Reflection Øreringe by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Sølv in Smykkedesign Competition Category.

SølvSmykker· 2023

Reflection Øreringe

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Smykker Category

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The Design

About Reflection Øreringe

Reflection er et par asymmetriske øreringe fremstillet af genanvendt 18 karat hvidguld. Guldet er trukket til tråd for at forme hoveddelen af den primære ørering. Den større venstre ørering hægtes omkring øret, mens den højre ørering er en lille ørestik. En separat vedhængsdel kan fastgøres til begge øreringe eller trækkes på en kæde og bæres som et vedhæng. Safirer og diamanter er kornfattede og kapselfattede i hånden. Designet er inspireret af en fugl, der betragter sit eget spejlbillede i vandet, og af kontrasten mellem den side, der vises, og den side, der holdes skjult.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Reflection Øreringe er vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv, en usædvanligt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles designs i topklasse, som er pragtfulde og imponerende. Sølvvinderne er enormt geniale og overordentlig kreative værker, der illustrerer deres designeres fremragende ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighed. Reflection Øreringe forventes at være et vidunderligt udstillingsværk, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionelt og dybt innovativt. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en højst bemærkelsesværdig, beundret opfindelse, som gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Reflection Øreringe er en skabelse, som mange misunder, og som vækker begær, bringer positive følelser og antænder forundring og undren.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant
Dimensions & Packaging: Left side Height 60mm width 40mm depth 12mm.
Right side Height 15mm width 11mm depth 7mm
Drop attachment height 35mm width 9mm depth 5mm
Tags: Reflection earrings, GCDC awards2022, Werk jewellers ,awards
Production Technology: Repurposed 18ct white gold drawn into metal wire to form body of main earring ,Hand crafted , laser welding. Hand finishing, grain set and bezel set sapphires and diamonds , polishing.
Design Challenge: Production possibilities with gemstone availability.The wire drawing and formation and balance of the earring in ear.
Research: Following my initial image of bird on a branch viewing reflection I spent time researching bird image and reflection in water and how what’s seen is it a mirror image . I spent days re sketching the image to its basic wire form and from their transformed the initial shape using cad cam and by stretching the shape it took on a hook shape which inspired the hook design around the ear with the reflection part progression to a removable drop .Methods included sketching, layout tracing , hand rendering and cad cam with the making using hand craftsmanship.
Inspiration: Originally based on a bird viewing its own reflection in the water
we do not always see the perfect reflection of ourselves.
I wanted to design based on the the side we show and the side we keep hidden.The right earring is flamboyant were the left is more subtle
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 in York finished in February 2022 in York and was exhibited in London March 2022.
Operation Flow: The object can be handled easily with the left earring that hooks easily around the ear and with a right hand stud fitted easily with pin through eat .The drop section can easily hook on to either earring or slide on to a chain and worn as a necklace.