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Pure Infinity Pendant by Bettina Gomez-Latus |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
BG: Pure elegance, nothing but the radiance of the gemstone should attract attention.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
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.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
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.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
BG: I've been working on this idea for three months.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
BG: I decided to pursuit an inspiration.
FS: 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?
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.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
BG: I wanted to emphasize the beauty of the topaz without distracting by an opulent setting.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
BG: No.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
BG: Target customers are all those who love gemstones in drop form.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
BG: The gemstone setting and the loop are made of a single wire and follows an infinite line.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
BG: The pendant became Pure Infinity thanks to the clear, flowing border in red gold that runs around the stone without touching it
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
BG: The topaz of the pendant was scanned and its setting constructed in CAD.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
BG: The purism of the setting.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
BG: I did the design myself, but for the final construction I worked together with a 3Design specialist.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
BG: Without 3Design this design could not have been realized so easily.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
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.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
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.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
BG: I was of the opinion that this pendant deserved to be judged by an international jury.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
BG: I learn something with every new job. In this case I can now judge more the tension in gold.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
BG: I can't think of anything else at the moment. Thank you for the friendly conversation.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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