海報轉載自公眾號：囈想正

'Loading' 

is an online work-in-progress show, 

exhibiting 46 MA students 

who are currently studying the 

Jewellery and Related Products course at Birmingham City University. 

This exhibition combines a range 

of outcomes 

based on jewellery and its perceived 

values, functions, and forms. 

We hope this exhibition allows insight

into our thoughts, ideas, concepts, 

and challenges the expectations of 

what jewellery is 

and what it can be.

 “Loading”

是 BCU 研究生的學習中期展覽

其中囊括了46位正在伯明翰城市大學

學習珠寶及相關產品學生的工作展示

本次展覽結合了一系列基于

珠寶及其感知價值、功能和形式的成果

希望讓人們更深入地了解

我們的思想、理念、概念

并挑戰我們對珠寶是什么

和它可以是什么的期望

以下作品都是同學們

在疫情艱難的條件下完成的

整個設計過程還處在中期階段

本次展覽以線上形式展示

一共分為上下兩篇

更多訊息請關注公眾號：囈想正

作品按類型分組，排列不分先后

Past & Future

P01

Bitong Luan

我的作品來自工作室的廢料

展示了制作者與作品本身的聯結

 

人的存在被容許于物質宇宙之中

人與物的關系，是

時空中留下的軌跡

I am a Chinese jewellery Artist studying in Birmingham City University. My recent work is about the trace, time and the relation between human and objects. I like the feeling the time and traces give me, it is a sense of content with the whole world: I am being watched all the time and I am tolerated by the material universe, and objects are witness of us. That feeling reminds me that I am a part of this world and I could left my trace to change it. And it brings the emotional connection between human and objects. My jewelry is aim to bring this feeling to my audience. I focused on the trace and wear leaved through the jewellery making process. All the materials used in that piece are useless wastes in our jewelry workshop. Aim to show the connection between the maker and the jewellery pieces.

E-mail：Luan.bitong.aria@gmail.com

P02

Biyang Zhou

以對抗王權之名處決

以自由平等之名行暴

 

我的作品以符號展現并批判歷史

I am a Jewellery designer based in Birmingham, UK.  My work is focus on both symbols and history. There are many glamorous symbols have appeared in history. And I try to use visual language in my Jewellery to show their beauty to my audience.   Many people refer to the French Revolution as only liberty, equality and fraternity. However, not everyone knows that it’s also the first time that’s the reign of terror has come to the historic stage.  My project shows my opinion of the execution of Louis XVI, that is not just a rebellion against the kingship,  it’s use the liberty, equality and fraternity to cover the essence of terror.

Material: Silver and brass 

E-mail：zhoubiyang2018@163.com

P03

Gwen

文字宣告情感

內面對自己，蝕刻傷痛

外面對他人，強作歡顏

 

我的作品是自我療愈的過程

希望也能撫慰他人的心碎

I am a Jewellery artist based in Birmingham, UK. My work is about memories of break up and loose my family members. I am trying to make some Jewellery to record my feelings of the process of forgetting. On the one side I put words of my struggle feelings and using etching material to show that my memories are blurred. And for other side which can be seen, I just use daily greeting words to show I am pretending to be fine. Cause I can feel that no matter how struggling I am, the memories eventually will be blurry. So I am trying to use jewellery to record it. My work is all about the people’s feeling. I am trying to help myself out of the awful memories. And I really hope my work also can help others who have the same feeling with me to quickly go through the heartbroken stage.

Ins：changchenxin

Email:chenxinchang666@gamil.com

P04

Zhou Zhou

“Apocalypse of doom”

奇幻的未來世界總是吸引著我

我試圖用佩戴中的首飾創造空間

展示能量、聯結與再生

目前創作中的系列

使用了金屬、玻璃和植物和繪畫

旨在呈現末日氛圍

I am a fancied Jewellery designer, I am obsessed by the fancy future world, and also, I conceive of establishing a space by using wearable facilities, this space satisfies the basic requests of next-generation, like energy, communicates, multiply etc. I am now creating a series of jewellery about the judgement day of humanity; the primary material is metal, glass and plants. Sometimes the work also takes media and painting as a medium to convey the concept. Multiple methods to let the audience engage in my doom day atmosphere created in my design.

P05

Meinan Yang

"Sensed Time"

 

過去、現在、未來

時常，我被流逝的時光浸沒

 

我的作品發想來自蜘蛛網

佩戴在軀體上

喻示了光陰的流逝

也暗示在不可避免的未來

腐朽的軀體將被蜘蛛網覆蓋

I am a contemporary Jewellery artist and studying in Birmingham,UK.For a long time I have been immersed in remembering the past and can't get out. I always think about the relationship between the past, present and future, and feel the passage of time. In fact, I always waste a lot of time in remembering the past, but I enjoy this process. 

