Cyan Bird Broche, colgante by Xiaojie Hu

Cyan Bird Broche, colgante by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Joyería Competition Category.

HierroJoyería· 2022

Cyan Bird Broche, colgante

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Joyería Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Broche, colgante

Cyan Bird es una pieza de joyería que puede llevarse como broche o como colgante. El diseño representa un ave posada sobre la celosía de una ventana. El ave está elaborada con la técnica tradicional del cloisonné, que aporta colores intensos y llenos de vida. La ventana calada está realizada en oro de 18 quilates y es de peso ligero. Los diamantes engastados añaden luminosidad bajo el sol. El trabajo de cloisonné se realiza a mano a lo largo de más de diez etapas, que incluyen el corte, el tallado, el trabajo de alambre, el esmaltado, la cocción a 800 grados y el pulido. El broche mide 49 mm de alto y 41 mm de ancho.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Cyan Bird Broche, colgante 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 Cyan Bird Broche, colgante 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. Cyan Bird Broche, colgante 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: 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