The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装 by Fenghua Ye

The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装 by Fenghua Ye 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

The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装

by Fenghua Ye

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装

《糕点的力量》是一套互动式纸质珠宝套装系列。该系列包含戒指、手链与胸针，灵感源自糕点的制作工艺与结构形态。每件作品均由一张预制纸片直接折叠成型，无需使用胶水。配套录制的教学视频详细讲解每一个折叠步骤。套装设有不同难度等级，从简单的戒指到较为复杂的胸针，层次分明。纸材经激光切割与雕刻处理，表面留白，便于使用者融入个人风格。该系列表明，珠宝无需依赖贵重材料亦可成就其价值。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装是 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The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装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。The Power of Pastry 互动式珠宝套装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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here is a collection of interactive paper jewellery kits, which invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process following the recorded guide video.These special jewellery were simplified so that audiences can fold them directly from a prepared paper piece without needing any glue during the whole making process. The colour of this those jewellery is blank because designer wants to leave some space for audiences to design their different styles.
Dimensions & Packaging: Scale of Paper Bracelets:
- Piece 1: Width 4cm
-Piece 2: Width 4.8cm
-Piece 3: Width 3.1cm

Scale of Paper Rings:
-Piece 1: 5.5cm×3.7cm
-Piece 2: 4.5cm×4.1cm
-Piece 3: 4.8cm×4.5cm

Scale of Paper Brooches:
-Piece 1: 9.4cm×5.8cm
-Piece 2: 5.05cm×5.05cm
-Piece 3: 6.3cm×6.3cm
Tags: Interactive, Contemporary, Sustainable
Production Technology: Laser Cut & Engraving
Design Challenge: The most challenged thing during the whole design process is the paper's thickness. The thickness of 3 kits are slightly different, because they all have different structures. For example, the paper bracelet kit has more complex sturcturs, so it should be made in thinner paper. The ring kit needs more strong support, so it will be made in the thicker paper. In order to find out the most suitable thickness for different kit, the folding step needs to be tested again and again. It was the challenge of patient.
Research: This research began from making different pastrys, such as Chinese bao, pie, croissant and so on. This project was encouraged by homemade pastry, which is an interactive home activity to increase mutual happiness. Designer believed that this ineractive mode can be applied on jewellery design as well that interactive activity between designer and audience. The main material was paper according to the fact that most pastries are made directly by a piece of flat flour dough, these paper pieces of jewellery were simplified so that audiences can fold one paper jewellery directly from a prepared paper piece without needing any glue during the whole making process. Designer drew the digital sketch in software AI inspired by pastrys' structures, them laser cut and engrave paper. Testing and collectiong feedback from others to simplify and improve structures.This kind of design can be used as a sample pack for buyers to try and understand the structure of jewellery before they buy the finished metal work. And even it can replace the normal ticket to increace the value of normal paper ticket. And it is also a sustainable design which can be made by recycle paper. This kind of design encorage designers to give up some traditional concepts and materials to avoid over excavation in some specific materials such as precious stones and metals.
Inspiration: The inspirations are making processes and structures of different pastries. Designer was encouraged by homemade pastry, which is an interactive home activity to increase mutual happiness. Designer created a collection of interactive paper jewellery kits, which invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process with design. And, according to the fact that most pastries are made directly by a piece of flat flour dough, that audiences do not need any glue during the whole making process.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 and finished in May 2021 in Edinburgh.

In June 2021, it was exhibited in New Designer Online Show in UK.

In July 2021, it was selected as 'One to Watch' in the Competition of Bright Young Gems in London.

In September 2021, it was exhibited in Gwangju Design Biennale International Invitational Poster Exhibition in South Korea.

And same in September 2021, it was also been shortlist in the Globle Design Graduate Show 2021 Collabrate with Gucci.

In October 2021, it was selected for the Online Exhibition 'So Fresh + So Clean' in Amarica.
Operation Flow: Designer believes that jewellery should not be limited by precious materials. Finding a way to communicate with audience is also a way to represnt jewellery. The interactive paper jewellery kits invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process following the recorded guide video. The kits have different levels from simple paper rings to complex paper brooches. Auidences can try to challenge themselves step to step to feel the magic change from a flat paper to a 3D paper jewellery without glue. It will be a silent but amazing communication between designer and audience.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Shannon Toft, Photography, 2021.