Jewelry Designer Ma Lan: Courage And Persistence Behind Independent Design

Jade cluster with diamond cicada Pendant

Childhood memories behind cicada pendants

Reporter: will there be inspiration from nature or some of the creatures of nature?

Ma Lan: of course it is.

For example, I think what the guests appreciate is Fenghuang jadeite, which is the main stone. I will choose jadeite jade, auxiliary stone, I will choose Pink Sapphire, and diamond, red diamond and color drill material to select and process.

Of course, leaves, insects, these are the designs that will make me proud of myself.

Reporter: like today's body with this?

Ma Lan: This is a cicada.

Reporter: can you introduce this design?

Ma Lan: its main stone is a jade with high ice. Its wings were very difficult to manufacture at that time, because it involves matching diamond with gradual change to make its wings.

We have all seen cicadas, the wings of cicadas are pparent at the end, but the darker the color is, the more dark they are at the base of their wings.

I want to restore the most real effect, and then mix the creation of art.

I bought a packet of brown diamond ornaments, and then I used white diamonds to gradually change to the top of my wing tip, but this one had to rely on my eyes to match them one by one. It takes a lot of time to match the gradient effect with the naked eye, so the process of stone blending has taken several months.

Reporter: when designing the cicada pendant, does it take a long time to read the cicada?

Ma Lan: the design of cicada contains more or less plots of childhood.

When I was a kid, I went to Beijing to catch a cicada after school. I caught cicada at home.

Cicada also called cicada, the sound of cicada sounds very loud, but as if it can hypnotic sound, it will sleep very fragrant.

So sometimes when working pressure is too high, I think back to the bed where I was lying when I was a child, listening to the voice of a cicada outside, and blowing some small wind, and naturally I would sleep very comfortably.

My grandparents and I had a very deep feeling. When they were young, they came to pick me up after school, and then they took me out to catch grasshoppers, catch cicada, and do things that children like in the north.

Cicada has a special little complex in my heart.

Cicada also has a moral meaning, in the traditional jade jewelry world, it implies a blockbuster.

So this design work makes me have no way to give up, and finally hangs on my own body.

Reporter: I heard you say you are Gemini just now. You have a childhood image and a cultural intention.

But you still have a madness in your mind. Do you have any crazy experiences in your jewelry design or are you driven to collapse by the design requirements of your guests?

Ma Lan: Crazy design is bound to happen, but it gets along very well with the guests.

Because what the guests ask for is relatively normal. If I add some new little ideas, they will feel very fresh.

There are many times to communicate with the guests before the design. Of course, some of the guests have been relieved at the end of the day. It doesn't matter if they don't look at the picture. Ma Lan, do it for me.

Of course, I will have a crazy design, for example, a few years ago there is a jade leaf, of course, that raw material is not very good, my mother said, you take it to help me design it, to see what idea, these are the auxiliary stones I can give you, some colored gemstones.

She might think I'd use a little bit of color jewels to fix it, mainly using the most traditional design way to make its flower head, and the diamonds around it.

As a result, I frantically stacked all the colored jewels on one thing, but the effect was very shocking.

This piece was collected by a guest 2 years ago.

Reporter: who will your target customers be?

Ma Lan: really, I didn't think about it very carefully. Of course, the more people love my work, the happier I will be, and I will be very honored.

But I still prefer to do things silently.

I believe my guests prefer people with their own private space.

From designer to manager

Reporter: as the founder of the studio, is your work mainly designed, or will the external affairs occupy a lot? How is the time allocated?

Ma Lan: at the very beginning, I put all my energy into the creation and design of my work. From the beginning of this year, there will be more friends to help me.

Of course, they are also very creative design teams. I am mainly responsible for some decision-making and directional things. The work on the specific rules may be handled more by them. I will gradually become a team leader to deal with my work role.

Reporter: will there be some way to promote or publicize this year, so that more friends will know this brand?

Ma Lan: of course, I will not talk much about it for the time being, because I give my full authority to Mr. Opry, a trusted public relations team.

I believe that more mainland friends will soon see relevant information, including physical objects.

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