We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Takayas Mizuno about their original and creative Jewelry-Earrings design work. Takayas Mizuno is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original jewelry-earrings works.
Takayas Mizuno ("TM") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Eclipse Hoop Earrings Jewelry-Earrings. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
TM : There is one phenomenon that continually arrests our behavior, stopping us dead in our tracks. The astrological phenomenon of a solar eclipse has intrigued people from the earliest ages of humanity. From the sudden darkening of the sky and blotting out of the Sun has cast a long shadow of fear, suspicion, and wonder on the imaginations The stunning nature of solar eclipses leaves a lasting impression upon us all. The 18K white gold diamond eclipse hoop earrings were inspired by the 2012 solar eclipse. The design tries to capture the mysterious nature and beauty of the sun and the moon The eye catching design of the Eclipse hoop earrings is the result of the synchronicity of the mirror image. The pure perfection of the simplicity of the beautiful lines, as of the silhouette of the sun and the moon lined with the brilliant shin of the diamonds which with the use of Black diamond’s to bring in the darkness and the its balanced with the use of organic and geometric shapes without sacrificing the beauty and mystery of the solar eclipse. The design emulating the mysterious halo present during an eclipse. The design adds something more elegant to a classic inspired form.
TM : My main focus with this design was to try to capture a eclipse something majestic in a 3D object that can be worn on the body
TM : Would like to sell the royalty rights for high-end specialty stores.
TM : It took me 2-3 days just to get the design for the earrings, creating them took longer while trying to make them perfect just like a eclipse is.
TM : Decided to pursue an inspiration of the 2012 eclipse that i watched.
TM : The plan is to sell or lease the production rights.
TM : I wanted something unique for the competition and drew from my background in style and though i should try to share what i witnessed with someone else, in the way i knew how, Jewelry
TM : My Target customer for this design is women and fashion shows
TM : It's unique in design and futuristic vision of style, as well as the symmetry and overlapping lines just like a eclipse creates
TM : The earring are named Eclipse because that's what the inspiration was for them.
TM : CAD technology
TM : The role of technology was the use of design and CAD for the three dimensional aspect.
TM : No, it was inspired by the nature and visual observation of the 2012 Eclipse
TM : The biggest challenge was how to recreate what was happening in the sky to a the design in a computer as a model and to actually try to capture that same beauty between the light and the darkness. The design had to be created in a way that the casting would be able to build the whole earring in parts and still maintain the integrity of the unique structure and shape. Cleaning and polishing the parts is time consuming and requires care since it will be showing, but well worth the effort. After the parts are completed, a laser welder is used in the next phase. The utmost care is needed in order not to damage the previous steps of the work already done. From whatever angle one looks at the earrings, the earrings appears as if it were a different design, that is one of the elements that make these earrings unique.
TM : I was a gold winner in last years competition so with some research i thought that the most highly considered competitions for international accessibility and distribution wouldn't be a bad think to try my luck at one more time.
TM : My skills become more sharpened as I created more technically difficult designs. This hoop earrings ware a challenge because of the what I wanted to achieve, and that was the mixture of the light and darkness of the eclipse
