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Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات by Suyu Chen

Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات by Suyu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 جایزه آهنی A' Design Award in طراحی جواهرات Competition Category.


آهنجواهرات· 2022

Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات

by Suyu Chen

Client: Suyu Chen

جایزه آهنی A' Design Award Winner in جواهرات Category

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The Design

About Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات

مجموعه اوربیت آ، مجموعه‌ای از جواهرات دست‌ساز است که شامل یک سنجاق سینه و دو گردنبند می‌شود. هر قطعه منحصر به فرد است و نقره استرلینگ را با لوله‌های پلاستیکی، خاک رزینی و رنگ ترکیب می‌کند. یک قطعه پلاستیکی یکسان به عنوان ماژول پایه به‌طور تکرارشونده استفاده می‌شود تا شکل‌های متنوع پوشیدنی و مجسمه‌گونه ایجاد کند. روش‌های سنتی فلزکاری مانند لحیم‌کاری، شکل‌دهی و ساخت زنجیر، در کنار جوش‌کاری پلاستیک، سنباده‌زنی و رنگ‌آمیزی به کار رفته‌اند. این مجموعه بازتابی از رابطه میان صنایع دستی سنتی و تولید انبوه مدرن است.

The Recognition

About the جایزه آهنی A' Design Award

Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات برنده جایزه آهنی A' Design Award است، شناختی معتبر که به طراحی‌های خوبی اعطا می‌شود که الزامات حرفه‌ای و صنعتی مورد انتظار از آفرینش‌های خوب طراحی‌شده را برآورده می‌کنند. برندگان آهن مهارت بزرگ، تخصص بالا، درک کارشناسانه و ظرفیت خلاقانه سازندگان خود را نشان می‌دهند. از Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات انتظار می‌رود آفرینشی بسیار ارجمند، ستوده و دوست‌داشتنی باشد که کاربردی و نوآورانه است. این طراحی برنده جایزه آهنی A' Design Award بهترین رویه‌های صنعت را یکپارچه می‌کند و ویژگی‌های فنی شایسته‌ای دارد که با دانش عملی و استعداد پیوند خورده است. Orbit A Collection مجموعه جواهرات به سبب دقتش محترم است و برای عرضه بهبودهای کیفیت زندگی که به بهتر شدن جهان کمک می‌کنند طراحی شده است.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Each piece in this collection is handcrafted and one-of-a-kind, featuring a combination of precious metals and mixed materials, such as plastic tubes and resin. By composing jewelry works that relate to subtle forms and marks, the works embody the relationships between practices and artificial objects in traditional arts and modern mass production. Through random separating, texturing, and coloring the plastic tubes, the jewelry pieces present unique consequences with an emphasis on minimalism and elegant forms.
Dimensions & Packaging
Brooch: 35*35*145mm
Double-tube necklace:127*40*50mm
Chain link statement necklace: 250*250*30mm
Tags
jewelry, necklace, brooch, craft, mixed material, art jewelry
Production Technology
The metal structure utilized traditional metalsmithing techniques, such as soldering, forming, and chain-making. For the alternative medium parts, plastic-welding and various paints combination were applied, including enamel paints, gesso, and acrylic.

Material: sterling silver(925 silver), plastic tube, resin clay, enamel paints, gesso, acrylic, stainless steel(for the brooch pin)
Design Challenge
Methods to assemble and secure the parts were the most essential and challenging throughout the whole process, while various experimentation had been performed in preparation. Although the tubes were manufactured within the same standard, they were however not entirely equivalent. The slight form difference requires a more precise structure design in order to assemble all parts together perfectly. Especially for the metal part, multiple models need to be done and tested before the final outcome.
Research
By studying the history of craft-making, traditional apprenticeship culture both in China and western society, and the idea of modularity in the art fields through books, articles, and interviews, this project focuses on the repeated use of the same component, plastic electrical conduits, to create both wearable and sculptural objects. Making art using a certain strict component or principle is not uncommon in art history. The occurrence not only happened in the craft fields, but also in fine arts and even literary creation. The nature of human activities and artifacts becomes a part of the artwork concept.
Inspiration
By exploring the Chinese cultural background, and the idea of modularity in the traditional art fields, the project focuses on the repeated use of the same component, plastic electrical conduits, to create both wearable and sculptural objects. The aim of the work is not simply to compose forms or examine functions of jewelry within one simple material, but also to memorialize and symbolize mixed thoughts related to the experience of nostalgia and self-identity that arise from being away from home.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2019 in Rochester, New York, United States, and was completed in December 2020. The collection works had been exhibited internationally, including in New York City Jewelry Week 2019(NYC, US), JOYA 2020(Barcelona, Spain), Gioielli in Fermento 20|21(Milan, Italy), Art in Media 2021 (Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, US) and Beijing International Jewellery Exhibition(Beijing, China).
Operation Flow
This collection focused on the variation and transformation of endless forms by continued use of the same artifact as a basic module. Revealing subtle layers of imperfection through painting, sanding, separating, and combining.
Team Members
Suyu Chen
Image Credits
Image #1, #2, #3 and #4 Photographer Suyu Chen, Orbit A Collection, 2019
Image #5, Photographer Jiageng Lin, Orbit A Collection, 2020

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