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Happiness Brosch, Hänge by Xiaojie Hu

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


BronsSmycken· 2022

Happiness Brosch, Hänge

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Smycken Category

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The Design

About Happiness Brosch, Hänge

Lycka är ett smycke som kan bäras som en brosch eller ett hänge. Designen visar en skata bredvid bambu, två motiv som i österländsk kultur förknippas med lycka och ädel karaktär. Skatan är tillverkad med den traditionella cloisonnétekniken, vilket ger fågeln rika färger och texturer. Bambun är gjord av guld och silver och infattad med diamanter och smaragder. Varje steg utförs för hand, inklusive trådarbete, glasering, upprepad bränning vid hög temperatur och slipning. Avsikten är att föra in ett traditionellt hantverk i modern smyckeskonst.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Happiness Brosch, Hänge är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Happiness Brosch, Hänge förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Happiness Brosch, Hänge tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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: 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

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