Argentu Ghjuielleria · 2023
Midnight Tide Cullana
- A' Design Award d'Argentu 2023 in Ghjuielleria
- CLIENT: Bijoux d'Elinn
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 45,078
- Verification code 6F82C8099C · Verify this award
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About Midnight Tide Cullana
Midnight Tide hè una cullana fatta d'oru biancu di 18 carati cù diamanti incrustati. U pezzu di collu hè cumpostu di 79 unità mudellate individualmente, ognuna fusa per serve una funzione specifica è furmata in riferenza à l'osse umane. L'unità s'interconnettenu per mezu d'un meccanismu di ligame uriginale ispiratu da i ligamenti di u corpu, chì crea una tensione cuntrullata è un muvimentu fluidu. Ogni unità hè stata prototipata, assemblata è rifusa cù un aghjustamentu precisu, è e ghjunture sò state affinate à a manu. A forma risultante ramenta u muvimentu di e maree oceaniche nantu à a spalla.
About the A' Design Award d'Argentu
Midnight Tide Cullana hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Midnight Tide Cullana sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Midnight Tide Cullana hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.
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- Unique Properties
- To realize the artistic vision, the neckpiece consists of 79 meticulously modeled units, each cast to fulfill specific functions, resembling the distinctive shapes of human bones. Inspired by body ligaments, these units interconnect through an original linkage mechanism that delivers curated tension and choreographed movement. The combination engineers a textural unity that is simultaneously resilient and agile.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 125mm x 3mm x 195mm
- Tags
- Bespoke jewellery, Necklace, Diamond neckpiece, Exquisite craftsmanship, Serenity, Artistic expression
- Production Technology
- Diamond inlaid 18ct White Gold, individually modelled and cast with 3D printing techniques that interconnect through an original linkage mechanism. Relentless trial and error and countless prototyping culminated in the final engineering of the structure.
- Design Challenge
- In order to achieve visual harmony and convey the intended artistic vision, the neckpiece required specific qualities in terms of texture, color, and reflection. The desired movement is achieved by meticulously crafting each individual unit with subtle variations. This involved a precise and laborious process of manipulating the hardened 18ct Gold wires in order to control the angle, direction, and extent of joint movements, similar to the way ligaments function in the human body. The goal was to attain a universal balance across all units and joints, which required significant effort and attention to detail.
- Research
- Visual qualities: Inspired by oceanic movements and tidal imageries, artist made pencil studies and observations that progressed seamlessly from figurative sketching to the finalized abstract form.
Engineering: The adult human body comprises 206 individual bones, each with a unique shape and function in facilitating movement. The engineering of this neckpiece is influenced by the anatomical structure of body joints. - Inspiration
- The neckpiece crystallizes the inner serenity to which the artist is drawn. The piece is reminiscent of the frothy ebbs of midnight tides, draping effortlessly over one's shoulder: mimicking the fluidity of a wave caressing down the coastline, imbuing the pulse of the ocean into the wearer's very being.
- Project Duration
- Starting April 2022 during the 2 month city-wide lockdown in Shanghai, and finished in January 2023, Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- The design process originated from the shaping of the piece that was completed within one sitting. The artist then came up with different structures to combine and separate the materials in order to achieve the fluidity and strength of the shaping. Each unit was prototyped, assembled, and recast with precise adjustment. After more than 10 types of structural redesign and finishing, the joint movements were individually fine-tuned by hands to enable desired movements multi-dimensionally.
- Image Credits
- Image No.1-5: Mo Zhou
Video: Lin Zhu
Copyrighting: Simone Zhang
