Dancing Gerberas 耳环 by Eliana Palomo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

銅珠寶· 2020

Dancing Gerberas 耳环

by Eliana Palomo

Client: Agua De Rosas

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About Dancing Gerberas 耳环

《舞动大丽菊》是一对以大丽菊花为灵感设计嘅耳环。设计承袭咗新艺术运动建筑中常见嘅有机线条图案。耳环捕捉住花朵开始枯干、散发香气嘅一刻,呢种意念透过垂坠宝石嘅摆动表现出嚟。每件作品均以人手雕刻蜡模,再以925纯银铸造而成,经人手打磨后,以18K镀金处理,将花朵同花茎嘅颜色区分开嚟。刻面石榴石垂饰以人手镶嵌,并以包金线连接。每对耳环阔40毫米、高70毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Dancing Gerberas 耳环是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Dancing Gerberas 耳环將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Dancing Gerberas 耳环出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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