Reflection Zanno by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Ajan in Bijou Competition Category.

AjanBijou· 2023

Reflection Zanno

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Bijou Category

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The Design

About Reflection Zanno

Reflection se yon pè zanno asimetrik ki fèt ak lò blan 18 kara ki te reitilize. Lò a trase an fil pou fòme kò zanno prensipal la. Zanno gòch ki pi gwo a kwoke otou zòrèy la, pandan zanno dwat la se yon ti klou. Yon seksyon pandan separe ka tache sou nenpòt nan zanno yo oswa glise sou yon chèn epi pote kòm yon pandantif. Safi ak dyaman yo sèti an gren ak sèti an bezèl alamen. Konsepsyon an enspire pa yon zwazo k ap gade pwòp refleksyon li nan dlo, ak pa kontras ant kote ki montre a ak kote ki rete kache a.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

Reflection Zanno se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Reflection Zanno pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Reflection Zanno se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

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.