Bwonz Bijou · 2022
Happiness Bwòch, Pandantif
by Xiaojie Hu
- A' Design Award Bwonz 2022 in Bijou
- CLIENT: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,777
- Verification code 68D9630C4D · Verify this award
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About Happiness Bwòch, Pandantif
Bonè se yon moso bijou ki ka pote kòm yon bwòch oswa kòm yon pandantif. Desen an montre yon pi (zwazo) bò kote yon banbou, de motif ki lye nan kilti Oryantal ak bon chans ak karaktè nòb. Pi a fèt ak teknik tradisyonèl cloisonné a, ki bay zwazo a koulè ak teksti rich. Banbou a fèt an lò ak ajan epi li gen dyaman ak emwòd ki enkriste ladan l. Chak etap fèt alamen, ki gen ladan travay fil metal, vènisay, kuit repete a wo tanperati ak fraze. Objektif la se pote yon metye tradisyonèl nan bijou modèn.
About the A' Design Award Bwonz
Happiness Bwòch, Pandantif se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann Happiness Bwòch, Pandantif pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. Happiness Bwòch, Pandantif satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.
Press Kit
- 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