I like to think of myself as an object in the tunnel of time, and then I can feel the passage of time with my whole body. I use spider webs as the main visual language of my work, and use silicone that resembles skin texture and color as the nodes, and is wrapped together by spider webs. And wear it in the corner of the body, the purpose is to create an atmosphere of time is the protagonist, space is a supporting role, and people are just an object that will fall ash, will grow spider webs, let the audience focus on the passage of time. 

My audience are people who are used to wasting time and are curious about the trajectory of time passing. These audiences will appreciate and perceive time more when they see my work. And I will cherish this opportunity during the epidemic quarantine and find a suitable way to record the empty time that has passed.

Ins: Meinan.yang

Email: meinan.yang@outlook.com

P06

Raines (Yuguang Qin)

“The Precious Abandonment”

 

我的作品旨在傳達

我對科技發展的樂觀預見

 

直白的元素是對符號學的探索

我希望能帶領觀眾回想

科技對人類社會帶來的美好影響

I am a Chinese jewellery designer interested in the origin of science and technology. I find that there are many controversial inventions in nowadays technology, which makes some people query the future of technology development. I think the future of technology is bright, and I am willing to share it through art.

My work is a series of commemorative badges, which conceptually reproduced the achievements of technological revolution in different ages. I intend to make people think back to the contribution of technological development through highly readable visual symbols. I use visual elements, materials and texture to explore visual semiotics, and pursue more intuitive artistic expression effect. I intend to inspire the throughout reflection of people on the development of science and technology, in hopes of making visible what is positive significance of technological development.

Material: Brass, copper and kirsite.

Email: Raines.qin@gmail.com

P07

Huaibing Li (Liiy)

“Combination-2,3”

 

當人類居住在火星

首飾將如何被呈現？

 

我的研究是關于手工和3D打印的綜合應用

在資源稀少的火星，

材料勢必需要經過降解或再利用

我試圖探索未來首飾的樣貌

I am a Chinese jewellery designer. and I am interested in exploring the artistic style that may appear on Mars in the future. I cut my project according to the principle that Mars lacks resources and materials need to be decomposed and reused, I find different shaped components and the rules. In the process of concretizing the future, the combination of handmade and 3D printing is the way of expression that I am currently exploring, and imagination and technology are its support. I like to find answers in countless possibilities in the combination of components and try to find what future looks like.

Ins:  foxor_liiy

E-mail: huaibingliiy@163.com

個人公眾號：阿B的雜貨鋪

Sensibility & Feelings

F01

Aaron

“You are being Squeezed”

 

我試圖表達

空間和情感的關系

 

這件作品叫做“你正在被擠壓”

I am a Chinese jewellery designer and the theme of my project is about the connection between space and emotion. The plaster form in the middle is made by using my hand to squeeze the liquid plaster in the balloon, and it is controlled by the geometric structure made of brass. For this object, I try to explore the relationship between feeling of squeezing and the body movements when people getting into an narrow space. Is you squeezing the space? Or Is the space squeezing you?

Material: Plaster, Brass

Email: 417507633@qq.com

F02

Qin Guo (Anna)

"See It, Touch It"

 

人類的情感如何與觸覺聯結？

視覺又產生了什么誤導？

 

我的作品旨在引導人們

重新發現觸覺及其引起的感受

I am an art Jewellery designer from China. I work on the sensory system of human, what human emotion linked to the touch, and what vision misleading this emotion.

In our daily life, we often touch things surround us, but this habitual behaviour makes us seems to ignore the rich emotions tactility brings. So what if the artwork can change the sign that was forbidden to touch in the past, and help us re-recognize this delicate emotion. I made my artwork a rich aesthetic pattern and colour to enhance the tactility of people and change their emotions, or even misleading touch. I hope after touch my work, people can rethink the important role of tactility in our lives.

F03

Anne

"Into the Light"

 

黑暗，何以名狀？

 

我使用的材料從

金屬到亞克力及樹脂3D打印，

嘗試從文化、科學及哲學的角度來審視

“黑暗”這個現象

I am an American contemporary jewellery designer who is interested in the unknown and the unseen. Darkness is an elusive phenomenon that is, for the most part, unknown to us.  The concept of my work is focused around darkness and its ability to be ‘seen’, by creating individual elements that can be brought together to create a whole. I use a range of elements that relate to the cultural, scientific, and philosophical perceptions of darkness.  I use a mixture of materials and processes, from metal fabrication to 3D printing to resins and acrylics. I look for materials that will allow me to explore forms, textures and proper finishing qualities for my work.  By putting these elements together into a collection, I aim to create a new perspective on darkness by bringing it into the light. 

