nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
all images courtesy of nervous system

 

 

 

folium is a new generative jewelry series by nervous system that is based on the algorithmic structures of plants and algae. each piece is one of a kind, a specimen of a new hypothetical plant species. free from the constraints of biology and physics, the designs can exhibit forms and patterns impossible in nature. they are constructed from a multistage digital growth process using I-systems, which are used to model recursive branching structures, like those seen in trees, and also spatial colonization algorithms. this process yields diverse results both in overall shape and texture. each specimen demonstrates a unique and dynamic interplay between its outer and inner growth systems with the result that no two shapes or patterns are alike. folia are available as necklaces and earrings. each item is photochemically etched from a thin sheet of stainless steel and measures approximately 2 x 2 inches.

 

 


‘folium’
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nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
folium pendant on model 

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
the range of folium pendants have natural variations that are generated form families of patterns

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
the fine details of folium are achieved with photochemical etching in stainless steel

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
a gold folium pendant on model

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
folium with gold plating

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
examples of the range of exterior shapes

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
examples of the range of interior network patterns

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
similar patterns are exhibited by street grids (London), leaf veins, cracking patterns, and river deltas (Lena Delta)

 

 

nervous system creates folium algorithmic jewelry
based on forms in plants and seaweed, specifically the interaction between the leaf shape and internal vascular structure

 

 

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