Dancing Gerberas 耳环 by Eliana Palomo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.
铜珠宝· 2020
Dancing Gerberas 耳环
Client: Agua De Rosas
A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category
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About Dancing Gerberas 耳环
《舞动非洲菊》是一对以非洲菊为灵感的耳环。设计遵循新艺术运动建筑中的有机纹样,捕捉花朵开始干燥并释放芬芳的瞬间,这一意境通过垂坠宝石的摆动加以呈现。每件作品均以手工蜡雕成型,以纯银铸造,经手工抛光,并以18K金电镀收尾,使花朵与花茎的色彩得以区分。刻面石榴石坠饰以包金线手工镶接。每对耳环宽40毫米,高70毫米。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铜奖
Dancing Gerberas 耳环是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Dancing Gerberas 耳环将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Dancing Gerberas 耳环出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Gerberas flowers symbolize beauty and purity. The design is the result of forms based on the patterns presented in the architecture of Art Nouveau. Nature has been captured in earrings showing flowers´ freshness that release fragrance just before taking them to a distillation process. The technique used was hand wax modeling, followed by cast in silver to obtain a master and concluded by a mold. Obtaining the final design the polishing was done carefully by hand, and finally touched with gold plate finish to differentiate the color of the flower with the stem and make it more real. This design expresses freshness and dynamism thanks to the movement of the stones.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 40 mm x Height 70 mm
- Tags
- Earrings, Sterling Silver, Garnets, Pearls, Flowers, Gerberas
- Production Technology
- The earrings were first designed, and hand carved in wax by Eliana Palomo then the master was sent to the workshop at Yucatan, Mexico. The earrings were casted in sterling silver from the mold and carefully hand polished. Then for the gold and silver color a 18 karats of gold-plated was applied. Finally, Eliana added the drops of faceted garnets with gold-filled wire by hand.
- Design Challenge
- When reproducing the piece we must be very careful when the wax is injected into the mold and wait for the wax to cool to be able to detach it from the mold without breaking the stems of the flowers. The weight of the earrings was considered from the selection of the drop stones so that they were light stones taking care that they did not add much difference of grams and were comfortable and functional to use.
- Research
- The objective when I design is to convey freshness and femininity using nature as a base. My creative process begins by researching on Art Nouveau, observing the details on the architecture, fashion and patterns present in this movement where they highlight nature in organic forms.
Taken this to the creative process I start directly experimenting sculpting the wax and little by little I get the expected result. The Gerbera earrings are a custom design where the essence of each person and the definition of each stone comes together. - Inspiration
- Influenced by art nouveau the gerbera earrings are the result of experimenting with unusual angles. My intention is to reflect the moment of the flowers when they start to dry and release their fragrance, the design seeks to express freshness and femininity. Normally I start sketching all design in paper but in this case, I was mainly inspired by playing with the wax by hand until I got the final version of the earrings. I always say that this method of playing with wax is like drawing in 3D.
- Project Duration
- The design started in March 2017 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and finished in August 2017 in the same city.
- Operation Flow
- The Gerberas earrings are one of a kind, its versatile, timeless and elegant.
For their size they could be considered as a Statement. This design is perfect for use on special occasions. - Team Members
- I normally do all the designs on sketch and use the technique hand craved in wax. The process of casting and polished is done by a third parties jewelers.
- Image Credits
- Main Image Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 2 Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 3 Photographer Aidee Cuevas
Image 4 Photographer Tamara Uribe
Model Corina Cubel
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