Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Goes to Sarah Ring by Anna-Reetta Vaananen
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Anna-Reetta Vaananen for jewelry design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Sarah Ring by Anna-Reetta Vaananen, designed for Anna's Darling, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Sarah Ring
Sarah is a gold ring inspired by a peony cultivar and by the actress it was named after, Sarah Bernhard. The ring appears solid and delicate at the same time, much like the flower itself. Its appearance changes depending on the viewing angle. Sarah is made from recycled 585 yellow gold using lost wax casting and goldsmith plate techniques. The flower layers were formed by dropping melted wax onto an iron sphere tool, then cast in gold, polished and joined with gold wire using only a few solders. The design combines wearable jewelry and art.
About Anna-Reetta Vaananen
Anna-Reetta Väänänen makes her nature and story inspired jewelry design at the countryside. Her jewelry brand Anna's Darling is not the most common one because of her methods, style and location. This 39 years old designer has started her career by accident. She was supposed to be a cartoonist or anything else except a farmer. But then she felled in love with jewelry and later with a farmer. As a brand Anna's Darling reflects the owners own mission to create better and more meaningfull jewelry. To consume wisely and only things that last time and can be prepared. Classic lines, precious metals and new design guarantees the jewelrys long life.
Award Record
With this recognition, Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Jewelry Design Award
The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Typical entries include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. The awarded jewelry designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/134855
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134855
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134855
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/278330
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.annasdarling.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sarah Ring
- Function
- Ring
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Burly Wood, Sienna, Peru, Saddle Brown and Wheat
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Anna's Darling
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Anna-Reetta Vaananen
- Country
- Finland
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134855
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Tuomo Jalkanen, Alias Creative, 2021; Photographer Elina Manninen, Model Johanna Nordblad, 2021; Photographer Tuomo Jalkanen, Alias Creative, 2021 Video Credits: Valtteri Kantanen, 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Sarah ring is made from gold with lost wax casting and goldsmith plate techniques. The ring is massive and fragile at the same time. Sarah jewelry has been inspired by peony and the very first superstar Sarah Bernhard. This design is unique combination of good usability and art jewelry at the same time. From each angle it is different and gives an impression of hand made artefact and unique piece of art.
- Inspiration
- Sarah design project started from the love towards gardens beauties sarah bernhard peonies that are multilayered lush and fragile. Peony got its name from the worlds first superstar Sarah Bernhard. This actress and courtesan has given her face to a nature inspired Art Nouveau period by artist Alphonse Muchas paintbrush. This one particular peony cultivar has also been named after her perhaps because of their look alike in looks and in essence. Sarah ring embodies them both woman and the flower.
- Research
- For the Sarah project background was to gather visual material about the peony flower construction and appearance. The flower character was as important as the actress Sarah Bernhard who had given her name to this one particular peony. To accomplish this final ring form there were movies to watch, Muchas posters to see and peony blossoms to tear down. The biggest insight was to create more than nature had given in to a usable and pretentious ring.
- Challenge
- In this Sarah design process were used scketching and model making techniques before moving in to experimental form giving. The biggest challenge was to create something new that does not only imitate nature and flower but expresses the desired character of nature, human being and a time era. These all were to adapt in to wearable and beautiful jewelry.
- Realization and Technology
- Sarah ring is made with lost wax casting and goldsmith plate techniques from recycled 585 yellow gold. Original flower pieces were made by melting wax and forming the flower pieces drop by drop on top of an iron sphere. The ring part is made from gold plate by hand. After casting the wax made flower pieces it was all joined together with supporting and visual adding gold wire with only three solders.
- Operation and Interaction
- Challenge was to make original and interesting design. Sarah form giving started with molding wax sheets and adding melted wax on a sphere tool. Wax models were lost wax casted in to gold and then best forms for the flower part were chosen. Casted gold layers were grinded polishes and soldered together with one gold wire. Parts were elevated from each other with slugs to lift the flower layers and make it lively and light. The design is made so there would be as little solders as possible.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project started in July 2020 and finished in June 2021, and was exhibited in June 2021 in Sonkajarvi Finland.
- Specifications
- Material 585 yellow gold Size of the flower 21 mm x 14 mm Width of the ring 4 mm Size of the ring varies. Weight of the ring 19 g in ring size 17.
- Keywords
- ring, goldring, flowerjewelry, peony, sarahbernhard, lostwaxcasting
