Comparative Analysis

Comparing Two Pendants: Chamber Heart Locket by Thomas Mann and Phoenix Pendant by Tom Ferreror

Chamber Heart Locket

1.shape - heart shaped, rough

2. Industrial look, constructed/deconstructed – large undisguised hinge draws attention to the mechanical nature of this pendant, it has workable moveable parts

3. surface - stamped, simple sun burst shape, matt finish

4. universal inspiration – the heart appears as an element of design around the world

5. piston-shaped bale, plays with idea of heavy industry,  idea of mechanical movement , mechanisms, machines, I think that this bale allows the heart to be flipped over, hiding the clasp which allows one to open up the heart or keep it closed

6. concept – love, the heart, locking ones heart, secrets of the heart

 Phoenix Pendant

1. shape – external frame perfectly round, wedge-shaped cut-out piece, small , intensely coloured faceted stone attached to inside of top part of frame, so that stone stands out into cut out area of the piece

2. Fine, decorative, feminine, delicacy

3. surface - roll pressed pattern, intricate, finely finished, clean

4. middle eastern/ Arabian inspiration (phoenix story)

5. double jump-ring bale, only side-ways movement on up and down the chain

6. concept – the phoenix myth, rising from the ashes of destruction, determination, purification, hope, rebirth

Both

1.       use of white and yellow metals, draws attention to the different parts of each design – emphasising the industrial feel of Mann’s piece and drawing attention to the stone and cutaway part of Ferreror’s pendant

2.       hung on factory-made chain, not manufactured by hand