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.
Read MoreLegnica SILVER Festival is one of the largest events in Europe presenting contemporary artistic jewellery. The most important event of the Festival is the International Jewellery Competition which every year gathers several hundred works by artists from all over the world.
Read MoreCOMETS: A STARRY UNIVERSE, THE CELESTIAL VAULT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS in 925 silver, rough diamonds and ruby crystals. Inspired by the sky iconography, the celestial vault and space, I have been developing this year a limited series of 21 “Comets” pieces. On each, a drawn nebulous and lunar pattern.
Read MoreHoles are the weakness of humanity the more we have the weaker we are as a community as a whole, if one person leaves we become weaker as a whole supporting what is in the center, and as a person we lose the strength to help ourselves onto the the right path, undervaluing what a individual thinks of themselves leading to them to fall down the right path.
Read MoreFamily story. Through her genealogical research, Helka Kettunen discovered her cultural heritage and the traditions and practices that have been passed down through her family. She inherited bark and she decided to learn how to make beads from it. Combining traditional materials like birchbark with modern materials like plastic is her way of respecting tradition past, while also looking towards the future.
Read MoreMiniature eye jewelry known as Lover's Eye was in fashion for about half a century. Most such jewelry was ordered to be given as a gift, symbolizing love and fidelity to the loved one. They were very precious and intimate jewelry, the eyes being painted on pieces of ivory the size of the little finger nail, for example. Over time they became more complex, decorated with precious stones, pearls, gold.
Read MoreIn this collection, “compasses to elsewhere’’ I have created round, magnetic backed brooches that have both raised glass ornaments as well as negative space. These brooches evoke the visual qualities of compasses and other way finding apparatuses, but also a surreal material language.
Read MoreWhen the lock is hidden, the key becomes a connection between illusion and reality. When its role and function are blurred with the change of the key itself, the unknown completes the imagination.
Read MoreThe skin is the house in which beats and secrets are kept and shapes its shape on the thread of instincts. It is a sacred shell that has memory of everything: of the emotions, few tremors, of the pains, the signs and the judgments, the trace. The claws of the armed hearts that destroy and do not repair remain attached to it.
Read MoreAter Mares is a representation of how marine life is affected by oil spills in the ocean. The story of how the first drop will fall in the ocean, until more trickles down. It covers the entire surface and smothers all marine life.
Read MoreThe quest of the "Messed up" Origami collection can be summed up as imitating paper in silver. It aims to preserve the visual properties of paper while overcoming its limitations in terms of portability and durability by changing the material. The aspect of limitation is also highlighted in another way.
Read MoreI created a collection based on the intersection of printmaking and jewelry, using the printing plates as art objects in jewelry, contrary to the usual definition of the print being the final art object. The copper mezzotint plate has an incredible artistic potential for its beauty and versatility when working on a miniature scale.
Read MoreALGAE is a jewelry collection created at the beginning of 2023, is inspired by the vegetal marine world. These forests that lives in the depths of the sea represent an enormous source of life for the entire planet, between 50 and 70% of the oxygen on Earth is produced by the photosynthesis of the algae present in the oceans
Read MoreThis collection is called Rough Shapes. It started with the idea that I could recreate some gothic architecture. Cathedral doors, edgy crosses, alternative shapes and rough finishes were all the ingredients for an unusual collection that could amaze you if you want to discover the concept that inspired me to design this jewelry.
Read MoreWhite, Shine Rings. Geometric and free style, plastic form and line sterling silver rings with freshwater cultured pearls. I chose to show my created silver rings with pearls as different emotions in different colors and characters.
Read MoreFor the last three years I have gone down the road of making one particular element. I have settled on one element, paftale. The role of the piece has not changed. It is still meant to be worn around the waist, it still needs to be closed tight in order to hold the clothes close to the body.
Read MoreI have been thinking lately about freedom, and how much we missed it during the pandemic. Now we are living in uncertain times with the Russian threat.
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