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Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge by Xiaojie Hu

Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Järn in Smyckesdesign Competition Category.


JärnSmycken· 2022

Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Smycken Category

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The Design

About Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge

Cyan Bird är ett smycke som kan bäras som brosch eller hänge. Designen föreställer en fågel som sitter på ett fönstergaller. Fågeln är tillverkad med den traditionella cloisonnétekniken, vilket ger rika och levande färger. Det ihåliga fönstret är gjort av 18k guld och är lätt i vikt. Infattade diamanter ger glans i solljus. Cloisonnéarbetet är handgjort och genomgår mer än tio steg, inklusive skärning, gravering, trådarbete, emaljering, bränning vid 800 grader och slipning. Broschen mäter 49 mm i höjd och 41 mm i bredd.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Cyan Bird Brosch, Hänge respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

Behind the Design

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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: 49mm (high) X 41mm (wide)
Tags
Cloisonne jewellery, Cyan bird, Chinoiserie jewellery, Enamel Jewelry, Cloisonne Brooch , Pendant
Production Technology
The Cyan bird 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 cloisonné 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
In ancient Chinese mythology, Cyan bird symbolize happiness. The whole design depicts a Cyan bird standing on the window lattice singing for its owner. The birds made of cloisonne are rich in color, gorgeous, beautiful and lively; the hollow window made of 18k gold is complex and light, with oriental characteristics. The inlaid diamonds shine in the sun, making the whole work look gorgeous and exquisite. When light reflects the shadow through the hollowed-out pane, light and shadow overlap, as if two birds were talking to each other, and the beautiful story slowly unfolded.
Project Duration
The project will be designed and produced in Beijing in 2021, and it will take 3 months in total.
Operation Flow
This piece can be used as a brooch and necklace in different occasions
Team Members
Photographer:Danny Duan

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