Happiness Брошка, Медальон by Xiaojie Hu

Happiness Брошка, Медальон by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Бронзова награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на бижута Competition Category.

БронзБижута· 2022

Happiness Брошка, Медальон

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

Бронзова награда A' Design Award Winner in Бижута Category

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The Design

About Happiness Брошка, Медальон

„Щастие“ е бижу, което може да се носи като брошка или като медальон. Дизайнът изобразява сврака до бамбук – два мотива, свързани в източната култура с късмет и благороден характер. Свраката е изработена по традиционната клоазоне техника, която придава на птицата богати цветове и текстури. Бамбукът е изработен от злато и сребро и е инкрустиран с диаманти и изумруди. Всяка стъпка е извършена ръчно, включително обработката на тел, глазирането, многократното изпичане при висока температура и шлифоването. Целта е да се внесе традиционен занаят в съвременното бижутерско изкуство.

The Recognition

About the Бронзова награда A' Design Award

Happiness Брошка, Медальон е носител на Бронзовата награда A' Design Award — високо престижно признание, присъждано на изключителни дизайни, които се отличават с творчество, изобретателност и проницателност. Бронзовите победители са изобилно умели и поразително творчески артефакти, които удостоверяват богатия опит, въображение и находчивост на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Happiness Брошка, Медальон да бъде високо ценен, възхищаван и обичан предмет, забележително професионален и иновативен. Този дизайн, спечелил Бронзовата награда A' Design Award, включва най-добрите практики в изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите и е отличен с вниманието си към детайла. Happiness Брошка, Медальон великолепно удовлетворява нуждите, докосва желанията, очарова чувствата и привлича любопитството.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The artist integrates the traditional cloisonne craft into the jewelry design, making the design more modern while retaining the traditional Oriental characteristics, and striving to make efforts for the inheritance and development of the traditional cloisonne craft.
Dimensions & Packaging: Brooch Size: Height 56cm
Material: Cloisonne, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Emeralds
Process: filigree cloisonne, metal casting, metal wire drawing, gem setting, color separation gold plating
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, happiness, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The magpie cloisonne process used by this work is very complicated, need after cutting, carving, tinsel, silver inlay, coated with glaze, high temperature, grinding, etc more than ten working procedure, to do work in 800 - degree firing 20-30 times, can obtain the beautiful color, and these should be done purely manual. Due to the uncertainty of handwork, the success rate of a perfect cloisonne is not high, which is all the more precious in today's speed seeking industrial age.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of this design is to break through the tradition and combine the cloisonne craftsmanship originally applied to the utensils with gold and gemstones to make the design a unique piece of jewelry.
Research: Because the craftsmanship of Cloisonne uses copper as the inner bottom tire, in order to make the blue and green more vivid, it can experiment with silver tires. So the artist tried to adjust during the production process and successfully got more beautiful colors.
Inspiration: As a bird that symbolizes auspiciousness, it is said that seeing a magpie means something good will happen. Bamboo is a very important plant in oriental culture, symbolizing noble and great character. The overall design is very oriental. The artist used cloisonne to create the magpie, showing the rich colors and textures that make the bird look more vivid. The bamboo behind it is gold and silver colour, inlaid with diamonds and emeralds, making the whole design more gorgeous.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 2 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan