Glacé

Gold, the hardest test for a render

A study built from an existing jewellery brand, with no commission and no affiliation. Jewellery is the most severe test a render can face: gold has almost no colour of its own, it only reflects what surrounds it. So the work is less about the object than about its lighting environment, which is what decides whether the metal reads as precious or as plastic. Slow rotation, graded background, lighting built purely for what the surface has to return.

Self initiated project. No affiliation with the brand.