Reflection Anting-anting by Mandy Morris

Reflection Anting-anting by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Perak in Perhiasan Competition Category.

PerakPerhiasan· 2023

Reflection Anting-anting

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Perhiasan Category

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The Design

About Reflection Anting-anting

Reflection adolah sapasang anting-anting asimetris nan dibuek dari ameh putiah 18 karat nan dipagunoan baliak. Ameh tu ditarik manjadi kawek untuak mambantuak badan anting-anting utamo. Anting-anting kida nan labiah gadang manyangkuik di sakuliliang talingo, sadangkan anting-anting suok barupo stud ketek. Bagian gantuangan nan tapisah dapek dipasang ka salah satu anting-anting atau dimasuakan ka rantai dan dipakai sabagai liontin. Batu safir jo intan dipasang jo teknik grain set sarato bezel set sacaro manual jo tangan. Rancangan ko diilhami dek buruang nan mancaliak bayangan dirinyo surang di aia, sarato dek kontras antaro sisi nan dipacaliakan jo sisi nan disuruakkan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Reflection Anting-anting adolah pamenang A' Design Award Perak, sabuah pangakuan nan luar biaso bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan tingkaik tatinggi, elok jo mangesankan. Pamenang Perak adolah karya nan sangaik cemerlang jo sangaik kreatif nan mamparlihatkan kapakaran, bakaik jo katajaman pikiran parancangnyo. Reflection Anting-anting dipaokan manjadi karya nan mangaguikan, contoh tauladan, sangaik profesional jo inovatif sacaro dalam. Rancangan nan manang Perak iko adolah panemuan nan nampak jo dikagumi nan mambari sumbangan untuak maluaskan batas seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi. Reflection Anting-anting adolah ciptaan nan dicamburui banyak urang, nan mambangkikkan karinduan, mambaok parasaan positif jo malahiakan karagumon jo kakaguman.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant
Dimensions & Packaging: Left side Height 60mm width 40mm depth 12mm.
Right side Height 15mm width 11mm depth 7mm
Drop attachment height 35mm width 9mm depth 5mm
Tags: Reflection earrings, GCDC awards2022, Werk jewellers ,awards
Production Technology: Repurposed 18ct white gold drawn into metal wire to form body of main earring ,Hand crafted , laser welding. Hand finishing, grain set and bezel set sapphires and diamonds , polishing.
Design Challenge: Production possibilities with gemstone availability.The wire drawing and formation and balance of the earring in ear.
Research: Following my initial image of bird on a branch viewing reflection I spent time researching bird image and reflection in water and how what’s seen is it a mirror image . I spent days re sketching the image to its basic wire form and from their transformed the initial shape using cad cam and by stretching the shape it took on a hook shape which inspired the hook design around the ear with the reflection part progression to a removable drop .Methods included sketching, layout tracing , hand rendering and cad cam with the making using hand craftsmanship.
Inspiration: Originally based on a bird viewing its own reflection in the water
we do not always see the perfect reflection of ourselves.
I wanted to design based on the the side we show and the side we keep hidden.The right earring is flamboyant were the left is more subtle
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 in York finished in February 2022 in York and was exhibited in London March 2022.
Operation Flow: The object can be handled easily with the left earring that hooks easily around the ear and with a right hand stud fitted easily with pin through eat .The drop section can easily hook on to either earring or slide on to a chain and worn as a necklace.