Mushroom Fantasy Bague by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost

Mushroom Fantasy Bague by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Bijoux Competition Category.

BronzeBijoux· 2021

Mushroom Fantasy Bague

by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost

Client: Sanaz Doost Studio

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Bijoux Category

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The Design

About Mushroom Fantasy Bague

Mushroom Fantasy est une bague inspirée de l'univers des champignons et des contes de fées de l'enfance. Réalisée en or jaune 18 carats, elle est entièrement fabriquée à la main, à partir de zéro. L'alliage, les plaques, les fils et les tubes ont tous été façonnés manuellement. Les couches dorées évoquent les lamelles des champignons, tandis que les saphirs bleus naturels, déclinés en différentes nuances, figurent des gouttes de pluie. Les couches et les saphirs semblent suspendus, sans base visible. La vue latérale suit une spirale d'or. Un fini texturé mat recouvre la surface. La bague mesure 30 mm de largeur, 20 mm de profondeur et 30 mm de hauteur.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Mushroom Fantasy Bague est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Mushroom Fantasy Bague est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Mushroom Fantasy Bague satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Mushroom fantasy is a ring inspired by magic world of mushrooms. This ring is a wearable piece of art which brings back the joy of surreal childhood fantasies and dreams to the user. the ring has an eye catching appearance with it's unique design and the bold contrast between 18k yellow gold and different shades of natural blue sapphire which represents drops of rain. From side view it has golden ratio design which is pleasant to the eye. This ring is completely hand fabricated from scratch, I also have made the alloy myself and then made the sheets, wires and tubes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 30 mm x Depth 20 mm x Height 30 mm
Tags: jewelry, ring, jewelry design, gold ring, mushroom ring
Production Technology: 18K yellow gold which is hand fabricated 100% from scratch. I made the alloy, forged, rolled, made wires/sheets, designed and made the ring. it has natural sapphires which I've set them myself. The ring has mat textured finish by using European wheel brush. As you can see in the photos the layers/gills and the raindrops which are natural sapphires are suspended without any base to hold them, so it was super challenging to solder them in place.
Design Challenge: the most challenging part was to create gills with gold and to solder them parallel to each other without melting them. another challenge were sapphires because they were suspended and I had to solder the settings one by one without melting them, and then cleaning and setting them on that position was super difficult. this design needed lots of attention, patient and craftsmanship.
Research: For this design I researched and read a lot about mushroom structure, shape, different types and the growth process. I focused on the gills of mushrooms and found a solution to recreate those with 18k gold. the finishing part with European wheel to have mat textured surface in all the areas was also challenging because of the shape of the ring.
Inspiration: Mushroom fantasy ring is inspired by magic world of mushrooms and the childhood fairytale stories. When I was a kid I used to walk in jungles, play with mushrooms and blow the rain drops all the time. Mushrooms existed for 1 billion years and somehow have managed to remain full of mysteries, these mostly earth-dwelling organisms even can stimulate rain in the atmosphere. Therefor I mixed these two mysterious elements: form of mushroom gills with the golden spiral for the side view, and designed this mysterious ring.
Project Duration: started in november 2019 in Toronto and finished in April 2020 in Toronto/Canada.
Operation Flow: This is an ergonomic ring and it sits very well on the hand. it's unique but comfortable.
Image Credits: Paul Ambtman