Reflection Inaures by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Ornamentorum Competition Category.

ArgentumOrnamenta· 2023

Reflection Inaures

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Ornamenta Category

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The Design

About Reflection Inaures

Reflexio est par inaurium asymmetricarum ex auro albo 18 caratorum in novum usum converso confectarum. Aurum in filum ductum est ut corpus inauris principalis formaret. Inauris sinistra maior circum aurem uncinatur, dum inauris dextra parvus clavulus est. Pars pendens separata alterutri inauri affigi potest vel in catenam inserta ut monile gestari. Sapphiri et adamantes manu granis atque marginibus includuntur. Consilium operis inspiratur ave imaginem suam in aqua contemplante, atque contrasto inter latus quod ostenditur et latus quod celatum manet.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Reflection Inaures victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Reflection Inaures opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Reflection Inaures creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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.