2011年11月8日星期二

Putian Woodcarving Buddhist Assembly for Worshipping

Artist: Li Fengqiang(Senior Arts and Crafts Artist)
Size: 245cm×85cm×45cm
material: Sandalwood

Taking large-size sandalwood as the raw material, a grand event of Buddhist Assembly for Worshipping held by Sakyamuni is reappeared according to the classical Buddhist story, indicating that the world will become more beautiful and peaceful if everyone is looking forward to peace, being generous and tolerant, devoting a love in the world.

2011年11月7日星期一

Chinese Puppet



Chinese puppetry has a long history. It is noted for its many types of puppets and superb manipulative skill.It's a truly unique art combining opera, music, fine art and craftsmanship. It creates magic with a beam of light.

Puppet shows from various places had their own unique characteristics with strong local color in terms of figure modelling. String puppets from Quanzhou and Heyang, glove puppets from Zhangzhou, rod puppets from Guangdong, wire puppets from Chaozhou, shoulder-pole puppets from Wuqiao and large rod puppets from Sichuan were all finely and vividly crafted. They had all types of roles -- Sheng dan, jing and chou -- as in Chinese opera. Especially in the last few decades, Chinese puppets have been modelled using modern techniques. Generally speaking, the puppet design and modelling have reached a considerably high level.

2011年11月4日星期五

Diamond Jewelry- The Delicacy


The Delicacy


“The Delicacy” jewelry is like a great meal for the coming 60th National Day of our country China and the Mid-autumn Festival. It takes “gratitude” for the theme, and makes “to give our honored guests hospitality, to give our customers a true feedback” as its mentality of designing. “The Delicacy” jewelry is made of many materials---gold, red gold, platinum, diamond, jade, pearl, agate, and Opal etc. It is a realistic approach to the dish “Red Bean Fresh Lily Bulb”, whose tray and basket are manual multicolor plating of 18K gold forged, decorated with pearls. Jade celeries, pink opal peeled prawns, red agate chilies, white agate lilies, and 18K gold (platinum) conpoys and cashews studded with diamonds are the main course. The total weight of this jewelry is 2063.00g, and its diameter is about 23cm, including 1676.00g 18k gold and 5658 diamonds (46.86ct).

It combine the superb tiny inlay technique, belcher setting technique, and jade carving technology with the traditional manual technology on the manufacture.

Diamond perfume bottle- national beauty


national beauty, heavenly fragrance

“The national beauty liquor to one’s heart in the morning, the fragrance incenses the clothes in the evening”- these two verses are always used to describe peony, which represents beauty, richness and luck in all ages. Peony becomes fashion as a kind of popular elements recently, so the “Guo Se Tian Xiang” perfume bottle is designed set in peony culture as the main theme. We use diamonds and multicolor plating of 18K gold to make the traditional peony shape abstract by sketching the petals on the body of the bottle to gentle the grace and noble quality of perfume. This perfume bottle has a built-in LED in the body, and we have a peony-shape diamond and sapphire jewelry set both in the middle of the front and the back body, with convexes made by ice crystals to seal. Blue crystals are used to decorate the neck of the bottle, and outside the bottle top classical rectangular spirals are used to adorn the main words “Guo Se Tian Xiang”, which shows our enthusiasm to the traditional culture and classical beauty.

The “Guo Se Tian Xiang” perfume bottle is 128.3mm tall, and its width and length respectively is 58.5mm and 119.5mm, with the weight of 758.565g. We totally used 665.61g 18k gold, 11388 little diamonds (119.282ct), a sapphire (3ct) and crystals of 15.7ct to make the treasure. In the process, we combined CNC, tiny inlay technology, with the high skill to make Swatch. From design to finished goods, we spent 5 months more and the treasure perfume bottle is worth 3 million RMB.

Diamond Jewelry- Isabella




This works is named after a French queen Isabella. It is designed by Renjin. He is the master jeweler designer in China and currently as Design Consultant in Sino jewel. It is made from 245ct/56pcs rare tourmalines and 20ct/757pcs diamonds.

Diamond Jewelry- LUCKY SEVEN-STAR

LUCKY SEVEN-STAR (NECKLACE)


Award:

Gold Award of Chinese Jewelry Design Pioneer Award 2007, Diamond Jewelry Category

Merit Award of the International Jewellry Design Excellence Award 2009

The necklace has all diamonds set in Y&M’s setting technique--Lucky Seven-Star, which has 6 diamonds surround a central one in a circle. It’s a piece of art with dimensional peonies and hibiscus blooming in a galaxy of 377 Seven-Stars, expressing wishes of prosperity, good luck and happiness. 3,517 diamonds in 154.80 carat and 747 emeralds in 7.32 carat are used in the design, weighting 418.80 gram in total.

Diamond Jewelry- CHARMING ROSE


CHARMING ROSE (RING)



Award:

Gold Award of Chinese Jewelry Design Pioneer Award 2007, Diamond Jewelry Category

Craftsmanship Award of the International Jewellry Design Excellence Award 2009

Charming Rose, also named Baoxiang Flower, employs the patterns of Tang Dynasty flower and Baoxiang Flower (A Buddhism pattern comprising peony and lotus). It features a dazzling diamond Baoxiang Flower with a fully-diamond-inlayed lotus calyx. Due to the special structure, the flower can be freely extended to its full bloom or closed up to a bud. The luxury design uses a total of 10,888 diamonds, with the total weight of 221.14 gram.