Fissure Colección de joyería by Lingjun Sun

Fissure Colección de joyería by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Joyería Competition Category.

HierroJoyería· 2021

Fissure Colección de joyería

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Joyería Category

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The Design

About Fissure Colección de joyería

Fissure es una colección de joyería inspirada en las grietas de los casquetes polares en deshielo y de la tierra reseca. Cada pieza se talla a mano en cera para formar una celosía tridimensional, con líneas que imitan las que se encuentran en la naturaleza. La estructura se conforma alrededor de las gemas y crea composiciones equilibradas a partir de componentes aparentemente aleatorios. La fundición a la cera perdida, el engaste de las piedras, el acabado del metal y el baño de rodio negro completan cada pieza. Los materiales son oro amarillo de 18 quilates, perlas barrocas de los Mares del Sur y diamantes blancos. El contraste cromático realza las formas asimétricas y entrecruzadas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Fissure Colección de joyería ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Fissure Colección de joyería sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Fissure Colección de joyería es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each piece of this collection is hand-carved into a three dimensional lattice with lines mimicking those found in nature - a technique developed in my MA program in London. A thoughtful design logic hides between the organic lines of each piece, forming accordingly around the gems, contributing to balanced compositions of seemingly random components.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring No.1: 41mm x 27mm x 19mm; Earrings No.1: 32mm x 32mm x 7mm; Earrings No.2: 55mm x 14mm x 11mm
Tags: wearable sculpture, art jewellery, one of a kind, volume, asymmetry
Production Technology: Each piece was hand-carved from wax to create the structure, according to the design needs or specific gem shapes. Lost-wax casting was used later. Stone setting, metal finishing and black rhodium plating were also applied. 18K yellow gold, south sea baroque pearls, white diamonds.
Design Challenge: Seemingly randomness, asymmetrical structure, fine surface texture, together with unique form of each piece in the collection made 2D rendering or computer tools nearly impossible. Every piece required significant time and carving craftsmanship to model and test in physical prototypes. Further detailed adjustment was processed with additional remarkable time and effort.
Research: Extracting a two dimensional pattern that widely found in nature to a three dimensional form requires large scale of visual analysis and model construction. Carefully designed structure, texture and colour, together serve the design logic hidden behind these seemingly random lines.
Inspiration: 'Fissure' is a collection inspired by the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth, echoing the growing environmental crisis we are living in.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Sydney, and was exhibited in NYC Jewellery Week 2020
Operation Flow: The designs were inspired the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth. Wearers are experiencing the organic, three dimensional and asymmetrical forms of the collection. Its crisscrossing structure is further highlighted by colour contrast. Smooth and lustrous gems sitting in a carefully textured surface of the metal implies the incongruity human civilization and the nature.
Image Credits: Image#1, 2, 3, 4: Photographer Charmaine Morgan, 2020, Image#5: Photographer Lingjun Sun, 2021