We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer about their original and creative design work. is an award-winning creative designer, that makes our world a better place with their original works.
("") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
: I was inspired by the painting called The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. Particularly inspired by the movements of the wave in the painting. I chose sapphires to represent the wave, both in light and dark blue to show the tones of the ocean. The pear shaped yellow sapphire not only gives the earrings the vision of movements but also represents the moon. In Chinese culture moon always means reunion, so the earrings represent good memories.
: The main focus in this project was to get the shape of the wave. That's the soul of this design.
: I will try to lease the rights of sales to more stores national-wide.
: I spent about one month on designing and then the factory made it so it was about three months in total.
: I was inspired by the painting and I always wanted to make something about the ocean.
: I design by myself and I contract a factory to work with.
: My inspirations come from the nature a lot so this is just part of the nature.
: I haven't seen anything similar yet, maybe there are some out there but I haven't discovered yet.
: It was from an ancient Chinese poem. In Chinese culture moon always means reunion, so the earrings represent good memories.
: Pencil to draw and tweezers to place the stones.
: The shape of the wave I would say.
: I discussed and worked with people from the factory, they helped me to build the cad file and also picking the stones.
: Since it has a lot of stones so I would say stone setting.
: Fortunately people recognize this is the wave, the ocean right the way.
: I've always tried to participate in more competitions so I can improve myself.
: I've learned the price range of sapphires and more information about pave setting.
