Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Perhiasan Competition Category.

BesiPerhiasan· 2022

Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Perhiasan Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin

Cyan Bird adalah sebuah perhiasan yang dapat dikenakan sebagai bros maupun liontin. Rancangannya menampilkan seekor burung yang bertengger pada kisi-kisi jendela. Burung tersebut dibuat dengan teknik cloisonne tradisional, yang menghasilkan warna-warna yang kaya dan hidup. Jendela berongga itu terbuat dari emas 18k dan berbobot ringan. Berlian yang ditatahkan menambah kilau saat terkena sinar matahari. Karya cloisonne ini dikerjakan dengan tangan melalui lebih dari sepuluh tahapan, meliputi pemotongan, pengukiran, pengerjaan kawat, pengglasiran, pembakaran pada suhu 800 derajat, dan penggerindaan. Bros ini berukuran tinggi 49 mm dan lebar 41 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. Cyan Bird Bros, Liontin dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

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: 49mm (high) X 41mm (wide)
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, Cyan bird, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The Cyan bird 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 cloisonné 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: In ancient Chinese mythology, Cyan bird symbolize happiness. The whole design depicts a Cyan bird standing on the window lattice singing for its owner. The birds made of cloisonne are rich in color, gorgeous, beautiful and lively; the hollow window made of 18k gold is complex and light, with oriental characteristics. The inlaid diamonds shine in the sun, making the whole work look gorgeous and exquisite. When light reflects the shadow through the hollowed-out pane, light and shadow overlap, as if two birds were talking to each other, and the beautiful story slowly unfolded.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 3 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan