Silvia Weidenbach is an award-winning jeweller, who combines traditional manufacturing methods with modern techniques. She pushes the limits of 3D printing, creating unique and intriguing items of jewellery. Silvia spoke to us about her career and various items of her work, she also touched upon some interesting points about her design process.

Silvia made an emphasis on how she has no fear of failure as its all about the process. This is something I'd aspire to achieve as sometimes I get carried away worrying if a concept/idea will actually work. As a designer allowing yourself to keep an open mind and not fear the uncertainty of a project but more importantly embrace it is something I think comes with experience. Another point that Silvia touched upon was that if something doesn't work then don't discard it but keep it as a source of inspiration. This is a key lesson I've learnt throughout my time at university, sometimes the best ideas stem from the failure of others. 

Throughout Silvia's talk, she showed us various pieces of her work, shown below is an item she made in collaboration with Tobias Klein. She makes the most of additive manufacturing methods to produce extremely complex and detailed designs. This complexity contrasts heavily with traditional jewellery and is the main reason it stands out to me. To tackle the view of plastic is cheap, Silvia renames the material she used for this piece 'moon dust'. I think this is a very good idea as it removes prejudgment and matches the mysterious design.