Untitled by Tusheeta David

In contrast to traditional precious metal, the unglamorous ubiquity of plastics and its availability in a wide range of colours led me to explore its properties further. Colour is very crucial to my design aesthetics, and I combine hand-dyed bright colours with fluorescent acrylic. My work explores the play of light in the material, thus exploiting its properties of edge-lighting and transparency.
I am inspired by the mystery that highly microscopic images convey - a sense of wonder of a parallel life veiled beneath perceived existence. I use these images from nature to create highly magnified digital patterns using CAD. Thermoforming techniques assist me in creating simple yet sensuous forms in acrylic which act as the canvas for these elaborate patterns.  In my designs I use existing laser technology in a new context. The result is an exciting symbiosis of colour, form, material and technology.

My jewellery expresses explorations of sculptural form, colour and pattern with a visually stunning theatricality of scale and flamboyance.