4 C Juweliersware Versameling by Hanna Korhonen

4 C Juweliersware Versameling by Hanna Korhonen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Brons in Juweliersontwerp Competition Category.

BronsJuweliersware· 2022

4 C Juweliersware Versameling

by Hanna Korhonen

Client: Hanna K Design & Jewellery

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Juweliersware Category

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The Design

About 4 C Juweliersware Versameling

Boekteks: 4C is 'n juweliersware versameling van halssnoere en oorbelle gemaak van herwinne sterlingsilwer. Die stukke vertoon diamant-omtrekke in plaas van egte stene, wat 'n etiese en ekologiese alternatief vir egte diamante bied. Die vorms word geskep met 3D-modellering, wasdruk en verlore-was-giet, en word dan met die hand saamgestel en afgewerk. Vier snitte word ingesluit: briljant, prinses, marquise en peer. Gepoleerde, mat patina en verguide afwerkings voeg kontras by en beklemtoon die driedimensionele vorm van elke stuk.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

4 C Juweliersware Versameling is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat 4 C Juweliersware Versameling 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. 4 C Juweliersware Versameling bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 4C jewellery collection provides a new way to wear diamonds and acts as an ecological and ethical alternative to genuine diamonds and their sparkle and status.

The diamonds in the collection are made with 3D-technology to resemble the outlines of different gem cuttings created with precise mathematics and technique, and show the beauty which is usually left unseen.

There are four different cuts; brilliant, princess, marquise and pear, and a limited edition heart cut.

The different finishes; mirror polish and matte patina or gilding, provide contrast to highlight three-dimensionality of the collection.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length of the necklace chain 800 mm. Sterling silver chain is 2.3 mm thick anchor chain. Optional omega chain length 450 mm and thickness 1.8 mm.

For example brilliant large "diamond" Width 35 mm x Depth 20 mm x Height 35, small "diamond" Width 10.5 mm x Depth 6 mm x Height 10.5 mm.

The 4C jewellery collection comes in the classic Hanna K Design & Jewellery box with a logo. Materials: carton, suede. Colours: black, rose gold.
Tags: diamond, diamond jewellery, statement jewellery, silver, jewellery, necklace, gemstone, ethical, controversy, gala jewellery
Production Technology: Design was created with 3D-modeling, high resolution wax printing, and lost wax casting in recycled sterling silver, made by advanced professionals. It's assembly; soldering, filing and sanding, and finishing; polishing, matte finishing, gilding and patina, is made by hand with traditional goldsmith work.

The 3D-technique was chosen to support the idea behind the jewellery collection; precise gem and diamond cutting practise.
Design Challenge: The design challenge was to create jewellery which is beautiful and delicate by itself but at the same time would play as a conversation starter about ethical and ecological aspects. The design provides light and shadow in its finishing to support this point.

The realization challenge for me was to step out from my comfort zone and instead of creating jewellery collection by hand I was to choose computer aided 3D technology, which offers the perfect tools for this project. Accurate enough 3D wax printing technology had entered in the industry just in time.
Research: Project began as wire jewellery tests made first in metals and paper. Accurate 3D wax printing entered in the industry to create precise models and print as wax to cast them in silver.

Details in gem cutting is the hidden gem in the industry. At the same time ethical perspective of gems is the talking point in our field. The 4C collection points an ethical view for this and shows the beauty of the diamond cuts by four most familiar cuts. 4C is a statement piece for the user and the designer.
Inspiration: The name of the 4C collection comes from the components that affect the value of the diamond: cut, carat, colour and clarity.

Stripping a prestigious and valuable diamond into a wire pattern puts it in a new light. The removal of the sparkle gives space to the shape and the jewellery becomes a very graphic object, the inner and outer surface of which can be viewed at the same time.

Ethical and ecological aspects of the diamond industry are the talking point right now. 4C collection are jewellery with diamonds without diamonds. This is my statement piece.
Project Duration: The project started in the beginning of 2017 with the first necklace and earring set. The whole collection, four different necklaces and a dozen different earrings, was finished in September 2020 in Kuopio, Finland.
Operation Flow: 4C necklace is a long, solid chain with a small and large diamond pendant. Small diamond connects the chain which works without a lock. The necklace is put on easily just by hanging it around one's neck.

Individual pendants in omega chain have a silver carabiner lock in the chain.

Different versions can be used separately or layered for a more prestigious gala styled look.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Hanna K Design & Jewellery Oy, Hanna Korhonen, 2020
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Teemu Töyrylä, Studio Töyrylä, 4C collection, 2020
Images #2-5: Photographer Hanna Korhonen, Hanna K Design & Jewellery Oy, 2020
Images #4-5: Hanna K Design & Jewellery Oy, 2020