Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente by Xiaojie Hu

Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu di Ghjuielleria Competition Category.

FerruGhjuielleria· 2022

Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Ghjuielleria Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente

Cyan Bird hè un gioiellu chì pò esse portatu cum'è spilla o cum'è pendente. U disegnu mostra un acellu chì stà ritte annantu à una grata di finestra. L'acellu hè fattu cù a tecnica tradiziunale di u cloisonné, chì dà culori ricchi è vivi. A finestra vacante hè fatta in oru 18 carati è hè leggera di pesu. I diamanti incrustati aghjungenu luminosità à u sole. U travagliu di cloisonné hè fattu à manu attraversu più di dece tappe, cumprese u taglio, a scultura, u travagliu di filu, a smaltatura, a cottura à 800 gradi è a smerigliatura. A spilla misura 49 mm d'altezza è 41 mm di larghezza.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Cyan Bird Spilla, Pendente hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

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