Happiness Broche, Pendente by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Joalharia Competition Category.
BronzeJoalharia· 2022
Happiness Broche, Pendente
by Xiaojie Hu
Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery
A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Joalharia Category
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About Happiness Broche, Pendente
Happiness é uma peça de joalharia que pode ser usada como broche ou como pendente. O design apresenta uma pega-rabuda junto a bambu, dois motivos associados na cultura oriental à boa fortuna e ao carácter nobre. A ave é executada com a técnica tradicional do esmalte cloisonné, que lhe confere cores e texturas ricas. O bambu é feito em ouro e prata e está cravejado com diamantes e esmeraldas. Cada etapa é concluída à mão, incluindo o trabalho de fios, a aplicação do esmalte, as repetidas cozeduras a alta temperatura e o polimento. A intenção é trazer um ofício tradicional para a joalharia contemporânea.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronze
Happiness Broche, Pendente conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Happiness Broche, Pendente seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Happiness Broche, Pendente satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.
Behind the Design
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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
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