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Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau e Bettina Gomez-Latus

O le mamanu Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau e Bettina Gomez-Latus o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2020 A' Design Award Ario i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Mea Teuteuga.


ArioMea Teuteuga· 2020

Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau

na mamanuina e Bettina Gomez-Latus

Tagata Fa'atau: 1Karat - Atelier für Schmuck & Design - Bettina Gomez-Latus

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Ario i le Vaega Mea Teuteuga

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Lanu

Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau

O le asoa tautau e faia mai le auro mumu 18K ma le maʻa topaz e 92.14 ct le mamafa. O le faʻapipiʻiina o le maʻa taua ma le mea e tautau ai e fausia mai se uaea e tasi. E alu mai le manifinifi i le lautele i se taamilosaga e le mauʻa e aunoa ma le fesoʻotaʻi i le nofoaga e fetaiai ai. O le faʻapipiʻiina o le asoa e faʻasaga faʻapito, ae o lenei tulaga e mafai ai ona tautau saʻo le asoa i luga o se filo auro e aunoa ma le faʻatautau i tua poʻo i luma.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Pure Infinity Asoa Tautau o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa
The pendant became Pure Infinity thanks to the clear, flowing border in red gold that runs around the stone without touching it. The gemstone setting and the loop are made of a single wire and follows an infinite line from narrow to wide. The delicate facet of the topaz is incorporated into the setting thus creating a never-ending impression. The suspension of the pendant is diagonal and allows the pendant to hang straight on a chain without tilting back or forth.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i
Pendant length: 32,5 mm, width: 56,5 mm, 18K red gold, topaz 92,14 ct. 27,8 mm x 38,4 mm x 13,4 mm.
Fa'ailoga
Pendant, Topaz, Gold, red gold, Jewelry design, jewelry, gemstones, gold, handmade, endless, infinity
Tekonolosi Gaosiga
The topaz of the pendant was scanned and its setting constructed in CAD. It was then plotted in wax and cast in 18K red gold. The setting was finished at the workbench and the gemstone was busted into the setting.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu
The main issues while developing the pendant was in maintaining the required tension in the gold and holding the gemstone without closing the setting entirely.
Su'esu'ega
It was necessary to examine how much the gold would move when the gemstone was set in the pendant and whether the stone would break if tension within the setting got too high. Due to the fact that the gemstone is not completely held by the setting, it was important to find out how thick and hard the wire had to be to maintain a certain tension in the gold without the gemstone fracturing during processing.
Fa'aosofia
Pure elegance, nothing but the radiance of the gemstone should attract attention. The clear line of metal which serves as a setting, combines purism and functionality into an object that makes the gemstone wearable as a pendant without distracting the viewer from unnecessary details. The symbiosis between metal and stone merges. Only the colour of the red gold and the sky blue of the topaz are complementary and increase their charisma through contrasts.
Umi o le Poloketi
The project started in May 2019 and ended in July 2019. The pendant was produced in Steinbach (Taunus), Germany.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega
The pendant can be worn on different precious metal chains or on a leather band. Depending on the wears preference, both sides of the jewel can be worn frontally. Each side of the pendant has its own exklusiv expression.
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata
All photos by Achim Kuest

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