Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa by Costis

Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa by Costis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.

RinoWhakakai· 2026

Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa

by Costis

Client: Pencil Bracelet by Costis

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa

Kuputuhi Pukapuka: Ko te hoahoa he whakaranunga o te Ātaahua, te Taketake, te Auahatanga, me te Whakaahua i roto i tētahi mea kotahi. He pai ki a Costis te whakanui i te āhua whakairo o tētahi mea, mā te tango i te mea noa me te whakateitei i a ia ki te ao o te mīharo. Ka pōhēhē ia i te wero o te whakateitei i tētahi mea māmā, o ia rā ki tētahi mahi toi. Ka whakaputa tēnei poroaka-ā-ringa i te ātaahua o te pene rākau, ā, hei mea kei te iti pea te āhua, engari koinei tonu te huarahi o te auahatanga o Costis: mā tana pene rākau ka hangaia e ia ana whakaahua. Ka rere te poroaka-ā-ringa mā te ringa, ā, ka hurihuri huri noa i te kōhengehenge me te tino whakamārie.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa 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 Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa 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 Pencil Collection Mahi Matua: Poroaka-ā-ringa 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: The Pencil Bracelet is a blend of Aesthetics, Originality, Creativity, Plasticity in a piece.
Costis loves to enhance the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 27mm x Length 175mm x Height 8mm. Diameter 60mm. Weight 64.30 grams
18K White Gold, pave' with 6.64 carats of excellent Diamonds and 0.74 carats Ruby, especially cut to fit the tip pf the pencil-shaped bracelet. At the back of the bracelet, another ruby is set, implying the end of the red graphite.
Tags: pencil bracelet, fine jewelry, high jewelry, unique, ingenious luxury
Production Technology: The idea strikes unexpectedly and is quickly sketched on paper. These rough sketches become detailed artistic drawings. Technical specifics are decided later in the workshop. Designs are then created in Rhino software, where Costis applies his modeling expertise for volume and proportion, the factors that can make or break a jewel. The process continues with resin prototyping, fusion, finishing, hand stone-setting, and rhodium plating.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to obtain the correct volume of a rolled pencil, so that when worn, it could convey immediately to the actual object. Also, setting the graphite tip, in this case an especially cut ruby, also posed a challenge.
Research: My research evolved around the attempt to study how a pencil can be rolled around the wrist. The objective was to render the bracelet comfortable when worn, to choose the right distance between the two meeting edges, and to recreate all distinguishing characteristics, as the writing tip and the end of the graphite.
Inspiration: Costis loves to observe the world we live in. These
are the forms he re-creates through his jewelry, by enhancing the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but it is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings.
Project Duration: The project started in Athens in September 2012, and was completed in Valenza, Italy in May 2023, to be ready for the Launch of Costis Jewelry in Neiman Marcus, USA.
Operation Flow: This bracelet offers its bearer the joy of wearing a piece that was inspired and transformed from an ordinary and humble object. It slides through the hand, and embraces it so gently, since the pencil rolls around the wrist very comfortably.
Patents: Trademark Costis by WIPO, Registration number 1 525 576
Registration date March 6, 2020, Konstantinos Chamamtzis
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #2: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #3: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #4: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #5: Photographer, Frangos Ioannis