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Lacey Gelang Manset by Diana Sokolic

Lacey Gelang Manset by Diana Sokolic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Aksesoris Busana lan Wisata Competition Category.


PerungguAksesoris· 2015

Lacey Gelang Manset

by Diana Sokolic

Client: Diana Sokolic

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Aksesoris Category

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The Design

About Lacey Gelang Manset

Kita kabeh duwe laci sing kebak renda sing digawe dening ibu lan mbah putri. Doyleys iki digunakake minangka hiasan ing meja kopi, TV, utawa kursi. Saiki, dheweke duwe nilai emosional, nanging ora ana gunane. Diana Sokolic nggawe gelang manset kanthi renda ing antarane rong piring Plexiglas transparan. Potongan-potongan sing apik sing digawe kanthi katresnan lan sabar wis entuk tujuane nyambungake jaman kepungkur karo saiki.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Lacey Gelang Manset 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. Lacey Gelang Manset 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. Lacey Gelang Manset nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Our great grandmothers and grandmothers were brought up to play piano, read poetry and make lace. In the 60ies, their daughters kept those lace doyleys under the glass on coffee tables and commodes. Now we have drawers full of lace and needlework. It has no use in modernly furnished flats, it hass just an emotional value.
I have made cuff bracelets with lace between two plates of transparent Plexiglas.
In this way the lace has kept its transparency, gained new use, at the same time recognizing the women who made it and those who kept it for us.
Dimensions & Packaging
130 x 75 x 50 mm
Tags
lace,cuff bracelet, accessorie, fashion
Production Technology
Lace and PMMA
I did not want to put delicate lace in a metal frame or any other heavy material. So I decided to put it between two pieces of transparent Plexiglas.
Design Challenge
Since PMMA has to be heated in order to be bent, the most challenging part was how to heat it without burning the delicate threads of needlework and then how to connect the lace and the Plexiglas without the glue.
Research
This project was technically the most diffucult one for me. I was affraid that I will burn the lace while experimenting with different temperatures in order to bent the PMMA, since I could not experiment with something else except the lace itself.
PMMA plates have to be really hot in order to stick to one another, while the lace is between the layers.
I had to find lace doyleys which are not to big because cuffs have to be weareable.
Inspiration
From time to time I open the drawer with lace and needlework kept between sheets of thin white paper. I look at them with love and patience, expecting to hear them talking to me. I know that those pieces want to be used again, that they want to show their beauty. And one day it just happened! They talked to me!
Project Duration
I have made these bracelets in my hometown Zagreb, Croatia
and the process lasted for several month.
This project has not been shown jet.
Operation Flow
Cuffs are open at the back so one size fits all
Team Members
Diana Sokolic
Image Credits
Diana Sokolic, 2014.

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