Portfolio - Mari-Ann Hejn by mariannhejnlarsen

Design Path

Hyères - Rock Collection

CELINE - 2 collections, for Interview process

Dior - Xmas collection, AMA academic project

High Jewelry Project, AMA academic project

Georg JensenCompetition

Incubator Work

Technical Education

Self-Taught Drawing

PortfolioDesign Path

2010-2016 - Self-taught drawing, while completing undergraduate & master’s studies in Finance and Social Entrepreneurship between Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York

2014-2015 - Training in Copenhagen at the jewelry-making atelier ‘SMYKKE2000’ - learning the basics of jewelry craftsmanship

2016-2018 - 2-year placement combining: traditional jewelry craftsmanship degree at La Haute École de Joaillerie (learning: technical drawing, gouache, wax work, and metal work), with a work placement as the digital communications coordinator at Boucheron, Paris

2018-2020 - Member of the jewelry-making Incubator - Académie des Métiers d’Art (AMA), independent jewelry school in Paris - Completion of first silver jewelry collection for personal brand: House of Hejn

2020-2021 - Chanel, Métiers d’Art - in charge of digital business development for Goossens, Chanel’s custom-jewelry making atelier

2022-2023 - Graduated from european degree in ‘Luxury Product Development’ at AMA. Learning the creative process: hand sketching, prototyping, computer assisted 3D design, illustrator rendering, collection budgeting, presenting final results in front of jury

2023-2024 - Participated in the Hyères International Accessories Competition – Submission of the ‘Rock Collection’ (presented in this portfolio): collection of 7 accessories pieces, developing 2 finalized prototypes presented in a professional photoshoot

Moodboard Rock Collection

Hyères 2024

Vivien Solari @coldseawarmheart, 2020

Dorte Mandrup

A/Sv Wadden Sea center, Denmark

Jill Sander Campaign, Avenue

Montaigne

Olafur EliassonRiverbed, Louisiana, 2014

Olafur EliassonRainbow Compass, 2011

Jacquemus, La Bomba, 2017

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe in her studio

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe wearing one of her designs

Rock Collection - Hyères 2024 3D Rendering on Rhinoceros

The Hyères accessories competition, involves submitting a collection of 7 accessory designs, developing 1 physical prototype, and a professional collection photoshoot.

I designed the ring on Rhinoceros, and the physical prototype is declined in two exeamples, with different flint rock surfaces, carved with a stone cutter. The rest of the collection is designed on illustrator.

The prototypes were shot in a professional photoshoot. I led the artistic direction and model choice, with two key words as the shoot inspiration: everyday & power.

Rock Collection - Different Options of Rock Surfaces in Flint

Collaboration with Waw Creative Studio

Rock Collection - Hyères 2024 Collection Description

Does preciousness lie in the intrinsic beauty of Nature, or in the perfect shine of a man-made diamond?

The Rock collection challenges the definition of what perfection is. By reinterpreting classic forms of jewelry, and combining them with raw stone surfaces, the collection aims to question the notion of value.

Where does value lie: in the unaltered raw materials created by Nature - or in the interpretation of perfection as created by man, with for exemple, lab-grown diamonds.

In this collection, the beauty of the unaltered rock surface is magnified by the contrast created with the lab-grown diamond-paving around the stones.

The Rock collection compares two definitions of perfection: the one created by Nature, and the one that man is aiming to attain. Inviting us to start a dialogue around the intervention of man in Nature.

The photoshoot presented here showcases the two first physical ring prototypes of the collection.

Collaboration with Waw Creative Studio

Neolithic Chic

Every-day v.s.

Dressed-up

Interior v.s.

Collection Plan

Collaboration with Waw Creative Studio

Seal Ring - Technical Drawing

Silver/ Flint Rock Surface/ Lab-grown diamonds

13 mm

FRONT

SIDE STANDING

Ø interior 17.2 mm

Size : 54

Seal Ring -

Possibility of engraving the back of the ring, so that the ring can be used as a seal to sign with wax.

mm BACK

Collaboration with Waw Creative Studio

Moodboard - CELINE, Interview

Women’s Collection, 2022

These two collections for CELINE are hand-sketched first and then completed on Illustrator.

