Fissure Kohinga Taonga by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.

RinoWhakakai· 2021

Fissure Kohinga Taonga

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Fissure Kohinga Taonga

He kohinga taonga a Fissure i whakaawehia e ngā ngātahitanga i ngā tihi hukapapa rewa me te whenua maroke. Ka whakairohia ā-ringa tēnā mea, tēnā mea ki te wax kia hanga i tētahi ripanga ā-toru-ahunga, ā, ko ōna rārangi he whakaahua i aua mea ka kitea i te taiao. Ka hanga te hanganga ki te taha o ngā kōhatu momo, ā, ka puta he whakatakotoranga taurite mai i ngā wāhanga e kitea ana he mea tūponotanga noa. Ka whakaotihia tēnā taonga, tēnā taonga mā te whakarewa-wax ngaro, te whakanoho kōhatu, te whakapaipai konganuku me te kopaki rhodium mangu. Ko ngā rawa he kōura kōwhai 18K, he pēra parūrū o te Moana ki te Tonga, me te taimana mā. Mā te rerekētanga tae ka whakanuia ngā āhua kōaro, whakawhitiwhiti o te hoahoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Fissure Kohinga Taonga te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Fissure Kohinga Taonga he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Fissure Kohinga Taonga mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

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