Lunar Rain: Designing the Strawberry Mouse Necklace
Lunar Rain: Designing the Strawberry Mouse Necklace by Melissa Chen
Here is a video of my design painting process for my Strawberry Mouse Perfume Bottle Necklace design for Lunar Rain. When I think of a new design idea, I first paint the idea in watercolour on paper. This painting is then used as reference to create the final piece of jewellery.
When designing the Strawberry Mouse Perfume Bottle Necklace, I wanted to create something that was cute, beautiful, wearable and usable. As an expansion on the previous mouse idea I created, The Mouse Who Ate Too Much Cheese Pill Box Pendant, I decided to design a strawberry mouse. And since strawberries can be deliciously fragrant, I thought that it would be ideal for a perfume bottle design. When designing this idea, I again played with polished and matte gold surfaces, using the shiny surfaces to highlight certain areas of the piece. Looking at the final piece, the shiny curves of the tail stem and the little round ears look super cute to me. The choice of rose gold instead of our usual yellow gold also makes it look very strawberry like.
A picture of the watercolour design painting for the Strawberry Mouse Perfume Bottle Necklace by Melissa Chen.
See the finished work of art below. The Strawberry Mouse Perfume Bottle Necklace is made of solid 18k rose gold with sapphire eyes.
Love cute mice? Take a look at our Cheese Mouse design!
Lunar Rain is a Canadian jewellery and art brand based in Vancouver, Canada. We ship worldwide and specialize in making fine jewellery and art inspired by nature.
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We currently have 5 collections:
Full Fathom Five – A collection inspired by sunken treasure and the sea.
Earthly Delights – Fantastical jewels inspired by nature, food and other earthly pleasures.
Gothic Romance – Jewellery inspired by gothic art, fashion and literature.
Celestial Dreams – Jewellery inspired by the stars and galaxies above and heavenly deities.
All The Devils Are Here – A darker collection inspired by witchcraft, hell, monsters and memento mori jewellery.
