Fan Zhang, professor at the School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, inheritor of filigree inlay, an intangible cultural heritage.

the Deputy Director of the Jewellery Design Committee at the Gems & Jewellery Trade Association of China and a member of the Society of Jewellery Historians.

She is dedicated to ancient craft and culture research and further applies them to contemporary design research. She has received several national honours, including the China National Art Fund 'Young Artistic Creative Talent' in 2019 and 'The Top Ten Outstanding Young People in China's Design Industry' in 2012. Moreover, her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York.

The "Second Life" jewellery creation team is composed of teachers and students majoring in jewelleryfrom the Central Academy of Fine Arts. It aims to explore the infinite possibilities of jewellerybetween tradition and the future, using jewellery as a language that can be communicated around the world, and presenting the experimental nature of contemporary jewellery art under diverse cultures, materials and technologies.

material:

Jewellery: Shells, Pearls, Copper

Jewellery Containers: Electroforming waste liquid, Epoxy resin

Variable size

This series of jewellery works uses electroforming technology to explore the connection between materials and technology. In the language of jewellery, the relationship between beads and shells is inseparable. Pearls are grown from oysters, and the electroforming process itself also has growth properties. The principle is to grow metal on the surface of the parent body through electrodeposition to form new visual effects. The word "Yun (Store)", in the traditional Chinese context, is a process of accumulation and precipitation, while the word "Sheng (Grow)" is both growth and rebirth based on the maternal body.

We took the growth relationship of pearls and shells as a motif and carried out creative experiments using the linear time language of electroforming. Simultaneously, we adhered to the concept of sustainability during the creation process, considered the recycling of waste liquid produced by electroforming, and used the electroforming waste liquid to make jewellery containers, and ultimately created the series "Store and Grow".