Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu by Xiaojie Hu

Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ọla Ịchọ Mma Competition Category.

IgweỌla Ịchọ Mma· 2022

Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ọla Ịchọ Mma Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu

Cyan Bird bụ ihe ịchọ mma nke a pụrụ iyi dịka ihe ịyi aka ma ọ bụ ihe ịkọ n'olu. Nhazi a na-egosi nnụnụ guzo n'elu okporo windo. E ji usoro cloisonne nke ọdịnala mee nnụnụ ahụ, nke na-enye ya agba ndị mara mma ma dị ndụ. Windo ahụ dị oghere bụ ihe eji ọla edo 18k mee, dịkwa mfe n'ịbu ibu. Diamond ndị e tinyere n'ime ya na-enye ìhè mgbe anyanwụ na-acha. Ọrụ cloisonne a bụ nke e ji aka rụọ site n'ihe karịrị usoro iri, gụnyere ibelata ihe, ịse ihe, ọrụ waya, ịse ude, ịkpọ ọkụ na kalịbịrị (degree) 800, na ịkpo ya. Ihe ịyi aka a dị mm 49 n'ịdị elu na mm 41 n'obosara.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Cyan Bird Ihe Ịyi Aka, Ihe Ịkọ n'Olu maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

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