Reflection Pendentes by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Xoiería Competition Category.

PrataXoiería· 2023

Reflection Pendentes

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Xoiería Category

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The Design

About Reflection Pendentes

Reflection é un par de pendentes asimétricos feitos de ouro branco de 18 quilates reutilizado. O ouro estírase en fío para formar o corpo do pendente principal. O pendente esquerdo, máis grande, engánchase arredor da orella, mentres que o pendente dereito é un pequeno pendente de botón. Unha sección colgante separada pode acoplarse a calquera dos dous pendentes ou deslizarse nunha cadea e levarse como colgante. As zafiras e os diamantes están engastados en grano e en bisel a man. O deseño inspírase nun paxaro que contempla o seu propio reflexo na auga, e no contraste entre o lado que se mostra e o lado que se mantén oculto.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Reflection Pendentes gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Reflection Pendentes sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Reflection Pendentes é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant
Dimensions & Packaging: Left side Height 60mm width 40mm depth 12mm.
Right side Height 15mm width 11mm depth 7mm
Drop attachment height 35mm width 9mm depth 5mm
Tags: Reflection earrings, GCDC awards2022, Werk jewellers ,awards
Production Technology: Repurposed 18ct white gold drawn into metal wire to form body of main earring ,Hand crafted , laser welding. Hand finishing, grain set and bezel set sapphires and diamonds , polishing.
Design Challenge: Production possibilities with gemstone availability.The wire drawing and formation and balance of the earring in ear.
Research: Following my initial image of bird on a branch viewing reflection I spent time researching bird image and reflection in water and how what’s seen is it a mirror image . I spent days re sketching the image to its basic wire form and from their transformed the initial shape using cad cam and by stretching the shape it took on a hook shape which inspired the hook design around the ear with the reflection part progression to a removable drop .Methods included sketching, layout tracing , hand rendering and cad cam with the making using hand craftsmanship.
Inspiration: Originally based on a bird viewing its own reflection in the water
we do not always see the perfect reflection of ourselves.
I wanted to design based on the the side we show and the side we keep hidden.The right earring is flamboyant were the left is more subtle
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 in York finished in February 2022 in York and was exhibited in London March 2022.
Operation Flow: The object can be handled easily with the left earring that hooks easily around the ear and with a right hand stud fitted easily with pin through eat .The drop section can easily hook on to either earring or slide on to a chain and worn as a necklace.