Reflection Timengucin by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa in Afeṣṣel n Lḥelya Competition Category.

LfeṭṭaLḥelya· 2023

Reflection Timengucin

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa Winner in Lḥelya Category

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The Design

About Reflection Timengucin

Reflection d tayuga n timengucin ur nemsawa ara, yettwaxedmen s uwreɣ amellal 18ct i d-yettuɣalen ɣer useqdec. Awreɣ yettwazzel d asɣwen iwakken ad d-yesbedd tafekka n tmengušt tagejdant. Tamengušt tazelmaḍt tameqqrant tettcudd i umeẓẓuɣ, ma d tamengušt tayeffust d tanqiḍt tamecṭuḥt. Yella daɣen yiwen n uḥric yettṣubbun i izemren ad yettwaqqen ɣer yal yiwet si tmengucin, neɣ ad yettwaskecmen deg usaru n uzref ad yettwals am usenṭeḍ. Isafiren d idyamanen ttwarsen s ufus s tarrayt n grain set akked bezel set. Afeṣṣel-agi yekka-d seg ufrux i yettwalin udem-is deg lemri n waman, akked umgired gar yidis i d-yettbanen d yidis yeffren.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa

Reflection Timengucin d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Reflection Timengucin ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant
Dimensions & Packaging: Left side Height 60mm width 40mm depth 12mm.
Right side Height 15mm width 11mm depth 7mm
Drop attachment height 35mm width 9mm depth 5mm
Tags: Reflection earrings, GCDC awards2022, Werk jewellers ,awards
Production Technology: Repurposed 18ct white gold drawn into metal wire to form body of main earring ,Hand crafted , laser welding. Hand finishing, grain set and bezel set sapphires and diamonds , polishing.
Design Challenge: Production possibilities with gemstone availability.The wire drawing and formation and balance of the earring in ear.
Research: Following my initial image of bird on a branch viewing reflection I spent time researching bird image and reflection in water and how what’s seen is it a mirror image . I spent days re sketching the image to its basic wire form and from their transformed the initial shape using cad cam and by stretching the shape it took on a hook shape which inspired the hook design around the ear with the reflection part progression to a removable drop .Methods included sketching, layout tracing , hand rendering and cad cam with the making using hand craftsmanship.
Inspiration: Originally based on a bird viewing its own reflection in the water
we do not always see the perfect reflection of ourselves.
I wanted to design based on the the side we show and the side we keep hidden.The right earring is flamboyant were the left is more subtle
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 in York finished in February 2022 in York and was exhibited in London March 2022.
Operation Flow: The object can be handled easily with the left earring that hooks easily around the ear and with a right hand stud fitted easily with pin through eat .The drop section can easily hook on to either earring or slide on to a chain and worn as a necklace.