Reflection Anting by Mandy Morris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Perak in Perhiasan Competition Category.

PerakPerhiasan· 2023

Reflection Anting

by Mandy Morris

Client: Werk bytcjdesigns

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Perhiasan Category

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The Design

About Reflection Anting

Reflection nyaéta sapasang anting asimétri anu didamel tina emas bodas 18 karat anu dianggo deui. Emasna ditarik janten kawat pikeun ngawangun awak anting utama. Anting kénca anu langkung ageung ngait dina cepil, sedengkeun anting katuhu mangrupa stud alit. Bagian gantungan anu misah tiasa dipasangkeun kana salah sahiji anting atanapi diselapkeun kana ranté sarta dianggo salaku liontin. Batu safir sareng inten dipasang ku cara grain set sareng bezel set ku panangan. Desainna kainspirasi ku manuk anu ningali kalangkangna sorangan dina cai, sarta ku kontras antara sisi anu dipintonkeun sareng sisi anu disumputkeun.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Reflection Anting mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perak, pangakuan anu luar biasa bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas luhur, endah jeung matak kagum. Para juara Perak téh karya anu pohara cemerlang jeung pohara kréatif anu ngagambarkeun kaahlian, bakat jeung kapinteran para désainerna. Reflection Anting diharepkeun jadi karya anu éndah, karya andalan anu pohara profésional jeung pohara inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perak ieu mangrupa panemuan anu pohara kasohor jeung dikagumi anu mangpaat sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. Reflection Anting mangrupa kréasi anu pohara diirikeun anu ngahudang kahayang, ngabawa rasa positip, jeung ngahudangkeun rasa heran jeung kagum.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: These one of a kind earrings feature an asymmetric design with a drop section that can be added to left the left or right earring or removed and worn as a pendant
Dimensions & Packaging: Left side Height 60mm width 40mm depth 12mm.
Right side Height 15mm width 11mm depth 7mm
Drop attachment height 35mm width 9mm depth 5mm
Tags: Reflection earrings, GCDC awards2022, Werk jewellers ,awards
Production Technology: Repurposed 18ct white gold drawn into metal wire to form body of main earring ,Hand crafted , laser welding. Hand finishing, grain set and bezel set sapphires and diamonds , polishing.
Design Challenge: Production possibilities with gemstone availability.The wire drawing and formation and balance of the earring in ear.
Research: Following my initial image of bird on a branch viewing reflection I spent time researching bird image and reflection in water and how what’s seen is it a mirror image . I spent days re sketching the image to its basic wire form and from their transformed the initial shape using cad cam and by stretching the shape it took on a hook shape which inspired the hook design around the ear with the reflection part progression to a removable drop .Methods included sketching, layout tracing , hand rendering and cad cam with the making using hand craftsmanship.
Inspiration: Originally based on a bird viewing its own reflection in the water
we do not always see the perfect reflection of ourselves.
I wanted to design based on the the side we show and the side we keep hidden.The right earring is flamboyant were the left is more subtle
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 in York finished in February 2022 in York and was exhibited in London March 2022.
Operation Flow: The object can be handled easily with the left earring that hooks easily around the ear and with a right hand stud fitted easily with pin through eat .The drop section can easily hook on to either earring or slide on to a chain and worn as a necklace.