National Institute of design has a fantastic provision of "open electives" in which students are open to choose ANY of the modules offered irrespective of their streams of studies.
My open elective was
We were given the brief to design a fountain pen, adhering to some theme, which has some characteristics to elevate its market value( in simple terms, increase its cost ). This characteristic could be its genuineness, uniqueness,handwork,concept... etc.
I made a fountain pen out of rosewood. It was a nice experience working in the workshops. I made the carvings with hand,searched the entire market for a few days for just a small green colored bead... which i did not got till end !
My theme was INDIAN OCEAN. The characteristics which I tried to hightlight through my pen are as follows-
I initially wanted to show the above stated characteristics in acrylic, but found that it was not feasible to work with acrylic for 3 reasons-
My open elective was
We were given the brief to design a fountain pen, adhering to some theme, which has some characteristics to elevate its market value( in simple terms, increase its cost ). This characteristic could be its genuineness, uniqueness,handwork,concept... etc.
I made a fountain pen out of rosewood. It was a nice experience working in the workshops. I made the carvings with hand,searched the entire market for a few days for just a small green colored bead... which i did not got till end !
My theme was INDIAN OCEAN. The characteristics which I tried to hightlight through my pen are as follows-
I initially wanted to show the above stated characteristics in acrylic, but found that it was not feasible to work with acrylic for 3 reasons-
