David Adamson Designer Jewelry

The jewelry industry has seen a veritable flood of new technologies in recent years-from CAD/CAM to laser welders and pulse arc welders.  And after a tentative start, jewelry designers have begun to embrace them.

The result has been designs both simple and sophisticated, clumsy attempts and elegant results. Critics have derided the new technologies for producing jewelry that's sterile or amateur, while proponents argue that various technologies will forever change the way we make jewelry.

As in so many things, the truth lies somewhere in between. It is perhaps unsurprising that the first forays into using new technologies produced mostly simple designs, as artists concentrated on mastering the new techniques involved. But as the level of technological expertise has increased, the designs have become more sophisticated-and artists have begun expanding the boundaries of jewelry design.

Technology is providing today's jewelry designers with the tools to create pieces once possible only in their imaginations.

For some artists, the addition of a new technology opens their eyes and brings a new design direction to light. I credit CAD/CAM as the inspiration for many new and innovative designs never before possible. Built upon my trademarked “David Adamson Creations”, new ideas came to me as I was experimenting with those earlier designs in the Rhino Gold software.  The very possibilities new technologies offer can be a source of design inspiration. Exploring the possibilities of a new tool often leads to new design ideas that would not have occurred otherwise.  Sometimes a design or idea will lead me to learn and explore a new technique in order to accomplish that vision. And conversely, there are other times when playing with a new tool leads me into new design areas.

New technologies can also be applied to old processes to give the artist freedom to experiment. I have found that the unique qualities of the laser welder and the pulse arc welder have made approach to design more practical.  The technology allows me to change my mind on a design, I tend to design by the seat of my pants. I don't draw my concepts very well, so I usually work with an idea and see where it takes me.

New technologies have also allowed jewelry designers to create pieces they might once have shelved as too difficult or even impossible.  I became interested in CAD/CAM because of the increased level of detail I could incorporate into my designs.  The level of detail I'm capable of achieving now simply can't be done by hand.  I used to make tie tacks with fancy lettering and I was really incapable of creating the letters in high enough detail with saw blade and file. Now I'm able to produce true 3-D objects with lots of details.

With their artistic sensibilities honed by other fields, jewelers often bring a fresh perspective to design.  We are not constrained by the traditional jewelry boundaries of either technique or design.

As new technologies open up design possibilities to jewelry veterans and draw new talent into the arena, the boundaries of jewelry design are likely to be expanded further.  But, it isn't the technologies that will create those new designs-it's the people who use them.

As even those skilled in the new technologies point out, technology is just a tool; it can't replace a talented designer with vision. However, it can-and is-expanding the limits of what's possible for that talent to create.

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