Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings by Teong Yan Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 Silver A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
SilverJewelry· 2019
Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings
by Teong Yan Ni
Client: Ivy Teong
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #76364The Design
About Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings
Daisy's are composite flowers with two flowers combined into one, an inner section and an outer petal section. It symbolizes the intertwining of two representing true love or the ultimate bond. The design blends in the uniqueness of the daisy flower allowing the wearer to wear the Blue Daisy in multiple ways. The choice of blue sapphires for the petals are to emphasize inspiration for hope, desire and love. Yellow sapphires chosen for the central flower petal engulfs the wearer to feel a sense of joy and pride giving the wearer complete serenity and confidence in displaying its elegance.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings 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. Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings 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. Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The main principle, idea and inspiration behind my design was from the flower daisy. The reason I chose blue is blue is more rare than pink and peach daisies.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
My main focus in designing my work are femininity and versatility. I want this piece to be appear feminine and flexible as to be able to wear differently at different occasions. Also, uneven shapes of the petals.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
My future plan is to publicize my design and to pitch company whom needed my services.
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to transforming the classic daisy motif in the Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings into a versatile piece speaks to modern jewelry needs - could you elaborate on how you developed this concept of interchangeability while maintaining the elegant aesthetic?
Some people may think flower design is pretty common, however, blue daisy is uncommon in my country. In modern living people lives with many choices, occasions and styles. Multiple usage is one of my main ideas so that once it is interchange it gives a fresh look. It also easy to go well with different apparel and fashion style. It is rather fun too. A piece a jewelry is not only jewelry but it is also an expression. In various ways you wear it, that represent your mood or expression on that day. Whether to be classical, to be vibrant or to be versatile. When I started researching about this idea, I work out a mold first I play around before any development. I also wanted it to be elegant and lively, to give some 3D look and feel. By working on the technical part from the back because I want it to look hidden from the front, we can tweak the design by maintaining the beauty.
The Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings feature an intriguing combination of blue and yellow sapphires - what inspired your choice of these specific gemstones and how do they contribute to the emotional narrative you aimed to create?
The blue and yellow color from the daisy is the best contrast and why I chosen blue sapphire and yellow sapphire is because they are tough but not hardest. Just like the nature of daisy, feminine but strong. Not the hardest stone like diamond I will choose because hardest can mean stubborn and for a feminine flower like daisy a hint of strength is their character. People associate blue to more masculine behaviour but my blue daisy design in not entirely masculine, but achieving charm and elegant yet extraordinary with the contrast.
In developing the Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings, you faced technical challenges with the connector and hook design - could you share the journey of perfecting these mechanisms while ensuring they remained practically invisible?
I would say how to hide the hook and connector is a main issue. I work around the thickness and length and also curve. Numerous trials have been done to see if it easily falls off, break or visible from the front. After adding the earrings from dangle become stud, I need to consider the weight too. Therefore, the size butterfly back to hold the earrings is equally an important factor.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Blue Daisy is a hand fabricated piece meant for elegant, versatile though it may sound technical but a feminine one. One of the methods is to wear for both earrings as dangling. Another method is to wear as stud only. The last method is one earring wear as stud and the other side as dangle. It suits wearer whom like to mix and match or wear at different occasions. The choices of gems are blue sapphire for petals and yellow sapphires at the center with white metal for ring which in contrast. The petals were made unequal to make the design more alive as it is floating.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Height of bail 15mm, weight of bail 0.85gram, height of first daisy 30mm, weight of first daisy 1.63gram, height of second daisy 30mm, weight of second daisy 1.6gram
- Tags
- versatile jewelry, multifunctional jewelry, blue daisy jewelry, blue daisy earrings
- Production Technology
- Number of sketches were made for design elements such as size, shape, arrangement and practicality. I also used clay and paper cut to assist me better. Discussions between manufacturer, checking result or progress at every stage was utmost important for accuracy, good workmanship and common understanding.
- Design Challenge
- The most challenging was the technical part of the connector and hook whereby it must be practical, and yet unnoticeable. And consider the weight and the dangle effect on ears. Traditional butterflies stud didn’t apply, instead round stud with add on circle was created to avoid droopy earrings. Couple of trial and errors made and communication to manufacturer also has taken up some time.
- Research
- Firstly, to check the characteristic of the flower such as the petals, colors and composites. Actual flowers and pictures were gathered. Then, ratio and size of the flower was taken. Multiple sketches were made in order to translate it into jewelry. Other than basic tools, clay was used for initial concept and changes. It then translated into wax carving as a model before fabricated it to the shapes and form. Technical part such as size, weight, hook, tail and flexibility were also tested to ensure meeting the versatility yet modelling blue daisy without compromising the practicality.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration was from blue daisy flower which the color is rare, unique and mystic in compare to pink or peach daisies. Imagined the daisy is dangling. Flower on ear lope can be seen as old-fashioned but not it can be trendy too. First, just only wear the earrings stud for casual and simplicity. Second, hook on the daisies to each side of the earrings stud. Lastly, hook on both daisies to one side of the earrings stud only. The earrings was created for flexibility and different outcomes.
- Project Duration
- This piece started in June 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and ended August 2018.
- Operation Flow
- Blue Daisy is meant for multifunctional or interchangeable. From casual to more luxury feel at different occasions. It is very simple to operate. Just hook onto one another from a tiny tail hidden behind. No pressure is needed. It is safe to wear as the tail was designed with the flow of the outer shape with certain length requirement. To remove simply follow the flow to unhook.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Teong Yan Ni, 2019 (AR2019001780)
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