Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga by Lingjun Sun

Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Mea Teuteuga Competition Category.

UʻameaMea Teuteuga· 2021

Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Mea Teuteuga Category

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The Design

About Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Fissure o se fa'aputuga teuga na fa'aosofia mai i mavaevaega o le aisa liusuavai ma le eleele mago. O mea ta'itasi e ta'ele lima i le pa'u afi (wax) e avea ma se lattice fa'atolu-itulagi, fa'atasi ai ma laina e fa'aata ia mea o lo'o maua i le natura. O le fausaga e fausia i le si'osi'omaga o ma'a taua, fatuina ai fa'atulagaga paleni mai vaega e foliga mai e le mautonu. O le fa'ailoga fa'apitoa e fa'amae'a ai mea ta'itasi e ala i le "lost-wax casting", fa'atūina o ma'a, fa'ai'uga o u'amea ma le pa'u rhodium uliuli. O mea faufau e aofia ai auro sa'o 18K, penina baroque mai le Sami i Saute (South Sea) ma taimane pa'epa'e. O le fa'aeseesega o lanu e fa'amalamalamaina ai foliga e le tutusa ma fesosoani solo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Fissure Galuega Autu: Fa'aputuga Teuga ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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