Happiness Bràiste, Crochag by Xiaojie Hu

Happiness Bràiste, Crochag by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Seudraidh Competition Category.

UmhaSeudraidh· 2022

Happiness Bràiste, Crochag

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Seudraidh Category

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The Design

About Happiness Bràiste, Crochag

Is e sonas pìos seudaireachd a ghabhas caitheamh mar bhràiste no mar chrochag. Tha an dealbhadh a' nochdadh pioghaid ri taobh bambù, dà shamhla a tha ceangailte ann an cultar an Ear-thuath ri deagh fhortan agus ri càileachd uasal. Tha a' phioghaid air a dèanamh leis an t-seann dhòigh cloisonné, a bheir dathan is inneachan beairteach dhan eun. Tha am bambù air a dhèanamh de dh'òr agus airgead, agus air a shuidheachadh le daoimeanan is smeuragan. Thèid gach ceum a choileanadh le làimh, a' gabhail a-steach obair-uèir, glasadh, teasachadh a-rithist aig teòthachd àrd, agus liomhadh. 'S e an rùn a th' ann seann chleachdadh-ciùird a thoirt a-steach do sheudaireachd an latha an-diugh.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha Happiness Bràiste, Crochag air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Happiness Bràiste, Crochag na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh Happiness Bràiste, Crochag a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

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: Height 56cm
Material: Cloisonne, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Emeralds
Process: filigree cloisonne, metal casting, metal wire drawing, gem setting, color separation gold plating
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, happiness, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The magpie 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 cloisonne 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: As a bird that symbolizes auspiciousness, it is said that seeing a magpie means something good will happen. Bamboo is a very important plant in oriental culture, symbolizing noble and great character. The overall design is very oriental. The artist used cloisonne to create the magpie, showing the rich colors and textures that make the bird look more vivid. The bamboo behind it is gold and silver colour, inlaid with diamonds and emeralds, making the whole design more gorgeous.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 2 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan