Jiayang Xie - Global Design Graduate Show Award
Jiayang Xie
Designer biography:
Jiayang Xie is a Jewellery designer and maker. She finished her study in Jewellery in both Glasgow School of art and Central Saint Martins. Her design has been inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese art, with the vibrant of natural, floating of the line, beauty of traditional pattern and the unique understanding on space. Transforming these into the designs, in which jewellery is the sparkle and statement that can light up the mystical vessel of human body and form an intimate connection with the wearer. With the language of traditional technique (especially filigree) to develop and explore the interaction of space and the asthenia of decorative into a new type of contemporary art.
Collection concept: The Vitality of line
The spirit of the wire and pattern floats out from the finger of the craftsman’s hand to form a rhythm that plays into a design. This is the beauty of filigree that attracted Jiayang to this 5,000-year-old technique. Like many other kinds of traditional craftsmanship, this work is dying out as it is both times consuming and perceived as old- fashioned, but it is a part of our cultural heritage coming from the wisdom of our ancestors. The goal of this project is therefore to re-imagine the technique to create jewellery that can fit into a contemporary lifestyle: maintaining the filigree’s spirit in fine wire and small circles, liberating the pattern from a restricted surface into a 3D form. Presenting the small particles as the main body of the work, not just a decoration, Jiayang re-imagines the pattern into basic forms which demonstrate an innovative application of this technique.
Jiayang Xie_earring_The Flying Ring_Fine silver_Sterling silver_1.2x5x0.5cm
Jiayang Xie_earring_The Golden Oval_Fine silver_Sterling silver_6.9x6.8x5cm
Jiayang Xie_earring_The Silver Drop_Fine silver_Sterling silver_7x4.3x3.2cm
Jiayang Xie_headpiece_The Growing Harmony NO.1_2022_Fine silver_Sterling silver_Gold plated_22x19x6cm