Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium by Lingjun Sun

Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Designatio Ornamentorum Competition Category.

FerrumOrnamenta· 2021

Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Ornamenta Category

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The Design

About Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium

Textus Libri: Fissura est collectio monilium inspirata rimis in glacie liquescente crustaque terrae siccatae inventis. Quodque opus manu in cera sculpitur in reticulum tridimensionale, lineis quae illas in natura repertas imitantur. Structura circa gemmas formatur, compositiones aequilibratas ex partibus fortuitis videntibus creans. Fusio cerae perditae, gemmarum collocatio, metalli perpolitio et bracteatio rhodio nigro quodque opus perficiunt. Materiae sunt aurum 18 caratuum flavum, margaritae baroccae Maris Australis Meridionalis et adamantes candidi. Contrarietas colorum formas asymmetricas et invicem transeuntes illustrat.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Fissure Munus Primarium: Collectio Monilium ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each piece of this collection is hand-carved into a three dimensional lattice with lines mimicking those found in nature - a technique developed in my MA program in London. A thoughtful design logic hides between the organic lines of each piece, forming accordingly around the gems, contributing to balanced compositions of seemingly random components.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring No.1: 41mm x 27mm x 19mm; Earrings No.1: 32mm x 32mm x 7mm; Earrings No.2: 55mm x 14mm x 11mm
Tags: wearable sculpture, art jewellery, one of a kind, volume, asymmetry
Production Technology: Each piece was hand-carved from wax to create the structure, according to the design needs or specific gem shapes. Lost-wax casting was used later. Stone setting, metal finishing and black rhodium plating were also applied. 18K yellow gold, south sea baroque pearls, white diamonds.
Design Challenge: Seemingly randomness, asymmetrical structure, fine surface texture, together with unique form of each piece in the collection made 2D rendering or computer tools nearly impossible. Every piece required significant time and carving craftsmanship to model and test in physical prototypes. Further detailed adjustment was processed with additional remarkable time and effort.
Research: Extracting a two dimensional pattern that widely found in nature to a three dimensional form requires large scale of visual analysis and model construction. Carefully designed structure, texture and colour, together serve the design logic hidden behind these seemingly random lines.
Inspiration: 'Fissure' is a collection inspired by the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth, echoing the growing environmental crisis we are living in.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Sydney, and was exhibited in NYC Jewellery Week 2020
Operation Flow: The designs were inspired the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth. Wearers are experiencing the organic, three dimensional and asymmetrical forms of the collection. Its crisscrossing structure is further highlighted by colour contrast. Smooth and lustrous gems sitting in a carefully textured surface of the metal implies the incongruity human civilization and the nature.
Image Credits: Image#1, 2, 3, 4: Photographer Charmaine Morgan, 2020, Image#5: Photographer Lingjun Sun, 2021