Happiness Kito, Pendenti by Xiaojie Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Vito na Mapambo Competition Category.

ShabaVito· 2022

Happiness Kito, Pendenti

by Xiaojie Hu

Client: Hu's Cloisonné Jewellery

Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Vito Category

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The Design

About Happiness Kito, Pendenti

Furaha ni kito kinachoweza kuvaliwa kama beji ya kifuani au kama pendenti. Muundo huu unaonyesha ndege wa aina ya magpie akiwa kando ya mianzi, alama mbili zinazohusishwa katika utamaduni wa Mashariki na bahati njema na tabia adhimu. Ndege huyo ametengenezwa kwa mbinu ya asili ya cloisonne, inayompa ndege huyo rangi na miundo mizuri na tajiri. Mianzi imetengenezwa kwa dhahabu na fedha, na imepambwa kwa almasi na zumaridi. Kila hatua inakamilishwa kwa mikono, ikiwemo kazi ya waya, uwekaji wa rangi ya glasi (glazing), uchomaji wa mara kwa mara kwa joto la juu, na usagaji. Lengo ni kuleta ufundi wa asili katika vito vya kisasa.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award

Happiness Kito, Pendenti ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Happiness Kito, Pendenti inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Happiness Kito, Pendenti hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.

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