Dome Brosje by HaiYu Tan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Jern in Smykkedesign Competition Category.

JernSmykker· 2020

Dome Brosje

by HaiYu Tan

Client: Cybil Tan

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Smykker Category

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The Design

About Dome Brosje

Book Text: Dome er et sett med tre brosjer inspirert av kirkekupler. De tre delene viser samme kuppel om morgenen, midt på dagen og om natten. Hver brosje er laget for hånd av S925-sølv og rødt kobber gjennom en metallfoldingsprosess som inkluderer smelting, smiing, spenning, folding, sveising og polering. Overflatetekstur og et metalloksidasjonsmiddel skaper de forskjellige fargene. Utsparinger gjør at fargen og vevingen i klesplagget kan skimtes gjennom. Dobbel nål på baksiden holder hver brosje stabil når den bæres.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Dome Brosje er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Dome Brosje forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Dome Brosje respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: With metal folding craft,the set of brooches demonstrates different hours of scenes of the dome of churches in the morning,noon and midnight separately.Through overlying,cutting,bending pressure together with different kinds of texture techniques on the surface of metal,we see changes of combination and the hollow out makes people come into imagination of an eternal dome.The whole set of brooches are hand made to present piety and sedation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 65mmx62mmx26mm,65mmx65mmx29mm,63mmx63mmx32mm
Tags: hand made, jewelry, brooch, metal, silver, modern, dome, arc shaped
Production Technology: Materials: S925 Silver, red copper,metal oxidant.
Production method:hand made,folding process,a technique changing metals from hot to cold.Principles:after high temperature smelting and crushing, the material is folded manually and then welded,including smelting,forging,buckling,folding,welding and polishing.
Design Challenge: 1. Sheet metal can be hard to be folded; 2. Sheet metal is weak in flexibility and cracking may be seen after multiple bending; 3. Silver sheet and red coper sheet are not combined through welding. To clamp the three sheets needs data from constant experiments. Due to the cambered surface of metal sheet after dimensional folding, the process becomes much more complicated and difficult.
Research: Because metal folding is a brand-new craft, experience and data needed can only be gained through research and experiment. Moreover, it’s also required to learn more about church architecture so that the maker can get organized knowledge though self conclusion.
Inspiration: Moved by the piety from Evening Bell by Jean Francois Millet , and regretful for the fire that happened at Notre Dame de Paris in 2019,the designer was determined to make a hollow out and transparent brooches with the look of the church dome. With abundant presentation of colors,we have different feelings: transparent dome in the morning for a pure heart,shining dome at noon for enthusiasm,noctilucent dome at night for peace and meditation.
Project Duration: Inspired on April, 15 of 2019, the maker spent three weeks on the draft and then began the work. On July 2th of the same year, the set of brooches was finished by China Academy of Art and has never been on show to the public.
Operation Flow: A brooch can keep one’s faith the closest to his heart. Although the set of brooches is a little big in size, with hollow out craft, the color and woven grain of costume can be seen. The double needles back of the brooch make it more stable when wearing it.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Haiyu Tan, Dome, 2019. Image #2: Photographer Haiyu Tan, Dome, 2019. Image #3: Photographer Haiyu Tan, Dome, 2019. Image #4: Photographer Haiyu Tan, Dome, 2019.
Video:Photographer Haiyu Tan, Dome, 2019.