Dandelion 戒指 by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.

银珠宝· 2022

Dandelion 戒指

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About Dandelion 戒指

蒲公英是一枚以蒲公英花形态为灵感的戒指。戒指由一组花瓣构成，每一片花瓣都呈现不同的细节：有的花瓣呈扭转造型，有的镶嵌钻石，还有的雕刻着精细的纹线。作品采用双色18K金打造，运用了多种复杂的金工工艺。曲线与线条的运用传达出轻盈与自由之感。雕刻纹理与钻石在日间与夜晚均折射出光芒。戒圈的造型经过特别设计，令戒指佩戴舒适自如。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Dandelion 戒指是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Dandelion 戒指将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Dandelion 戒指是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This dandelion ring consists with a bunch of petals, each petal gets different details on it, whether if it's twisted, stoned, or carved with countless fine lines. It's fun to watch and to wear.
Dimensions & Packaging: 32mm*33mm*28mm
Tags: engraving, ring, dandelion, diamond, rose gold, 18ct, yellow gold
Production Technology: I see dandelion as the spirit of freedom and lightness. So I made the ring with curves and lines to symbolize the same spirit. The ring uses two colors of 18ct gold, and using several highly complicated goldsmith technics for finish the product.
Design Challenge: In the making process is the real challenge, there is no short cuts to finish the piece with so many different goldsmithing and settings. But to try on and on until the piece matches the design perfectly.
Research: Observation and sketches have been done and research of all skills of jewelry technics. the dandelion ring is trying to explain the freedom of its spirit, by making a maximum combination such as twisting wires, stretching gold lines and hammering, engravings, different settings, to fulfill the possibilities of jewelry making, and through out the lines pointing to all directions symmbolise all the choices we can have. Just as the dandelion.
Inspiration: After a thorough and closely observation of dandelion, the poetic imagery of it becomes more and more clearer, and that means lights and freedom, two things we need especially at this post-Covid-19 era.
Project Duration: The project was designed in April, 2020 in Shenzhen, China. and finished in August, 2020.
Operation Flow: The dandelion ring is designed to be elegant, eye-catching. The engraving and diamond gives it maximum shining during night and day. and the shape of the ring is made to easy to wear.