Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.

ParahiWhakakai· 2024

Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa

by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Client: Anna's Darling Ky

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa

Kupu Pukapuka: Ko Marilyn he poroporo ringaringa i hangaia mō ngā take whakahirahira me ngā take whakahirahira-iti. Ko te āhua rerenga e whakaatu ana i ngā mīngoingoi me te hau i te takutai. I hangaia a Marilyn mai i te koura 14 karati kua hangaia anōtia, kāore i te whakakikorua, e mōhiotia ana hoki ko te koura 585, i Sonkajarvi, Finland. Ka whakamahia ngā tikanga hanga waikura ngaro me ngā mahi kaimahi koura tuku iho, ā, kua whakapaipaitia te mata. Ka whai te poroporo i te āhua o te riu ringaringa me te hanganga wheua, nā reira ka rongo pūmau me te māmā o te whakamau. Ka taea te whakaahua i te taonga kia tau ki te ringaringa. Ko te whāinga he āhua nui, kanapa hoki e rongohia tonu ana he māmā ki te mau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Marilyn Mahi Tuatahi: Poroporo ringaringa i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Marilyn bracelet is flowy and showy. It expresses curls and wind by the beach. This polished and golden jewelry is made from recycled non-plated 14 carat gold at Sonkajarvi, Finland. The bracelet is well fitted and comfortable to wear. The jewelry set suites events and fine occasions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 68 mm Hight 68 mm Depth 35 mm
Tags: mairlyn, jewelry, marilyn monroe, gold jewelry, finnish, design, bracelet, surface
Production Technology: The Marilyn Bracelet is made from recycled 585 gold. It's made by lost was casting and traditional goldsmiths techniques. It has polished surface. The original 3d model was made from paper and silver.
Design Challenge: The challenge of this design project was to create light and luxurious feeling into a celebrity inspired jewelry. It was to make the jewelry user feel the perfection and child like joy in design. It was also important to express the movement and bring Marilyn's personality in to the jewelry.
Research: In Marilyn jewelry project the main fields of study were in luxury feeling flowy design that expresses the actress Marilyn Monroes character and makes the jewelry user to feel itself confident and beautiful when appearing in events for dress code Formal or Semi-formal. It was also important to reach the feeling of steady and stable weightless wearability of big and showy jewelry. This was achieved with good balance experiments and several fittings with different body types.
Inspiration: Marilyn makes us think of how we treat people who live by publicity and being a star. Where is the line between personal life and show business or politics. Marilyns' life is well stored in photographs. Through them it s possible to see her as a human being who faces changes and winds of life. All though her hair might be done perfect she is still the same wild, loving and caring person as she was in the beginning of her career. She deserves to be admired as herself.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in February 2024 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
Operation Flow: The jewelry set is made to follow the users movements. It is made to be noticeable by the audience but not the user itself. The bracelet follows the shape of a wrist and bone structure to feel stable and fit. It can be shaped to fit ones hand.
Patents: All RIghts Anna's Darling Ky, Sonkajärvi Finland
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #3: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #4: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #5: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024