Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이 by Eliana Palomo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 동상 in 주얼리 디자인 Competition Category.

동주얼리· 2020

Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이

by Eliana Palomo

Client: Agua De Rosas

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 주얼리 Category

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The Design

About Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이

댄싱 거베라(Dancing Gerberas)는 거베라 꽃에서 영감을 받은 귀걸이입니다. 아르누보 건축에서 발견되는 유기적인 패턴을 디자인에 담아냈습니다. 이 귀걸이는 꽃이 마르기 시작하며 향기를 내뿜는 순간을 포착했으며, 이러한 발상은 매달린 스톤의 움직임을 통해 표현되었습니다. 각 작품은 왁스를 손으로 조각하여 스털링 실버로 주조한 후 수작업으로 연마하고, 꽃의 색과 줄기의 색을 구분하기 위해 18캐럿 금도금으로 마감했습니다. 패시트 컷 가넷 드롭은 골드 필드 와이어를 사용해 하나하나 손으로 부착했습니다. 각 한 쌍의 크기는 너비 40mm, 높이 70mm입니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Dancing Gerberas 귀걸이, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Gerberas flowers symbolize beauty and purity. The design is the result of forms based on the patterns presented in the architecture of Art Nouveau. Nature has been captured in earrings showing flowers´ freshness that release fragrance just before taking them to a distillation process. The technique used was hand wax modeling, followed by cast in silver to obtain a master and concluded by a mold. Obtaining the final design the polishing was done carefully by hand, and finally touched with gold plate finish to differentiate the color of the flower with the stem and make it more real. This design expresses freshness and dynamism thanks to the movement of the stones.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 40 mm x Height 70 mm
Tags: Earrings, Sterling Silver, Garnets, Pearls, Flowers, Gerberas
Production Technology: The earrings were first designed, and hand carved in wax by Eliana Palomo then the master was sent to the workshop at Yucatan, Mexico. The earrings were casted in sterling silver from the mold and carefully hand polished. Then for the gold and silver color a 18 karats of gold-plated was applied. Finally, Eliana added the drops of faceted garnets with gold-filled wire by hand.
Design Challenge: When reproducing the piece we must be very careful when the wax is injected into the mold and wait for the wax to cool to be able to detach it from the mold without breaking the stems of the flowers. The weight of the earrings was considered from the selection of the drop stones so that they were light stones taking care that they did not add much difference of grams and were comfortable and functional to use.
Research: The objective when I design is to convey freshness and femininity using nature as a base. My creative process begins by researching on Art Nouveau, observing the details on the architecture, fashion and patterns present in this movement where they highlight nature in organic forms.
Taken this to the creative process I start directly experimenting sculpting the wax and little by little I get the expected result. The Gerbera earrings are a custom design where the essence of each person and the definition of each stone comes together.
Inspiration: Influenced by art nouveau the gerbera earrings are the result of experimenting with unusual angles. My intention is to reflect the moment of the flowers when they start to dry and release their fragrance, the design seeks to express freshness and femininity. Normally I start sketching all design in paper but in this case, I was mainly inspired by playing with the wax by hand until I got the final version of the earrings. I always say that this method of playing with wax is like drawing in 3D.
Project Duration: The design started in March 2017 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and finished in August 2017 in the same city.
Operation Flow: The Gerberas earrings are one of a kind, its versatile, timeless and elegant.
For their size they could be considered as a Statement. This design is perfect for use on special occasions.
Team Members: I normally do all the designs on sketch and use the technique hand craved in wax. The process of casting and polished is done by a third parties jewelers.
Image Credits: Main Image Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 2 Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 3 Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 4 Photographer Tamara Uribe
Model Corina Cubel