Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Joieria Competition Category.

FerroJoieria· 2022

Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Joieria Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll

El Cyan Bird és una peça de joieria que es pot dur com a broche o com a penjoll. El disseny mostra un ocell posat sobre una gelosia de finestra. L'ocell està fet amb la tècnica tradicional del cloisonné, que li aporta colors rics i vius. La finestra calada és d'or de 18 quilats i té un pes lleuger. Els diamants encastats afegeixen lluminositat sota el sol. El treball de cloisonné es realitza a mà a través de més de deu passos, que inclouen tallar, gravar, treballar el filferro, esmaltar, coure a 800 graus i polir. El broche mesura 49 mm d'alçada i 41 mm d'amplada.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Cyan Bird Broche, Penjoll és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

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: 49mm (high) X 41mm (wide)
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, Cyan bird, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The Cyan bird 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 cloisonné 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: In ancient Chinese mythology, Cyan bird symbolize happiness. The whole design depicts a Cyan bird standing on the window lattice singing for its owner. The birds made of cloisonne are rich in color, gorgeous, beautiful and lively; the hollow window made of 18k gold is complex and light, with oriental characteristics. The inlaid diamonds shine in the sun, making the whole work look gorgeous and exquisite. When light reflects the shadow through the hollowed-out pane, light and shadow overlap, as if two birds were talking to each other, and the beautiful story slowly unfolded.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 3 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan