Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Basi in Perhiasan Competition Category.

BasiPerhiasan· 2022

Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Perhiasan Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul

Cyan Bird adolah sabuah perhiasan nan bisa dipakai sabagai bros atau bandul. Rancangan ko manampakkan surang unggeh nan tagak di ateh kisi-kisi jandela. Unggeh tu dibuek jo teknik cloisonne tradisional, nan mambarikan warna nan kayo jo hiduik. Jandela nan balubang tu dibuek dari ameh 18k nan ringan bobotnyo. Barambang intan manambah kilau dibawah matoari. Karajo cloisonne ko dibuek jo tangan malalui labiah dari sapuluah tahap, tamasuak mamotong, maukia, karajo kawaik, malapisi jo enamel, mambaka pado suhu 800 darajat, sarato manggosok. Bros ko baukuran tinggi 49 mm jo lebar 41 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Cyan Bird Bros, Bandul dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The artist integrates the traditional cloisonne craft into the jewelry design, making the design more modern while retaining the traditional Oriental characteristics, and striving to make efforts for the inheritance and development of the traditional cloisonne craft.
Dimensions & Packaging: Brooch size: 49mm (high) X 41mm (wide)
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, Cyan bird, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The Cyan bird cloisonne process used by this work is very complicated, need after cutting, carving, tinsel, silver inlay, coated with glaze, high temperature, grinding, etc more than ten working procedure, to do work in 800 - degree firing 20-30 times, can obtain the beautiful color, and these should be done purely manual. Due to the uncertainty of handwork, the success rate of a perfect cloisonne is not high, which is all the more precious in today's speed seeking industrial age.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of this design is to break through the tradition and combine the cloisonné craftsmanship originally applied to the utensils with gold and gemstones to make the design a unique piece of jewelry.
Research: Because the craftsmanship of Cloisonne uses copper as the inner bottom tire, in order to make the blue and green more vivid, it can experiment with silver tires. So the artist tried to adjust during the production process and successfully got more beautiful colors.
Inspiration: In ancient Chinese mythology, Cyan bird symbolize happiness. The whole design depicts a Cyan bird standing on the window lattice singing for its owner. The birds made of cloisonne are rich in color, gorgeous, beautiful and lively; the hollow window made of 18k gold is complex and light, with oriental characteristics. The inlaid diamonds shine in the sun, making the whole work look gorgeous and exquisite. When light reflects the shadow through the hollowed-out pane, light and shadow overlap, as if two birds were talking to each other, and the beautiful story slowly unfolded.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 3 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan