Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Dahabka iyo Xardhanka Competition Category.

NaxaasDahab· 2022

Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati

by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Client: Anna's Darling

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Dahab Category

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The Design

About Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati

Qoraalka Buugga: Sarah waa faraati dahab ah oo laga dhiirigaliyay nooc ubax ah oo peony ah iyo jilaa magaceeda loo bixiyay, Sarah Bernhard. Faraatigu wuxuu u muuqdaa mid adag oo raqiis ah isla mar ahaantaana, si la mid ah ubaxa qudhiisa. Muuqaalkiisu wuxuu isbedelaa iyadoo ku xiran zaawiyada laga eegayo. Sarah waxaa laga sameeyay dahab jaale ah oo la dib-u-warshadeeyay 585, iyadoo la adeegsanayo farsamada shubidda shumaca lumay iyo farsamooyinka saxaanka dahabka. Lakabyada ubaxa waxaa la sameeyay iyadoo shumac dhalaalaya lagu tuurayo qalab goobaabin ah oo bir ah, ka dibna dahab lagu shubay, la dhaqaajiyay, waxaana lagu wadaajiyay silig dahab ah iyadoo la adeegsanayo kaliya dhowr solder ah. Naqshaddu waxay isku daraysaa dahabka la xidhan karo iyo farshaxanka.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. Sarah Shaqada Ugu Weyn: Faraati si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Sarah ring is made from gold with lost wax casting and goldsmith plate techniques. The ring is massive and fragile at the same time. Sarah jewelry has been inspired by peony and the very first superstar Sarah Bernhard. This design is unique combination of good usability and art jewelry at the same time. From each angle it is different and gives an impression of hand made artefact and unique piece of art.
Dimensions & Packaging: Material 585 yellow gold
Size of the flower 21 mm x 14 mm
Width of the ring 4 mm
Size of the ring varies.
Weight of the ring 19 g in ring size 17.
Tags: ring, goldring, flowerjewelry, peony, sarahbernhard, lostwaxcasting
Production Technology: Sarah ring is made with lost wax casting and goldsmith plate techniques from recycled 585 yellow gold. Original flower pieces were made by melting wax and forming the flower pieces drop by drop on top of an iron sphere. The ring part is made from gold plate by hand. After casting the wax made flower pieces it was all joined together with supporting and visual adding gold wire with only three solders.
Design Challenge: In this Sarah design process were used scketching and model making techniques before moving in to experimental form giving. The biggest challenge was to create something new that does not only imitate nature and flower but expresses the desired character of nature, human being and a time era. These all were to adapt in to wearable and beautiful jewelry.
Research: For the Sarah project background was to gather visual material about the peony flower construction and appearance. The flower character was as important as the actress Sarah Bernhard who had given her name to this one particular peony. To accomplish this final ring form there were movies to watch, Muchas posters to see and peony blossoms to tear down. The biggest insight was to create more than nature had given in to a usable and pretentious ring.
Inspiration: Sarah design project started from the love towards gardens beauties sarah bernhard peonies that are multilayered lush and fragile. Peony got its name from the worlds first superstar Sarah Bernhard. This actress and courtesan has given her face to a nature inspired Art Nouveau period by artist Alphonse Muchas paintbrush. This one particular peony cultivar has also been named after her perhaps because of their look alike in looks and in essence. Sarah ring embodies them both woman and the flower.
Project Duration: Project started in July 2020 and finished in June 2021, and was exhibited in June 2021 in Sonkajarvi Finland.
Operation Flow: Challenge was to make original and interesting design. Sarah form giving started with molding wax sheets and adding melted wax on a sphere tool. Wax models were lost wax casted in to gold and then best forms for the flower part were chosen. Casted gold layers were grinded polishes and soldered together with one gold wire. Parts were elevated from each other with slugs to lift the flower layers and make it lively and light. The design is made so there would be as little solders as possible.
Patents: All right belong to Anna-Reetta Väänänen, Anna's Darling Ky, Sonkajärvi, Finland
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Tuomo Jalkanen, Alias Creative, 2021
Image #2: Photographer Elina Manninen, Model Johanna Nordblad, 2021
Image #3: Photographer Elina Manninen, Model Johanna Nordblad, 2021
Image #4: Photographer Tuomo Jalkanen, Alias Creative, 2021
Image #5: Photographer Tuomo Jalkanen, Alias Creative, 2021
Video Credits: Valtteri Kantanen, 2021