped that newlyweds wearing the works will be given blessings.
Keywords: Romance, Wedding, Wedding Jewelry, Symbol, Machine Embroidery
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