Fissure Coleção de Joias by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Joalharia Competition Category.

FerroJoalharia· 2021

Fissure Coleção de Joias

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Joalharia Category

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The Design

About Fissure Coleção de Joias

Fissure é uma coleção de joias inspirada nas fendas das calotas polares em degelo e da terra ressecada. Cada peça é esculpida à mão em cera, formando uma treliça tridimensional, com linhas que imitam aquelas encontradas na natureza. A estrutura se desenvolve ao redor das gemas, criando composições equilibradas a partir de componentes aparentemente aleatórios. Fundição por cera perdida, cravação das pedras, acabamento do metal e banho de ródio negro completam cada item. Os materiais são ouro amarelo 18K, pérolas barrocas dos Mares do Sul e diamantes brancos. O contraste de cores realça as formas assimétricas e entrecruzadas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Fissure Coleção de Joias conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Fissure Coleção de Joias seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Fissure Coleção de Joias merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each piece of this collection is hand-carved into a three dimensional lattice with lines mimicking those found in nature - a technique developed in my MA program in London. A thoughtful design logic hides between the organic lines of each piece, forming accordingly around the gems, contributing to balanced compositions of seemingly random components.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring No.1: 41mm x 27mm x 19mm; Earrings No.1: 32mm x 32mm x 7mm; Earrings No.2: 55mm x 14mm x 11mm
Tags: wearable sculpture, art jewellery, one of a kind, volume, asymmetry
Production Technology: Each piece was hand-carved from wax to create the structure, according to the design needs or specific gem shapes. Lost-wax casting was used later. Stone setting, metal finishing and black rhodium plating were also applied. 18K yellow gold, south sea baroque pearls, white diamonds.
Design Challenge: Seemingly randomness, asymmetrical structure, fine surface texture, together with unique form of each piece in the collection made 2D rendering or computer tools nearly impossible. Every piece required significant time and carving craftsmanship to model and test in physical prototypes. Further detailed adjustment was processed with additional remarkable time and effort.
Research: Extracting a two dimensional pattern that widely found in nature to a three dimensional form requires large scale of visual analysis and model construction. Carefully designed structure, texture and colour, together serve the design logic hidden behind these seemingly random lines.
Inspiration: 'Fissure' is a collection inspired by the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth, echoing the growing environmental crisis we are living in.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Sydney, and was exhibited in NYC Jewellery Week 2020
Operation Flow: The designs were inspired the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth. Wearers are experiencing the organic, three dimensional and asymmetrical forms of the collection. Its crisscrossing structure is further highlighted by colour contrast. Smooth and lustrous gems sitting in a carefully textured surface of the metal implies the incongruity human civilization and the nature.
Image Credits: Image#1, 2, 3, 4: Photographer Charmaine Morgan, 2020, Image#5: Photographer Lingjun Sun, 2021