Happiness Bros, Liontin by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Rerenggan Competition Category.

PerungguRerenggan· 2022

Happiness Bros, Liontin

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Rerenggan Category

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The Design

About Happiness Bros, Liontin

Kabegjan minangka perhiasan sing bisa dianggo minangka bros utawa liontin. Desain iki nampilake manuk murai ing sandhinge pring, loro motif sing gegandhengan ing budaya Timur karo begja lan watak luhur. Manuk murai digawe kanthi teknik cloisonne tradisional, sing menehi warna lan tekstur sing sugih marang manuk kasebut. Pring digawe saka emas lan perak sarta dipasangi berlian lan zamrud. Saben tahapan dirampungake kanthi tangan, kalebu garapan kawat, pelapisan kaca, pembakaran bola-bali ing suhu dhuwur, lan penggilingan. Tujuane yaiku nggawa kerajinan tradisional menyang perhiasan modern.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Happiness Bros, Liontin menang A' Design Award Perunggu, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain sing luar biasa sing dicirikake dening kreativitas, kapinteran lan kaweruh sing landhep. Pemenang Perunggu iku artefak sing trampil banget lan kreatif banget sing mbuktekake pengalaman sing jembar, imajinasi lan kapinteran para desainer. Happiness Bros, Liontin dikarepake dadi barang sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani, profesional lan inovatif banget. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Perunggu iki ngemot praktik sing paling apik ing seni, sains, desain lan teknologi, lan apik banget ing perhatiane marang rincian. Happiness Bros, Liontin nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

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: 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
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan