Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰 by Mahnaz Karimi

Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰 by Mahnaz Karimi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 美术与艺术装置设计 Competition Category.

铜美术· 2020

Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰

by Mahnaz Karimi

Client: Mahnaz Karimi

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 美术 Category

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The Design

About Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰

壁画杰作《蒲公英和愿望》是由树脂碗和盘子的集合，由艺术家Mahnaz Karimi创作，专门研究抽象艺术，树脂艺术和流体艺术。它的创建和形成以展示她对自然和蒲公英种子的启发。该艺术品使用的浅色和透明色为白色，蒲公英色，灰色显示尺寸和阴影以及金色反射阳光。碎片在墙上的安装方式可以最好地体现出漂浮，飞行和自由的感觉，这是蒲公英的独特功能。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰是 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Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰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。Dandelion and Wishes 墙壁艺术装饰出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: My artwork is a mixture of the unique features of two arts, sculpture and painting, since it has the volume and dimension featured in statues as well as texture and color combinations which can be seen in paintings.
Another important feature is the installation. The pieces are installed in a way to convey a suspension and floating feeling.
The colors used are gray,white and gold. White, the color of dandelions, gray showing dimension and shades and gold reflecting the sun light.
Dimensions & Packaging: The pieces are 20 cm, 30 cm, 40 cm and 50 cm in diameter.
The size of the whole collection is varied depending on the number of pieces installed.
"Dandelion and Wishes" is 3 m X 1.5 m.
Tags: Resin Art, Wall Art, Dandelion, Abstract Art, Resin, Deformed, UNESCO, Art For Peace
Production Technology: Powdered pigments, paste pigments and ink colors are mixed with a ratio of one-to-two of resin hardener and epoxy resin and are poured to the silicon molds. Three layers of resin are used to have better shades and volume in the plates. After resin gets elastic (after about 6 hours), resin plates are taken out of molds (de-molded) and get formed and designed by hand to create desired shapes, sizes and depths. Therefore, each piece has a unique shape, depth and form.
Design Challenge: Changing the function of resin from flat paintings and trays to three dimensional artworks was the challenging part of my production process.
Another challenge was the way I should install them to better convey the message I had in mind.
Research: The tools used are various Pigment Colors, Ink Pigments and Paste Pigments, Epoxy Resin, Hardener, Molds, Heat Gun and Torch.
The applications and software used are Circle Cutter, InstaSize, Inshot and Painter.
Inspiration: It has always been my concern to make an artwork which makes my audience contemplate besides creating beauty in art, to spark the idea of idealism (Utopia) in the audiences' mind in the modern world. Dandelion, which is an element of nature, symbolizes happiness for children and the best message of happiness for children is a world without war. The whole collection will be donated as a peace Wall Art to UNESCO on September 21 (The International Day of Peace) when the dandelions reach the number 195 (The number of the countries in the world).
Project Duration: The project started in December 2019 in Tehran. It took each piece 24 hours to be totally dry, therefore the whole collection finished in January 2020. The whole project will have been finished by September 2020 to be donated to UNESCO.
Operation Flow: The pieces can be installed in various ways to depict different ideas and concepts. Fasteners with 10 cm length are used to show dimension and light reflections better.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Ali Ghasemzadeh , Dandelion and Wishes ,2020,
Image #2: Photographer Ali Ghasemzadeh , Dandelion and Wishes , 2020
Image #3: Photographer Ali Ghasemzadeh , Dandelion and Wishes , 2020
Image #4: Photographer Ali Ghasemzadeh , Dandelion and Wishes ,2020