Happiness Bros, Loket by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Barang Kemas Competition Category.

GangsaBarang Kemas· 2022

Happiness Bros, Loket

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Barang Kemas Category

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The Design

About Happiness Bros, Loket

Kebahagiaan ialah sebuah perhiasan yang boleh dipakai sebagai bros atau loket. Reka bentuk ini memaparkan burung murai di sisi buluh, dua motif yang dikaitkan dalam budaya Oriental dengan tuah baik dan keperibadian mulia. Burung murai ini dihasilkan dengan teknik cloisonne tradisional, yang memberikan burung tersebut warna dan tekstur yang kaya. Buluh pula diperbuat daripada emas dan perak serta dihiasi dengan berlian dan zamrud. Setiap langkah dilakukan secara tangan, termasuk kerja dawai, penyaduran, pembakaran berulang pada suhu tinggi dan pengilapan. Tujuannya adalah untuk membawa seni tradisional ini ke dalam perhiasan moden.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Happiness Bros, Loket ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. Happiness Bros, Loket diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. Happiness Bros, Loket memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

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: Height 56cm
Material: Cloisonne, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Emeralds
Process: filigree cloisonne, metal casting, metal wire drawing, gem setting, color separation gold plating
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, happiness, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The magpie 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 cloisonne 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: As a bird that symbolizes auspiciousness, it is said that seeing a magpie means something good will happen. Bamboo is a very important plant in oriental culture, symbolizing noble and great character. The overall design is very oriental. The artist used cloisonne to create the magpie, showing the rich colors and textures that make the bird look more vivid. The bamboo behind it is gold and silver colour, inlaid with diamonds and emeralds, making the whole design more gorgeous.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 2 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan