Roots Of The Jewellery: Project Plan

I use the venngage program to create this project work plan. I chose one of the ready-made templates and modified it. I changed the existing images to those that I used in my previous work on Milanote board. When I selected images from my computer, they were added in their original shape, so I changed them to a circle shape to match the design of the template I had chosen. To do this, I used the editing tools available in the software. To do this, I selected the photo I wanted to change by clicking on it, and then selected from the available shapes the one that suited to my design.

 

Then briefly describe in the text box what I intend to do during the selected week of my classes. I tried to arrange the photos and text so that everything was visually clear and legible.

This is the final look of my work plan, which I have to stick to if I want to do everything on time.

Gallery Page

 

As you can see, the gallery section still has sample photos. In the near future they will be turned into my own jewelers design draws. I try to change the background to my own short video in the background but I failed. I will try to do it again. 

Create a Website: Contact Page and Social Media

In this part of the website, I decided to change social media from the already available on a website to these I consider as a necessary. For example I changed Facebook page icon for my Gmail, Pinterest icon for My Blog icon.  

I decide to leave the Instagram icon and connect it to my work from 2D3D Processing classes. 

Next, I stared editing the Contact Page area. I decide to change the background photo. I use a Unsplash page for my photo research. First I choose one with night sky and stars, but it come out to dark.

Unsplash photo 1

 

So I decided to use a lighter theme in the photo to avoid the overwhelm effect. 

Unsplash photo 2

This version turned out to be much better. I also slightly changed the shape of the button to make it more streamlined and edited the font to the same one as the rest of the text on the website. 

Next, I edit the text background the "contact me" area. I decide to change the color and filling, to make it more transparent and legible. 

This is how it looks like in the end

Creating a website: About me Page

 

My name is Aleksandra and I am a student of DMUIC located in Leicester. My goal is to study a Crafts Design in the next academic year.  I really enjoy making some crafts in my spare time. I enjoy doing things with my own hands, adding different things, mixing different styles, textures together. Just enjoin the process. 

 

The ethnic aspect is mainly presents in my creations. The inspirations to my works are the cultures and believes of native Americans.I would like to connect everything like: religious aspects, colors and the textiles they use in my ethnic jewelry projects.  

I decide to add my photo, because I read once that it gives a positive impression to the person who views our website/products. People like to associate a specific person with their work. From my own experience, I believe that it is actually a good  move. 

Next I changed the photo shape from original squire shape to round one using a tools available on the website. In the future I would like to change the photo to a more professional one. However, I really wanted to use what I have as best I can. I also added a sharper dividers at the bottom. 

This is what it looks like in the end 

Creating a website: Homepage

 This is how my Home Page looks now. I decide to change the "portfolio" into "gallery." where I will publish my works for the main projects in the future. I also change the "about." into "about me." to way it is more obvious what it is about. 

I still didn't designed my logo yet I cant change the moon shape. I am thinking of adding my projects for ethnic jewelry that I created in Milanote program to the "project." section.  I think its a pretty good idea to show what things inspired me when I creating my projects.

Building a webside creating Wix

 Today we learned about Wix. Then, we had to use it to create our own website. I chose one for myself from the already ready patterns. First, I decided to change the photos to match my jewelry project, which will be published there in the future. I chose one of my photos as the starting photo. I think it fits the context of the site quite well. I crop them using the editor available in the program's tools.

Then I changed the rest of the images on the website using images from Unsplash. I chose native-themed pictures because my jewelry designs have an ethnic character. This website has a very large variety of choices and, more importantly, using images from this website is completely legal. I think it's worth mentioning.

Once I changed that, I decided to change the font of the text. I chose a font called Kodchasan. I also changed the text size. This font is clear and transparent, which I consider an important aspect for the reader.

I also changed the shape of the vector art from a circle to a moon. I changed its size and color and added the name of my project - Roots Of The Jewellery - as text. However, I think I will put a logo there in the future.

Finally, I added a few sentences in the "about" section to explain the purpose of this page. This section is at the stage of creation, so I will systematically expand it. For my first attempt at creating a website, I think it was a very interesting and enlightening experience. Despite the intuitiveness nature of the program, many technical aspects took me more time than I imagined. However, I am convinced that with each subsequent attempt, the work will be faster and more effective.

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Copyright law

Unsplpash image

Copyright is a form of protection for every creator.

On the government website you can read detailed information on how the law applies to this in the UK. According to information read on the English government website, in order for our work to be protected, we do not have to pay for anything or register it anywhere.  For your convenience, you can additionally mark your work with a special copyright symbol (©)  but this does not affect our rights.(www.gov.uk).

Having copyright to our work gives us the opportunity to protect it from other people using our ideas and designs as their own. In this way we protect our creativity.

Depending on the type of work created, we have a different period of time for copyright protection. For example :

Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work is protected for 70 years after authors death , while Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work is protected for only 25 years after the day it was created . (ww.gov.uk) After this time, anyone can use our work without legal consequences

List from gov.uk

I can't be absolutely sure that someone won't copy my work and use it as their own, the Internet is too big for me to find everyone. However, I can make sure the person has been warned of the legal consequences of doing so. In this case I can use a note, a special symbol or a statement that will warn the person what the consequences will be.

References: 

https://www.gov.uk/copyright#:~:text=You%20get%20copyright%20protection%20automatically,work%2C%20including%20illustration%20and%20photography

https://www.gov.uk/copyright/how-long-copyright-lasts