Fissure ジュエリーコレクション by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in ジュエリーデザイン Competition Category.

鉄ジュエリー· 2021

Fissure ジュエリーコレクション

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in ジュエリー Category

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The Design

About Fissure ジュエリーコレクション

Fissureは、溶けゆく氷冠や干上がった大地に走る亀裂から着想を得たジュエリーコレクションです。各作品はワックスを手彫りして三次元の格子構造に仕上げられ、自然界に見られる線を模したラインが刻まれています。その構造は宝石を包み込むように形づくられ、一見ランダムな要素から均衡のとれた構成を生み出します。ロストワックス鋳造、石留め、金属仕上げ、ブラックロジウムメッキを経て各アイテムが完成します。素材には18Kイエローゴールド、南洋バロックパール、ホワイトダイヤモンドを使用。色彩のコントラストが、非対称に交差する造形を際立たせています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Fissure ジュエリーコレクションは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Fissure ジュエリーコレクションは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Fissure ジュエリーコレクションは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Each piece of this collection is hand-carved into a three dimensional lattice with lines mimicking those found in nature - a technique developed in my MA program in London. A thoughtful design logic hides between the organic lines of each piece, forming accordingly around the gems, contributing to balanced compositions of seemingly random components.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring No.1: 41mm x 27mm x 19mm; Earrings No.1: 32mm x 32mm x 7mm; Earrings No.2: 55mm x 14mm x 11mm
Tags: wearable sculpture, art jewellery, one of a kind, volume, asymmetry
Production Technology: Each piece was hand-carved from wax to create the structure, according to the design needs or specific gem shapes. Lost-wax casting was used later. Stone setting, metal finishing and black rhodium plating were also applied. 18K yellow gold, south sea baroque pearls, white diamonds.
Design Challenge: Seemingly randomness, asymmetrical structure, fine surface texture, together with unique form of each piece in the collection made 2D rendering or computer tools nearly impossible. Every piece required significant time and carving craftsmanship to model and test in physical prototypes. Further detailed adjustment was processed with additional remarkable time and effort.
Research: Extracting a two dimensional pattern that widely found in nature to a three dimensional form requires large scale of visual analysis and model construction. Carefully designed structure, texture and colour, together serve the design logic hidden behind these seemingly random lines.
Inspiration: 'Fissure' is a collection inspired by the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth, echoing the growing environmental crisis we are living in.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Sydney, and was exhibited in NYC Jewellery Week 2020
Operation Flow: The designs were inspired the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth. Wearers are experiencing the organic, three dimensional and asymmetrical forms of the collection. Its crisscrossing structure is further highlighted by colour contrast. Smooth and lustrous gems sitting in a carefully textured surface of the metal implies the incongruity human civilization and the nature.
Image Credits: Image#1, 2, 3, 4: Photographer Charmaine Morgan, 2020, Image#5: Photographer Lingjun Sun, 2021