We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Bettina Gomez-Latus about their original and creative Pendant design work. Bettina Gomez-Latus is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original pendant works.
Bettina Gomez-Latus ("BG") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Pure Infinity Pendant. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
BG : Pure elegance, nothing but the radiance of the gemstone should attract attention.
BG : My main focus in designing this work was, that the clear line of metal which serves as a setting and combines purism and functionality into an object that makes the gemstone wearable as a pendant without distracting the viewer from unnecessary details.
BG : This pendant is unique. However, there is already another line of drop-shaped gemstones, which we manufacture as a pendant with an infinity setting and sell as a series.
BG : I've been working on this idea for three months.
BG : I decided to pursuit an inspiration.
BG : At the moment we produce this pendant ourselves. But if it turned out that a big company would like to produce this design, I would certainly think about it.
BG : I wanted to emphasize the beauty of the topaz without distracting by an opulent setting.
BG : Target customers are all those who love gemstones in drop form.
BG : The gemstone setting and the loop are made of a single wire and follows an infinite line.
BG : The pendant became Pure Infinity thanks to the clear, flowing border in red gold that runs around the stone without touching it
BG : The topaz of the pendant was scanned and its setting constructed in CAD.
BG : The purism of the setting.
BG : I did the design myself, but for the final construction I worked together with a 3Design specialist.
BG : Without 3Design this design could not have been realized so easily.
BG : My design is not influenced by data or analytical research in any way. However, the main problem in designing the pendant was to maintain the necessary tension in the gold and hold the gemstone without closing the setting completely. For this I had to make some attempts.
BG : 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.
BG : I was of the opinion that this pendant deserved to be judged by an international jury.
BG : I learn something with every new job. In this case I can now judge more the tension in gold.
BG : I can't think of anything else at the moment. Thank you for the friendly conversation.
