Dandelion Mōwhiti by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.

HiriwaWhakakai· 2022

Dandelion Mōwhiti

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Dandelion Mōwhiti

Ko Dandelion he mōwhiti i whakaawehia e te āhua o te putiputi tohetaka. Kua hangaia te mōwhiti mai i te rōpū o ngā rau putiputi, ā, kei ia rau putiputi ōna ake taipitopito rerekē. Ko ētahi rau kua whīwhiria, ko ētahi kua whakanohoa ki ngā taimana, ā, ko ētahi anō kua whakairohia ki ngā raina ririki. Kua hangaia tēnei mahi mai i te koura karati 18 e rua ngā tae, mā te whakamahi i ētahi tikanga mahi koura matatini. Ka whakamahia ngā ānau me ngā raina ki te whakaatu i te māmā me te herekore. Ka whakaata te whakairo me ngā taimana i te mārama i te awatea me te pō. Kua hangaia te āhua o te kawe kia māmā ai te mau i te mōwhiti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Dandelion Mōwhiti te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Dandelion Mōwhiti he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Dandelion Mōwhiti he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This dandelion ring consists with a bunch of petals, each petal gets different details on it, whether if it's twisted, stoned, or carved with countless fine lines. It's fun to watch and to wear.
Dimensions & Packaging: 32mm*33mm*28mm
Tags: engraving, ring, dandelion, diamond, rose gold, 18ct, yellow gold
Production Technology: I see dandelion as the spirit of freedom and lightness. So I made the ring with curves and lines to symbolize the same spirit. The ring uses two colors of 18ct gold, and using several highly complicated goldsmith technics for finish the product.
Design Challenge: In the making process is the real challenge, there is no short cuts to finish the piece with so many different goldsmithing and settings. But to try on and on until the piece matches the design perfectly.
Research: Observation and sketches have been done and research of all skills of jewelry technics. the dandelion ring is trying to explain the freedom of its spirit, by making a maximum combination such as twisting wires, stretching gold lines and hammering, engravings, different settings, to fulfill the possibilities of jewelry making, and through out the lines pointing to all directions symmbolise all the choices we can have. Just as the dandelion.
Inspiration: After a thorough and closely observation of dandelion, the poetic imagery of it becomes more and more clearer, and that means lights and freedom, two things we need especially at this post-Covid-19 era.
Project Duration: The project was designed in April, 2020 in Shenzhen, China. and finished in August, 2020.
Operation Flow: The dandelion ring is designed to be elegant, eye-catching. The engraving and diamond gives it maximum shining during night and day. and the shape of the ring is made to easy to wear.