Pure Infinity Pendant by Bettina Gomez-Latus is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Silver A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
SilverJewelry· 2020
Pure Infinity Pendant
Client: 1Karat - Atelier für Schmuck & Design - Bettina Gomez-Latus
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
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About Pure Infinity Pendant
The pendant is made of 18K red gold and a topaz with 92.14 ct. The gemstone setting and the suspension are made of a single wire. It runs from narrow to wide in an infinite loop without touching at the crossing point. The mounting of the pendant is slanted, however this allows the jewel to hang straight on a chain without tilting back or forth.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Pure Infinity Pendant is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Pure Infinity Pendant is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Pure Infinity Pendant is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
Where to Get It
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
Pure elegance, nothing but the radiance of the gemstone should attract attention.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
My main focus in designing this work was, that the clear line of metal which serves as a setting and combines purism and functionality into an object that makes the gemstone wearable as a pendant without distracting the viewer from unnecessary details.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
This pendant is unique.
However, there is already another line of drop-shaped gemstones, which we manufacture as a pendant with an infinity setting and sell as a series.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The pendant became Pure Infinity thanks to the clear, flowing border in red gold that runs around the stone without touching it. The gemstone setting and the loop are made of a single wire and follows an infinite line from narrow to wide. The delicate facet of the topaz is incorporated into the setting thus creating a never-ending impression. The suspension of the pendant is diagonal and allows the pendant to hang straight on a chain without tilting back or forth.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Pendant length: 32,5 mm, width: 56,5 mm, 18K red gold, topaz 92,14 ct. 27,8 mm x 38,4 mm x 13,4 mm.
- Tags
- Pendant, Topaz, Gold, red gold, Jewelry design, jewelry, gemstones, gold, handmade, endless, infinity
- Production Technology
- The topaz of the pendant was scanned and its setting constructed in CAD. It was then plotted in wax and cast in 18K red gold. The setting was finished at the workbench and the gemstone was busted into the setting.
- Design Challenge
- The main issues while developing the pendant was in maintaining the required tension in the gold and holding the gemstone without closing the setting entirely.
- Research
- It was necessary to examine how much the gold would move when the gemstone was set in the pendant and whether the stone would break if tension within the setting got too high. Due to the fact that the gemstone is not completely held by the setting, it was important to find out how thick and hard the wire had to be to maintain a certain tension in the gold without the gemstone fracturing during processing.
- Inspiration
- Pure elegance, nothing but the radiance of the gemstone should attract attention. The clear line of metal which serves as a setting, combines purism and functionality into an object that makes the gemstone wearable as a pendant without distracting the viewer from unnecessary details. The symbiosis between metal and stone merges. Only the colour of the red gold and the sky blue of the topaz are complementary and increase their charisma through contrasts.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2019 and ended in July 2019. The pendant was produced in Steinbach (Taunus), Germany.
- Operation Flow
- The pendant can be worn on different precious metal chains or on a leather band. Depending on the wears preference, both sides of the jewel can be worn frontally. Each side of the pendant has its own exklusiv expression.
- Image Credits
- All photos by Achim Kuest
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