Maya Stein - Global Design Graduate Show Award
Maya Stein (Israel)
Designer biography:
Education
• Bachelor of Design (Jewelry) | 2017-2021 | Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
Employment Experience
• 2021 – current: Administration and projects assistant, Shenkar College
• 2021: Yayoi Kusama exhibition installation team, Tel Aviv Museum
Exhibitions
• 2021: “How to Sew a Future”, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
• 2020: “Intuiton”, collaborative project of Eretz Israel Museum and Department of Jewelry Design at Shenkar
Competions:
• 2022: Artsthread - being shortlisted for the 2022 Global Design Graduate Exhibition in collaboration with Gucci
Collection concept: Sol Invictus- jewelries that move and change their shape when exposed to heat
The formal aesthetic of Sol Invictus (Latin for "eternal sun") is inspired by the process of photosynthesis, during which the light and heat of the sun causes plants to produce oxygen and their cell to develop, proliferate, move, and pigmentate.
When exposed to heat, the jewelries change their shape, thanks to their nitinol-made framework. I used nitinol that undergone specific thermal treatment, causing it to “remember” a desired shape and return to it when the temperature is warm enough. The texture and colors are inspired by structures and pigments found in real plants, applied to the objects by knitting colorful copper wires. The project emphasizes the relationship between the wearer and nature and the connection to the sun, while referencing light and shadow.
Materials: silver, nitinol, dyed copper wire
MayaStein_earrings_ green_2021_ silver_nitinol_copperwire_25x12cm
MayaStein_Necklace_ purple_2021_ silver_nitinol_copper wire_40x15cm
MayaStein_ring_orange_2021_ silver_nitinol_copperwire_10x7cm
MayaStein_ring_pink_2021_ silver_nitinol_copperwire_13x5cm