The Starry Night Brooch by MA RUI

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DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

MR : Inspired by Van Gogh's《the Starry Night》, dragonflies fly in the night sky. The dragonfly's wings are transparent in the night sky, and the stars are seen through the wings of dragonflies.It's looks like《the Starry Night》. I uses diamonds instead of the stars and the whirlpools vividly depict the dynamics of the dragonfly flying.

DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

MR : I want to turn that famous painting into a jewelry work that represents my design style.

DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?

MR : Let's do some exhibitions first. I'd like to hear more about this work.

DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?

MR : The design took about a week, and the production took more than three months.

DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?

MR : Van Gogh's《the Starry Night》 is very famous. When I sees it again, I wants to express it with jewelry. It's my pursuit of inspiration.

DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?

MR : Produced by my own team. Copyright is in my own hands.

DI: What made you design this particular type of work?

MR : The character of self-breakthrough.

DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?

MR : My father had a great influence on my design.

DI: Who is the target customer for his design?

MR : Some VIP customers.

DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?

MR : Breakthrough in material combination, no one will combine Hetian nephrite with Titanium metal production process at present.

DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?

MR : Named after Van Gogh's famous paintings.

DI: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?

MR : Draw the rudiments with brushes, carve wax by hand, etc.

DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?

MR : Combining the Chinese traditional Hetian Nephrite Carving Technology with the latest Titanium Metal Technology.

DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?

MR : The craft that my team's colleagues studied together.

DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?

MR : At present, the process is the most difficult, and the operation technology is the most difficult in jewelry production.

DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?

MR : Not affected by the data for the time being, the design looked through some books and background information.

DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

MR : The effect of the first draft is different from the imagination, constantly overturning the design and repeating it.

DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?

MR : I hope more people will know the traditional Chinese Hetian nephrite.

DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?

MR : Some designs can not be realized in technical operation, so it is necessary to keep the design level while constantly improving the design details.