Raices 可持續珠寶 by Mayte Ossorio Domecq is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

銅珠寶· 2022

Raices 可持續珠寶

by Mayte Ossorio Domecq

Client: Maison Domecq

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About Raices 可持續珠寶

Raices 系列的設計源自對安全靴工廠生產的數千塊橢圓形切割新皮革的需求，這些皮革每天都會因無用而被丟棄。為了重複利用它們，設計師專注於尋找能夠發揮其最大美感和功能的技術，並從鳥的翅膀、鱗片狀、交錯和重疊中尋找靈感。為了擴大調色板，還決定重複使用其他公司的皮革。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Raices 可持續珠寶是 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Raices 可持續珠寶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。Raices 可持續珠寶出色地滿足需求，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: The design of the Raices line was conceived from a sustainable point of view, through the reuse of the oval left over from the Ombu safety boots.
The goal: the generation of unique pieces through craftsmanship, maximizing its use and the ability to generate different patterns from color changes.
We sought to minimize the reading of the difference between the ovals.
The staggering allowed to minimize the differences and to take the thicknesses as a fundamental part in the generation of value and also to generate rigidity, greater solidity to the proposed pieces.
Dimensions & Packaging: dimensions depending on the piece
Hoops 75 x 85mm
Bracelet 255 x 70mm
Necklace 400 x 65mm
Headband 135 x 65 mm
Packaging 200 x 150 cm
Tags: sustainability, leatherjewelry, sustainablejewelry, ecofriendly, sustainable, slowfashion, zerowaist
Production Technology: The elaboration of this entire collection is done manually, reusing small leather ovals left over from Ombu safety boots, as well as small remnants from different local leather goods companies.
It is done by hand cutting and gluing, as can be seen in the video and in some cases the incorporation of studs or rivets that add light and reinforce its character.
Design Challenge: It is always a challenge to work from a given shape. The work concentrates on finding its beauty and functionality. Finding the latent message of these materials, their proportion and then, the design.
The boots are made in black, brown and white. This color limitation, led us to take as an opportunity the use of small scraps from other companies, thus expanding the palette and the saleability of the pieces.
Integrating the concept of corporate social responsibility and rescue of crafts.
Research: This line emerged in response to the need to reuse small scraps of discarded leather, for which its development was limited to direct experimentation.
Technique used: scaling, a resource that can be assimilated to the natural structures already known, minimizing the differences in size between the ovals and, in turn, taking the thicknesses as a fundamental part of the generation of value.
The objective: the generation of unique, handcrafted and durable pieces. Making the most of scraps. Expand the offer of the same piece through changes in the possible patterns by means of color changes.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this line comes from the scales on the wings of birds. That overlapping that gains character with changes in color and depth. It was the technology of the use of a certain raw material, the leftover ovals from the manufacture of boots, which led us to look for the latent language in this material and its possible uses for the formal generation. The colors would appear later when this resource allowed us to recover very small scraps of leather from other companies.
Project Duration: This process of recovering materials began in 2012, incorporating new pieces and new colors year after year. Different pieces of this collection have been exhibited at the Fairs: Expocomer Panama 2014 Maison et Objet 2014-2015-2016-2017 They have been sold to the SF MOMA, Japan and France until today
Operation Flow: This object is easy to access, easy to use and does not require help to handle it. Although this material requires certain care: do not wet, do not use alcohol and take care of it with bitumen or wax to increase its durability.
Patents: no yet
Image Credits: Image No 1 PH Maru Somoza
Image No 2 PH Francisco Sexauer / prod model Mercedes Garcia Di Mare
Image No 3 PH Mayte Ossorio Domecq
Image No 4 PH Francisco Sexauer / prod model Mercedes Garcia Di Mare