Both collections are influenced by Danish vintage design among other inspirations. A Georg Jensen bracelet was the starting point for the Women’s collection.

CELINE, bracelet

CELINE, Bras Belt

CELINE, prêt-à-porter,

CELINE, prêt-à-porter, skirt

CELINE, art project, Paris Saint Honoré

Peretti, Tiffanny & Co.

The Sand Dollar House, TX, by John Covert Watson

Collection Plan - CELINE, Interview

Women’s Collection on Illustrator

Bracelet : option brass or rhodium plated silver, with different choice of cabochons

detai of a piece of the necklace

Necklace : option brass or rhodium plated silver, with different choice of cabochons

back

Ring

Earrings

Technical drawing - CELINE Woman’s Ring on Illustrator

17 mm

Ep : 2 mm

Technical Description

Option of brass or rhodium plated silver Cabochon stones : crystal/ onyx / tiger eye / petrified wood 1 mm back L : 13 mm

Scale: 1:1

Product Page

L : 9.5 mm

l : 6.5 mm Ep: 1.5 mm

Dia : 3 mm

L : 7.5 mm`

l : 5 mm

Ep: 3 mm

Moodboard - CELINE, Interview

Men’s Collection

The Men’s Collection is inspired by the combination of the works of: Danish architect Otto Von Spreckelsen for La Défense Arc de Triomphe, the round and square themes in Vernon Panton’s work, and the light touch of Y2K pearl necklaces.

CELINE, prêt-à-porter FW men, 2023

Y2K, Pearl Necklace

Maria Black, earring

CELINE, earring Grande Arche La Défense, Johan Otto Von Spreckelsen

CELINE, necklace

CELINE, pencil

Vernon Panton, Vitra Heart

Cone Chair

Vangede Kirke Denmark, Johan Otto Von Spreckelsen

CELINE, accessory

Elsa Peretti, Tiffanny & Co.

Suzanne Belperron, ‘Toît’ ring

Vernon Panton, Geometri Carpet

Georg Jensen Vintage Bracelet

Y2K Necklace

Collection Plan - CELINE, Interview

Men’s Collection, on Illustrator

Bracelets Earring

Necklace

Option : of a heart on the necklace and or bracelet

Technical Drawing - CELINE Men’s Collection, on Illustrator

Dia : 18.5 mm

Ep : 7

Dia : 18.5 mm

Ep : 7

Metal

Ep : 3.5 mm

Option : gravure signature sur la face arrière

Diameter : 70 mm

L : 20 mm

Technical Description

Rhodium plated silver Cabochon black carrare marble and white carrare marble CELINE signature: engraved 1 mm

Scale: 1:1

Product Page

Collection PlanChristmas at Dior - AMA Project, 2022

Collection of 5 pieces, based on two themes: antique jewelry (triple chains & mother-of-pearl roses) and the 1970’s ‘Peau d’âne’ film by Jacques Demy.

The star and round motives are designed on Rhinoceros, the collection is completed on Illustrator.

Bracelet

Necklace

Ring

Pean

d’âne movie by Jacques Demy, Robe

Couleur de Lune

Dior, Christmas Collection, 2022

Technical Drawing3D Rendering - Earrings

High JewelryFinal Design Project - AMA`, 2023

Moodboard for a high jewelry necklace, designed as an ode to the simplicity and raw sophistication of the New Nordic Cuisine aesthetic.

Three ingredients were chosen to compose the circular shape of the statement necklace: a wave, an algae branch, and a shoal of fish.

Alexander McQueen, Oyster Dress

Ikebana Japanese Flower Art, by Ffrida Kim

Shoal

No.8, Scabetti, Fisketorvet, Copenhagen

Algae, Flora Danica

Painting, Royal Palace

Dahomey, Benin

New Nordic Cuisine Plate, Geranium, x2

The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen

High Jewelry ThemeThe New Nordic Cuisine

My process to create the High Jewelry piece involved: hand sketching & coloring, prototyping to get a sense of the proportions, the final drawing is a gouache painting in the chosen aquatic colour theme.

