Parsha Gerayesh

Traditionally glasses frames are composed of multiple components, screws, arms, frontals, nose pads and, if an acetate frame, a metal skeleton to provide structure. This project explored the idea of simplifying the number of component parts required by developing a construction method to see if it was possible to create a frame and temples from one continuous piece of material, while maintaining the fundamental characteristics of a pair of glasses.

To be able to achieve the desired form in which the arms are a tightly wound spring-like construction able to maintain stability but also to fold as a standard hinged arm would, it was necessary to use and adapt cnc wire bending technology typically used in spring manufacturing, exploring the idea of adapting an existing manufacturing process for an alternative product.

The nature of this process involves a length of wire that is fed through the machine and bent at a continuous desired angle. Using a single length of wire from one end of the glasses arm to another makes it is very easy to create a bespoke sized frame by simply adjusting the amount of wire used.