Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako by Lingjun Sun

Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Amasaro Competition Category.

IcyumaAmasaro· 2021

Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Amasaro Category

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The Design

About Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako

Umwandiko w'Igitabo: Fissure ni icyegeranyo cy'imitako gishishikarizwa n'imyanya iboneka mu rubura rushonga ndetse n'ubutaka bwumye. Buri gice gikorwa mu buhanzi bw'intoki mu igi kikagira imiterere y'imikandara y'imirongo itatu, hifashishijwe imirongo isa n'iyo iboneka muri kamere. Imiterere ibumbatira amabuye y'agaciro, ikarema uburinganire buhuriweho hagati y'ibice bisa n'ibitunganijwe ku bushake. Uburyo bwo gushonga igi (lost-wax casting), gushyira amabuye y'agaciro mu myanya yayo, kurangiza icyuma mu buryo bw'ubuhanga ndetse no kwambika ibara ry'umukara rya rhodium (black rhodium plating) ni byo bisoza buri gikoresho. Ibikoresho bikoreshwa ni zahabu ya karati 18 (18K yellow gold), imazi zo mu nyanja y'Amajyepfo (South Sea baroque pearls) n'amabuye y'agaciro yera (white diamonds). Itandukaniro ry'amabara rigaragaza neza imiterere idasa kandi inyuranye y'ibice byuzuye.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Fissure Umurimo w'Ibanze: Icyegeranyo cy'Imitako yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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