Solidarity Mama Lima by Mehdi Moazzen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Mea Teuteuga Competition Category.

UʻameaMea Teuteuga· 2023

Solidarity Mama Lima

by Mehdi Moazzen

Client: Moazzen gallery

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Mea Teuteuga Category

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The Design

About Solidarity Mama Lima

Solidarity o se mama lima na faia lima, na faʻaosofia e le faʻagaioiga Fafine, Ola, Saʻolotoga. O le mamanu e faʻaalia ai fafine o loʻo taputapu lima faʻataamilo i se sefulu e faʻatusalia ai le Lalolagi. O le sefulu ua tuʻufaʻatasia i ma pauna faʻapipiʻi eseese lanu, lea e faʻatusalia ai le eseesega o ituaiga tagata i le lalolagi. E lua manu felelei auro o loʻo taoto i le ogatotonu. O uaea auro moni ua fesoʻotaʻi e faʻatusalia ai lauulu na tipiina o fafine Iranian. O le mama e faia i le siliva, uaea auro ma maa faʻapipiʻi. O se mekasini nati ma sikulū e liliu ai le vaega pito i luga, ina ia mafai ai ona ofuina le mea e pei o se sefulu atoa poʻo se afa-sefulu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Solidarity Mama Lima, 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 Solidarity Mama Lima 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 Solidarity Mama Lima 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: Solidarity is created to depict the powerful Iranian women during Woman, Life, Freedom movement. In this artwork, women are holding hands, standing around the Earth which is ornamented by different stones of different colors. And, this variety of colors represents the racial diversity across the world. At the heart of this planet, two birds- namely, the birds of freedom- have nested. A series of interwoven bare wires are used that represent the tresses of the Iranian women.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product Dimensions: 26 mm x 26 mm x 45 mm.
Weight: 16.26 gram.
Tools used: Basic goldsmithing tools (types of pliers, welding Smith, File, bow, milling, sanding, and to polishing, is also used from the engine machine and silver blackening solution).
Tags: Ring, Moazzen, Gold, Silver, Synthetic Stones
Production Technology: All of the parts of this artwork are handmade. This piece can be opened and closed; and, it can be properly used in both of these conditions. To open and close the pieces, a form of bolt-and-nut technique has been used. As the upper part turns and the sphere fits in its place, the main form of the artwork is represented. Moreover, the shank of this ring can hold shapes other than a sphere.
This work can be used in two forms of either a full sphere or a hemisphere with two golden birds.
The materials of Silver, Bare Gold Wires, and Synthetic Gemstones are used.
Design Challenge: Creating the sphere and working on the opening mechanism as well as the location of the birds were the most difficult part of the work.
Research: Throughout the course of history, the role of women in Iranian and global Art and Mythology has been quite significant. The recent events in Iran as well as Woman, Life, Freedom movement are among such instances, being quickly able to lay the foundation for the creation of various works of arts all over the world. And, the same movement was what truly marked the beginning of Solidarity. One of the symbols of this movement was the way in which mournful women cut their own tresses; this is based upon Iranian mythology according to which Iranian women cut their hair as a sign of mourning a loss.
Inspiration: This artwork is inspired by Woman, Life, Freedom movement to depict the powerful Iranian women during this movement. The inspiration from women who cleared and illuminated the path which started from Iran and continued across the entire world, the path of freedom. A series of interwoven bare wires are used that represent the tresses of the Iranian women, tresses which have been cut- akin to the mythological culture and tradition of Iran- to protest against the death of Mahsa Amini.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2022 and finished in February 2023 in Iran.
Operation Flow: This work can be used in two ways. In its first form, the middle section of this artwork is seen as a full sphere. And, in its second form, it is a hemisphere in which two golden birds have nested.
Moreover, the shank of this ring can hold shapes other than a sphere. If interested, the artist can design other forms to be placed upon the same shank.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Mahtab Mozayan, Solidarity, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Mahtab Mozayan, Solidarity, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Mahtab Mozayan, Solidarity, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Mahtab Mozayan, Solidarity, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Mahtab Mozayan, Solidarity, 2023.
Song video: Musician Mohammadreza Lotfi, Parvaze eshgh, 2015.