The High jewelry piece is inspired by the New Nordic Cuisine aesthetic, but also the sustainable philosophy behind it.

This inspired me to write a manifesto for responsible jewelry making, based on the New Nordic Cuisine Manifesto, find in the next pages.

Hand-Sketching

Quick-Coloring

High Jewelry ThemeThe

New Nordic Cuisine

Maquette - Prototyping

Materials -

White Gold

Recycled, in partnership with the Fairmind exctraction label.

Ref: https://fairmined.org/

Blue-Green Sapphire

Traceable from Montana (USA) or Sri Lanka.

Ref: https://www.gemsociety.org/

Traceable from Brazil or Mozambique. Following colors are selected : teal blue, mist green, pale green, seafoam green, mint blue

Ref: https://www.gemrockauctions.com/ https://vivalatina- shop.com/blogs/custom-made- jewelry/paraiba-tourmaline-stone- price

Tourmaline Paraïba

Manifesto for Responsible Jewelry Making

1. Jewelry needs to preserve a human touch: design and production methods can evolve but the human touch gives the soul to the jewelry

2. Jewelry should be produced in a circular manner: in a way in which it can be disassembled and repurposed

3. Jewelry production should be collaborative and the work of the craftsmen should be rightfully valorized in the process

4. Aspire for local creation in the Design Studio (Design Process & Prototyping) with regional production for sizable operations (rather then distant production hubs)

5. Aim to combine function and form to reach elegance, while always taking into account comfort and wearability

6. The materials used in the production of the jewelry should be sourced with transparent provenance and respectful extraction and harvesting technics (stones, metal and other natural elements used). The extraction process should offer dignifying labor conditions for all works in the process.

7. Cooperation among all the actors involved (cautious consumers, craftsmen, miners, stone- cutters, 3d designers, artisans, metal melters, material researchers, teachers, politicians, authorities) with the aim of leading positive change in the jewelry production process.

8. Local materials and technics should be put to honor in the pieces designed with world influences welcome

9. The designs aim is to bring forward the beauty in all materials used — in order to advocate for the preciousness of our planet above all — all natural materials presented in the design are considered equally precious as created by Nature.

10. Inspirations behind the works and the building techniques should be shared in order to inspire other creators to join the movement.

High JewelryPhotoshop Presentation

Mona Tougaard - Alaïa Paris

Georg Jensen CompetitionSnow Angel Brooch, 2020

Personal design proposition as part of a design competition launched by Georg Jensen in honor of the 50th anniversary of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

The design of the brooch is based on a childhood memory of making snow-angels on the ground. The aesthetic is at the crossing of the Art Deco aesthetic, blended with the current aesthetic of the house of Georg Jensen.

White Gold Culture Pearl/ Pear-shaped Pearpls Pear-shaped diamonds

Margrethe II of Denmark

Vintage Georg Jensen Brooch Snow Angel

‘The Snow Queen’ by HC Andersen, illustration by Rudolf Koivu

Georg Jensen Contemporary

Photoshop LookSnow Angel Brooch

Frederikke Sofie - Vogue Japan

Incubator Work AMA2019-2021

Exemples of my silver-smithing and wax work as part of the incubator of the Académie des Métiers d’Art.

The pearl ring below is part of a larger Snow Angel collection, a work compteted in collaboration with Mamoud Thiam - a skilled craftsman from Burkina Faso, that I met during my time working at the incubator.

Incubator Work AMA2019-2021

Craftsmanship Degree - 2016-18

Haute École de Joaillerie

The final pages of the portfolio present exemples of the technical knowledge I have acquired during the 2-year fundational course completed at La Haute Ecole de Joaillerie (HEJ).

Exemples of Technical Drawing, Gouache Painting, Metal- and Waxwork.

These traditional skills, allow we to liberate my creativity in my personal design projects, while keeping feasability and costs in mind.