Waves Kula-a‘i by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.
KalaLei Kahiko· 2021
Waves Kula-a‘i
Client: Anna's Darling
A' Design Award Kala Winner in Lei Kahiko Category
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About Waves Kula-a‘i
He kula-a‘i ‘o Waves i hana ‘ia mai ke kālā sterling i ho‘ohana hou ‘ia. Ke ho‘ohālike nei ke ‘ano o ke kula-a‘i i ka neʻe ‘ana o ka wai a me ka lauoho pi‘ipi‘i. Ua hana ‘ia ka ‘ili mālū me ke ‘ano hana matt kui a ua like ia me ka suede. Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia ka ‘āpana kumu no ke kāpī ‘ana a me ka hana ‘ana i ka mold ma ka lima, ma ka pelu ‘ana i nā papa waikī pumehana me nā hao ha‘awi ‘ano. He nalu nui ko kēlā me kēia ‘āpana kula-a‘i ma kona waena, i ho‘opuni ‘ia e nā nalu li‘ili‘i, i mea e ho‘okumu ai i ka neʻe kūlohelohe a me ka ho‘olālā kaulike. He kula-a‘i ‘aha‘aina akā he māmā ke ‘a‘ahu ‘ana. ‘A‘ole i uhi kālā ‘ia ke kālā, a mālama ‘ia ka hana ‘ana ma Finelani.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Waves Kula-a‘i i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Waves Kula-a‘i he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Waves Kula-a‘i e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The design project has started from the idea of womanhood diversity and a need to create something that is precious. Waves necklace form expresses water and hair. The necklaces matt surface is suede like but made from silver. The original piece for casting and mold making has been hand made by bending warm wax sheet with form giving irons. The flowing form was accomplished by controlled artisan skills. Casted silver parts have been finished by hand and joined together. The necklace is made from recycled silver in Finland.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Length of the necklace 475 mm (can be customized in every 20 mm)
Width of the necklace 23 mm
Thickness of the necklace 4 mm
Size of one piece 25 x 23 mm
Weight of 475 mm long necklace 85 g - Tags
- waves, matt, hair, suede, silver, jewelry, women, festive, water
- Production Technology
- Lost wax casting
Needle matt technique
Recycled sterling silver - Design Challenge
- The hardest part of the design process was to make something as balanced and at the same time ambitiously beautiful for women to wear. Fitting is always important and I has to come naturally.
- Research
- Waves project started with my admiration to women of all kinds. I see women as unique individuals who deserve more encouragement for themselves. It should be easy to love yourself everyday no matter what. First models were made from reindeer suede. Then the experimental design process moved onwards to wax sheets. I formed wax with heat and different shaped jewelry making irons and hand tools. The final product has the light feeling and the looks of suede even though it is made from silver. Waves necklace has grown in to a jewelry set with bracelet, two different sized pendants and earrings.
- Inspiration
- Waves necklace is based on Botticellis painting The birth od Venus. Waves is a praise to womanhood in all of its forms. The jewelry design reflects waves of water and hair and the curves of a woman.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2017 and the first necklace was finished in September 2018 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
- Operation Flow
- Necklace is massive and very festive but still very light for its looks. Waves finishes the red carpet look for everyone who wears it. The Waves necklaces length can be adjusted to fit different sized women. Each piece adds the length approximately 2 cm.
- Patents
- Copyright Belongs to Anna's Darling Ky, Anna-Reetta Vaananen 2021
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Tuomo Jalkanen, photographer, Alias Creative, 2020
Image #2: Elina Manninen, photographer, Johanna Nordblad, freediver and model, 2020
Image #3: Elina Manninen, photographer, Johanna Nordblad, freediver and model, 2020
Image #4: Elina Manninen, photographer, Johanna Nordblad, freediver and model, 2020
Image #5: Elina Manninen, photographer, Johanna Nordblad, freediver and model, 2020
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