Glueckskind Charms by Britta Schwalm is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
IronJewelry· 2018
Glueckskind Charms
Client: Glueckskind
A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #64320The Design
About Glueckskind Charms
Glueckskind charms are a promise for love: Baby Jamie cuddles up to the inside of the charm and trusts its life to the hands of the mother. The baby is laid on its back sucking its thumb. It is the mental vision of her unborn child that every pregnant woman has in her mind. The charm symbolises the unconditional mutual bond of trust between infant and mother and pays homage to this trust. Baby Sam is on top of the world, safe, healthy and happy. The wearer carries the baby with pride, presenting herself as a confident mother. The charm is a band saying: "Trust me, you are loved."
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Glueckskind Charms is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Glueckskind Charms is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Glueckskind Charms is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to symbolizing the mother-child bond in Glueckskind Charms through three distinct designs is remarkable - could you share the emotional journey that led to conceptualizing these different representations of maternal connection?
The emotional journey began with my own experiences as a mother and the deep bond I share with my son. I wanted to create jewelry that captures this connection in a way that resonates with other mothers. The three distinct designs of Glueckskind Charms reflect different facets of maternal love, from the openly displayed joy to the intimate, hidden bond that a mother feels. Each design is meant to symbolize the unique and profound connection between a mother and her child.
The naturalistic yet deliberately non-kitschy aesthetic of Glueckskind Charms stands out in contemporary jewelry design - how did you navigate the challenge of creating pieces that remain elegant while conveying such profound emotional meaning?
The challenge was to create designs that are both elegant and deeply meaningful without falling into the trap of being overly sentimental or kitschy. We achieved this by focusing on clean, simple lines and timeless forms. By keeping the baby figures gender-neutral and avoiding overly detailed facial features, we maintained a level of sophistication and universality. This approach allows the pieces to convey their emotional significance subtly and gracefully.
Your use of 3Design software and 3Shaper for Glueckskind Charms represents a fascinating blend of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology - could you elaborate on how this combination enhanced your ability to capture the delicate details of the baby forms?
Using 3Design software and 3Shaper allowed us to achieve a high level of precision and detail in the baby forms that would be challenging with traditional methods alone. These technologies enabled us to create intricate, delicate designs with exact proportions and fine details. Once the digital design was perfected, traditional goldsmith techniques were employed to bring the pieces to life, ensuring they met the high standards of craftsmanship and durability.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The charms give physical representation to a very special feeling: The deep connection between a mother and her child.
There are 3 charms:
The first charm hides a baby on the inside: when you wear it the secret is not visible to others. Only the wearer of the charm knows about the baby. The second charm is like a tiny cot for the baby - it snuggles up to the outside of the charm, as visible to everyone as charm three, which has 3 babies at the outside. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Diameter app. 12 m x 6 mm
The charms are proper, not to heavy, but also not too airy. - Tags
- ring, baby, blessed child, glueckskind, sternenkind, inner child, sternenkinder, glueckskinder, glueckskindringe, sternenkindringe
- Production Technology
- First drafts of the charms originated from sketches. Thereafter, the charms were designed with 3Design, which is a software specifically for jewelry. Additionally 3Shaper was used, which specializes in organic and figurative representations. From the data generated wax models of residue-free wax were printed, using Rapid Prototyping. These were then cast in silver. In the final stage, the charms were hand polished to ensure absolute smoothness.
- Design Challenge
- The form-language of the design is naturalistic and simple. A playful or kitschy style was deliberately avoided, to give the wearer the freedom to assign her own emotions and attitudes to the jewelry.
- Research
- The presentation of the baby is indeed authentic even it is so very very tiny. Individual facial features were deliberately avoided to ensure the symbolic character. For the same reason, the child's sex is not defined.
- Inspiration
- The charms belong to the Glueckskind-family. It is jewelry with a baby - symbolising the promise of mutual trust. The symbol of love.
The Charms are an expression of the appreciation of a child who is dear and precious to the wearer of the necklace. This appreciation can also express reminiscence of your own childhood, of one's own inner child. - Project Duration
- First pieces of Glueckskind jewelry were rings - of course with a baby in- or outside the ring. Now the charms are the next member of the little family.
Prototyypes were exhibited in Munich and in London at Paralax art fair 2016. - Operation Flow
- The charms are a way of honouring the connection and love to a child. They are a means to preserve these memories, emotionally in the heart as well as physically on the wrist or around the neck.
The rings can be made in any preferred alloy e.g. gold, platinum.
There is the possibility for customization. Two can be engraved outside. Especially in the charm with the baby on the inside offers itself to provide the outside with a gemstone. This could be a diamond or any other gemstone. - Patents
- Patented. No 402016200593-0003. Britta Schwalm, Glueckskind. 2017. Geman Patent Office München Germany.
- Team Members
- Martin Schellhas
- Image Credits
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