Left Door Jewelry is a jewelry brand founded by young jade carvers from the "post-90s generation". Their works have distinct characteristics, full of reflections on the past and reflections on the present era. The combination of unique design language and traditional craftsmanship makes the work unique and more well-known.
The works in the Series are their first attempts to talk to traditional jade craftsmanship in different languages. Different from the traditional jade carving works, "Complicated to Simple" does not use too many techniques on stacking, but uses the concept of "Jane" to design, through extraction, condensation to express the most primitive and simple beauty of things. Their creative philosophy is different from traditional thinking, or it is not limited to traditional limitations. Returning to the original and returning to the original intention has also become the design language and design style of this design team.
"Complexity to Simplicity"
Regarding the pursuit of the "minimalist" spirit of the times, Wu Zhizhong, one of the founders of the brand, said: "This era is an era of rapid development of science and technology, which forces us to constantly bear too much pressure on life. We are too lacking in reflection on this era and thinking about the future, and all this is also reflected in many current artistic creations. We should appropriately slow down our pace, look at creation in another way, release the shackles, pursue the original essence of things, and look for the minimalist spirit of the times. ”
The Symbol of Time
"The Symbol of Time" this set of works, the author is mainly based on the shape of the circuit diagram, and then use the unique process of gold and silver error, combined with the characteristics of jade, to achieve a transformation from ornamentation, graphics to jewelry. Most viewers' first impression of circuit boards and chips is a subtle, highly dense line, but the author lets such a "dense and complicated" line present in front of the consumer in such a "minimalist" way, telling consumers their pursuit of modern art, reflecting their pursuit of "minimalism" in this complex era.
"Minimalism"
In the pursuit of the "minimalist" spirit of the times, they also realize that all works should pay more attention to the cultural connotation of the works in addition to improving the creative methods and production processes. The team has been looking for a balance between tradition and modernity, not only to make their works more complete in connotation and fuller in form, but also to have more cultural connotations belonging to the era.
The set of works "Drama" is the first attempt of their team to integrate traditional cultural elements into the design, through the extraction of the essence of traditional culture, the use of abstract techniques, deconstruction and reconstruction to obtain new ornaments. The unique metallic luster displayed by the gold and silver is matched with the warm texture of the jade itself, so that the whole work presents multiple visual effects. The strange language bursting out of the whole work tells people about the beauty of traditional culture and the unique beauty of modern fashion.
The same technique is also shown in the "Bronze Ornament" set of works. The work is inspired by the ornamentation of gluttonous ornaments on bronze vessels of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The intricate ornaments are extracted, separated and recombined to produce a new, simple style of ornamentation that is eye-catching. The shiny luster of the metal and the thick jade color are intertwined to form a strong visual impact.
In the view of Jian Bairong (one of the founders of Zuomen), "Cultural innovation is not only the creation of new technologies and new ideas, but also the deconstruction and reconstruction of traditional excellent culture." We have a unique understanding of traditional culture, and we want to use our own ideas and unique design language to have countless dialogues with traditional culture. "The attitude of excellence and unique ideas make their works different and make countless people shine."
The work "Shi Fearless Seal" is an example of dialogue with tradition. Through design, traditional culture has the beauty of modern design, fresh and elegant. Don't let the thinking of the previous generation constrain the contemporary aesthetic, dare to think and dare to do should be the characteristics of young people in this era.