Hui Hu (China/UK) - Sheffield Hallam University MFA
HUI HU
Biography:
Hui Hu is a jewelry artist based in China and UK. Graduated with a BFA degree majoring in Ceramics from Tsinghua University and currently in her final year of postgraduate studies at Sheffield Hallam University. Because of experience of learning ceramic making during undergraduate, she learns a lot of handicraft skills and interested in trying to create the project by combining different materials with metal. Her degree project is about insects, creating a series of contemporary ceramic jewelry, as the beginning of her jewelry design journey. She is good at adding illustration elements into her design, her latest project is relevant to dream the story of her, and she continues to do more possible research of this project.
Collection Concept:
This project is focused on exploring material representations of my dreams through jewellery. How can I use figurative jewellery techniques to represent and discuss my dreams ? I was interested in my dreams from a young age, in primary school I started recording their scenes. Like most people I found it hard to recall the entire dream, everything disappeared when I woke up. As a result I started to give myself psychological suggestions before sleeping, gradually I could remember more and more details of my dreams. Although I know they are not complete, I still enjoy recalling them. After I read the interpretations of dreams by Sigmund Freud, I realized there is some indescribable desire behind each of my subconscious thoughts and dreams .
Through these works I selected some representable dreams from my memories. For instance, recurring dreams, nightmares, and prophecies. I created an illustration for every dream. I then incorporated these narratives and illustrations into the jewelleries design.
I hope to share my strange dream experiences with people and promote conversation and exchanges as I enjoy listening to others stories.
