Mushroom Fantasy 반지 by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost

Mushroom Fantasy 반지 by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 동상 in 주얼리 디자인 Competition Category.

동주얼리· 2021

Mushroom Fantasy 반지

by Sanaz Vazifeh Doost

Client: Sanaz Doost Studio

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 주얼리 Category

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The Design

About Mushroom Fantasy 반지

머쉬룸 판타지는 버섯의 세계와 어린 시절 동화에서 영감을 받은 반지입니다. 이 반지는 18K 옐로우 골드로 제작되었으며, 처음부터 끝까지 수작업으로 완성되었습니다. 합금, 판재, 와이어, 튜브 모두 손으로 직접 만들었습니다. 황금빛 층은 버섯의 주름을 연상시키며, 다양한 색조의 천연 블루 사파이어는 빗방울을 표현합니다. 층과 사파이어는 눈에 보이는 받침 없이 떠 있는 듯한 모습을 보여줍니다. 측면에서 보면 황금 나선형 구조를 따르고 있습니다. 표면은 무광 텍스처 마감으로 처리되었습니다. 반지의 크기는 너비 30mm, 깊이 20mm, 높이 30mm입니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Mushroom Fantasy 반지, 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. Mushroom Fantasy 반지, 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. Mushroom Fantasy 반지, 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: Mushroom fantasy is a ring inspired by magic world of mushrooms. This ring is a wearable piece of art which brings back the joy of surreal childhood fantasies and dreams to the user. the ring has an eye catching appearance with it's unique design and the bold contrast between 18k yellow gold and different shades of natural blue sapphire which represents drops of rain. From side view it has golden ratio design which is pleasant to the eye. This ring is completely hand fabricated from scratch, I also have made the alloy myself and then made the sheets, wires and tubes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 30 mm x Depth 20 mm x Height 30 mm
Tags: jewelry, ring, jewelry design, gold ring, mushroom ring
Production Technology: 18K yellow gold which is hand fabricated 100% from scratch. I made the alloy, forged, rolled, made wires/sheets, designed and made the ring. it has natural sapphires which I've set them myself. The ring has mat textured finish by using European wheel brush. As you can see in the photos the layers/gills and the raindrops which are natural sapphires are suspended without any base to hold them, so it was super challenging to solder them in place.
Design Challenge: the most challenging part was to create gills with gold and to solder them parallel to each other without melting them. another challenge were sapphires because they were suspended and I had to solder the settings one by one without melting them, and then cleaning and setting them on that position was super difficult. this design needed lots of attention, patient and craftsmanship.
Research: For this design I researched and read a lot about mushroom structure, shape, different types and the growth process. I focused on the gills of mushrooms and found a solution to recreate those with 18k gold. the finishing part with European wheel to have mat textured surface in all the areas was also challenging because of the shape of the ring.
Inspiration: Mushroom fantasy ring is inspired by magic world of mushrooms and the childhood fairytale stories. When I was a kid I used to walk in jungles, play with mushrooms and blow the rain drops all the time. Mushrooms existed for 1 billion years and somehow have managed to remain full of mysteries, these mostly earth-dwelling organisms even can stimulate rain in the atmosphere. Therefor I mixed these two mysterious elements: form of mushroom gills with the golden spiral for the side view, and designed this mysterious ring.
Project Duration: started in november 2019 in Toronto and finished in April 2020 in Toronto/Canada.
Operation Flow: This is an ergonomic ring and it sits very well on the hand. it's unique but comfortable.
Image Credits: Paul Ambtman