RUDIN JEWELS: GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Working alongside RUDIN and the design studio Bodkin, I created 5 graphite illustrations depicting 5 different iconic characters from Greek mythology, based on 16th century Italian fresco paintings.
RUDIN is an ethical luxury jewellery house, influenced by children's fairy tales and fantasy literature in its collections and aesthetics.
This was an exciting project as they were looking for delicate, decorative illustrations with a strong sense of storytelling, which suited my visual language and approach to image making well.
Pictured top left to bottom right: Gigante, Galatea, The Three Graces, Eros and Anteros, Amore and Psyche.
Bodkin Studio shared an article about the importance of illustration in the RUDIN Empyrean collection. Here is an extract below:
"We often talk about building brand worlds rather than just brand assets, and this project is a good example of why. The strongest identities rarely come from one element alone. They come from the interaction between naming, concept, typography, symbol, material, image and voice. In Rudin’s case, illustration became one of the key threads that helped hold that world together.
For us, this was never about adding illustration as an extra. It was about finding the right collaborator to help express what was already there in the brand’s DNA, then carrying that through in a way that enhanced not just the identity, but the product experience itself.
Caitlin’s work brought depth to the brand world, richness to the packaging and a greater sense of rarity to Rudin’s limited-edition offering.
And that made the whole thing stronger."
There is a link below to the whole article if you'd like to read more:
A GLIMPSE OF THE ARTISTIC PROCESS: GIGANTE
Rough thumbnail sketches exploring compositional ideas for Gigante.
Pose studies and one of the line roughs.
The rough at various stages of amendments, the final design on the right.
The final graphite drawing in process, and the completed artwork.
