Acacia Gutwi by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Amasaro Competition Category.

IfezaAmasaro· 2023

Acacia Gutwi

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Amasaro Category

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The Design

About Acacia Gutwi

Uwashushanyije yashimishijwe nuburyo bwa geometrike yimbuto yahawe numukobwa we atangira gushushanya. Muri kamere, ntakintu cyuzuye kandi byose byuzuye nigitekerezo cya mbere umuntu ashobora gutekereza iyo abonye aya matwi. Impeta ifite ishusho nziza kandi nziza, kandi amabuye y'agaciro ameze nk'imbuto ziva mu butaka, zikuzunguza ibitekerezo byawe. Nibidasanzwe, imiterere, kandi byukuri imitako.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Acacia Gutwi ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Acacia Gutwi biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Acacia Gutwi ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: the complicated surface of this earring gives an whole new look of how earrings can be. Instead of front and back look of an earring, it is beautiful in multiple ways to look at. clasp is melted inside the structure, so the design has no compromise, to achieve this we designed a whole new clasp, and the weight must be perfectly balanced.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 30mm x depth 21.2mm x height 32.2mm
Tags: gold earrings, creative earrings, designers earrings, gold earrings, acacia
Production Technology: Wax carving, lost-wax casting, goldsmith, stone-setting, gold-plating. Using material, yellow gold, titanium, Rubellite, Citrine, Tourmaline.
Design Challenge: Throughout the process of making this earring, the hardest part was where should the clasp been placed, and how to make it invisible, also comfortable, at this period a lot of tryouts must be done, and broke two pieces in experiment. As finally been accomplished, this part was added various small details and small components inside the earring. Another part was finding the balance of the earring, as can be seen from the special form, it's not a tradition kind of earring, so finding the perfect balancing both visually and comfortably was a hard part. The team tried lots of times and many adjustments to accomplish.
Research: Research from the observation of nature.
Inspiration: It started as a seed fallen down from a tree. The name is called Acacia, designer's daughter found the seed and showed to designer. He looked at the seed carefully, fascinated by its complicate shape and decided to transform it into an earring.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2020 and finished in July 2021 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: There's a hidden hinge on the part off the earring, when open the earring, just simply pull the back part of the earring, and the hinge will open, when putting to your ears, just push the back part, when hearing a "tick" sound, which means is complete locked.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.