The First Chinese Female Jewellery Designer in Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris

DIANA ZHANG illustrates the glorious glitter of red lotus in Red Lotus Under the Sun

(Hong Kong, 22 June 2017) Under the sunlight in a splendid summer, the lotus emerges from the water to gracefully reveal its gorgeous beauty. Renowned Chinese female jewellery designer Diana Zhang has spent three painstaking years to finish the piece – including two years to carefully select one hundred pieces of finest rubies followed by her design drawings; and one year of production. Her new piece Red Lotus Under The Sun has made a debut this summer, another signature design after the Orchid King last year. Inspired by the poem The Lakeside Temple at Dawn by Yang Wanli in the Song Dynasty, the wordings of “Green lotus leaves outspread as far as the boundless sky, while red lotus blossoms from sunshine takes a new dye” represents her inner charisma of “coming from the ooze, yet remains stainless. Though under the bright sunlight, still standing firm.” Together with her persistent pursuit of aesthetics and meticulous craftsmanship, she fully unveils the prominent red lotus in her new piece.

Red Lotus Under The Sun The Exceptional Glow

The bracelet perfectly symbolizes Diana’s effort in every detail in her design, combining her insistence in choosing only the finest diamonds and precious gems with remarkable craftsmanship. The centre petals of Red Lotus Under The Sun is paved with 100 finest oval-cut Burmese no-heat pigeon blood rubies selected over a year. Without heating treatment, the rubies are clearer with greater radiance. Diana selects the best colours and specially sends them to Switzerland for SSEF identification. The surrounding pedals are paved with 3,805 small rubies which are also no-burning rubies that are all delicately and skillfully cut by the designer. The glittering diamonds on bracelet are consist of 7 cushion and oval cut diamonds with D,E,F colour and internally flawless to VS1 GIA grade, as well as a total of 2,569 smaller excellent diamonds. Diana has also created an attentive design by using the lightest yet hardest titanium and 18k gold setting to preserve a comfortable and lighter fit.

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Red Lotus Under The Sun can be worn in three different ways. Apart from the original combination, the red lotus can be worn as brooch with special accessories (left) while the diamond bracelet can be worn independently (right).

The Classic of Aesthetics

Red Lotus Under The Sun is the representation of ultimate perfection. Diana has spent two years to find the finest rubies and finish her design drawings. Followed by countless discussions and modifications with the craftsmen to create the beautiful three-dimensional wax mold with meticulous craftsmanship, the whole production lasted over one year. Every diamond and precious gem is precisely calculated for drilling holes in various sizes on the titanium setting, and then manually set after polishing for a perfect touch. After setting, the metal is carefully polished again to ensure a glossy finish. Such masterpiece interprets Diana’s ultimate pursuit of aesthetics.

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Diana has spent two years to finish the design drawing and select 100 finest rubies, it took a year of production to create Red Lotus Under The Sun.

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Diana has spent two years to finish the design drawing and select 100 finest rubies, it took a year of production to create Red Lotus Under The Sun.

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Jeweller first creates a wax mold after several modifications before making the beautiful three-dimensional lotus and fitted bracelet.

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Jeweller first creates a wax mold after several modifications before making the beautiful three-dimensional lotus and fitted bracelet.

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The titanium setting is drilled with different holes and polished to accommodate the design and the size of diamonds. The jeweller carefully sets every precious diamond on the setting.

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The titanium setting is drilled with different holes and polished to accommodate the design and the size of diamonds. The jeweller carefully sets every precious diamond on the setting.