Happiness Bros, Liontin by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Perunggu in Perhiasan Competition Category.

PerungguPerhiasan· 2022

Happiness Bros, Liontin

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Perhiasan Category

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Colors

The Design

About Happiness Bros, Liontin

Kabagjaan nya éta perhiasan anu tiasa dianggo salaku bros atanapi liontin. Desainna nembongkeun manuk hèrang di gigireun awi, dua motif anu dihubungkeun dina budaya Wétan sareng kabagjaan sareng karakter mulya. Manuk hèrang dijieun ku téhnik cloisonne tradisional, anu masihan manuk éta warna sareng tékstur anu kaya. Awina dijieun tina emas sareng pérak sarta dipasangan inten sareng zamrud. Unggal léngkah réngsé ku tangan, kalebet gawé kawat, ngagelasan, pamanasan ulang dina suhu luhur, sareng ngagerus. Maksudna nya éta pikeun mawa karajinan tradisional kana perhiasan modéren.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Happiness Bros, Liontin mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perunggu, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain unggul anu dicirikeun ku kréativitas, kacerdikan jeung kawaspadaan. Para juara Perunggu téh artéfak anu lobaan kaahlian jeung kréatif pisan anu ngabuktikeun pangalaman anu lega, imajinasi jeung kacerdasan para désainerna. Happiness Bros, Liontin diharepkeun jadi objék anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu profésional jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perunggu ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna dina seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi, sarta unggul dina perhatian kana détail. Happiness Bros, Liontin minuhan kabutuhan kalayan éndah, nyentuh kahayang, nyenangkeun rasa, jeung narik rasa panasaran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The artist integrates the traditional cloisonne craft into the jewelry design, making the design more modern while retaining the traditional Oriental characteristics, and striving to make efforts for the inheritance and development of the traditional cloisonne craft.
Dimensions & Packaging: Brooch Size: Height 56cm
Material: Cloisonne, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Emeralds
Process: filigree cloisonne, metal casting, metal wire drawing, gem setting, color separation gold plating
Tags: Cloisonne jewellery, happiness, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology: The magpie cloisonne process used by this work is very complicated, need after cutting, carving, tinsel, silver inlay, coated with glaze, high temperature, grinding, etc more than ten working procedure, to do work in 800 - degree firing 20-30 times, can obtain the beautiful color, and these should be done purely manual. Due to the uncertainty of handwork, the success rate of a perfect cloisonne is not high, which is all the more precious in today's speed seeking industrial age.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of this design is to break through the tradition and combine the cloisonne craftsmanship originally applied to the utensils with gold and gemstones to make the design a unique piece of jewelry.
Research: Because the craftsmanship of Cloisonne uses copper as the inner bottom tire, in order to make the blue and green more vivid, it can experiment with silver tires. So the artist tried to adjust during the production process and successfully got more beautiful colors.
Inspiration: As a bird that symbolizes auspiciousness, it is said that seeing a magpie means something good will happen. Bamboo is a very important plant in oriental culture, symbolizing noble and great character. The overall design is very oriental. The artist used cloisonne to create the magpie, showing the rich colors and textures that make the bird look more vivid. The bamboo behind it is gold and silver colour, inlaid with diamonds and emeralds, making the whole design more gorgeous.
Project Duration: The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 2 months in total.
Operation Flow: This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members: Photographer：Danny Duan