Material: Brass, CZ, Copper,Powder coat

IG: anne_edwards17

Email: aledward17@gmail.com

F04

Yu Liu

 

我們在空間之中

空間也在我們之中

我們的生活空間

就是我們的諾亞方舟

 

I am a contemporary jewelry artist from China who is studying the interrelationship between living space and individuals. Inspired by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard and the artist Antony Gormley. I hope the audience could feel the value of the space we inhabit through my works. The space which we live they are in us as much as we are in them, and they are also the space against hostile forces. I use mirror effect to reflect the wearer's environment, so as to achieve the purpose of integrating the wearer with the environment. My final work is composed of photography. In this special period, the whole world is experiencing cv19, we must stay at home, we will have a deeper understanding of the space we inhabit, maybe the space we inhabit is Noah's ark for us.

Self-Explore & Relief

L01

Lisa (Yihong Liu)

"Talisman"

 

護身符

映射了人們的恐懼與欲望

 

我的作品發想來自古埃及的護身符

在裝飾的同時，試圖為人們帶來

精神上的撫慰

There are always problems in the world that cannot be explained by modern science, and this mysterious and strange phenomenon is still fascinating to me, especially in the human spirit, it can directly reflect the human desires and fears in today's society. My inspiration comes from ancient Egyptian amulet jewellery. My works use symbolic elements to present personalized amulet jewellery, hoping to bring decoration while relieving the spiritual pressure of human beings.

Ins: 1hongliu_official

Email:lyh961218@icloud.com

L02

Yimeng Zhai

 

焦慮是每個人都有的知覺

過多或過于長久會造成傷害

 

我的作品提出了類似冥想的抽象概念

以互動的方式，

引導觀眾與焦慮和平共處

I am a Chinese contemporary Jewellery designer studying in Birmingham, UK. My theme is the relationship between the human being and sentiments. The starting point is how to get along with anxiety. This kind of emotion is common to everyone, but it must not be overdone and cannot last for too long. So how to deal with it, name and express emotions is essential. Meditation is an option, which is a training of the brain, just like medication for the body. Starting with focusing on specific organs to feeling abstract sentiments. My work tries to express a feeling similar to meditation, combining metal, integrated materials and natural elements, strengthening the connection between the work and the audience through interactive forms, and enhancing the audience's sense of participation. I want people to feel peaceful when wearing my work. Be able to understand better and accept their emotions.

Material: Gold-plated copper, Acrylic, Talus.

Email: yimengzhai1819@163.com

The body

T01

Yian Wang

“Back brace”

 

我的作品靈感來自成長過程中

長期穿戴的背部矯正器

背部的佝僂不僅讓外表不美觀

也影響了我的精神狀態

 

我希望借由穿戴首飾來展現我的感受

I’m a contemporary jewellery designer from China. I'm interested in the relationship between jewellery and the human body. The inspiration for this piece is my experience of wearing a back brace. Because of my hunchback habit, in addition to the unattractive factor, long-term hunchback can also cause spinal deformation, so I tried to keep my back straight by wearing a back corrector. I wanted to use my work to express how I felt. I’m exploring how to use my work to influence the shape of the back. When wearing this series of works, the wearer will feel constrained and keep their back straight. 

Email: Yianjewellery@163.com

T02

Luna

 

“妊娠紋”

 

身體上每一道疤痕

都是生活事件的軌跡

 

審視關于美丑的成見

人們應該與自己的生命和平共處

I am a contemporary jewellery designer from China and I create jewellery about stretch marks. People have many birth defects and acquired scars on their bodies, stretch marks is one of them. There is a large number of women cannot accept it. Therefore, they have the sense of inferiority. On another hand, it is not a perfect thing to own the smooth skin. These women often feel pressured to look a certain way. But I think they should accept their looks and find out the beauty from their bodies.

I hope these works can get them thinking.  It is a social problem, not only women, but also other people should think about why  they look at stretch marks in a different light.

T03

Luting Xu

 

從中古歐洲的束腰

到今日逐漸講求舒適與裝飾性的服飾

許多原本功能為束縛的衣物

逐漸轉變成為身體的裝飾

 

我的作品試圖探討衣物與女性身體的關系

I am a Chinese contemporary jewelry artist studying in Birmingham City University. My work explore the relationship between clothing and women's bodies. With the liberation of women's bodies, many clothings have also changed. Take the bra as an example, on the medieval European nobles, it was very popular to wear a tight-fitting corset, which caused pain and discomfort. Nowadays, people are gradually paying attention to its comfort and decoration. I combine elastic bandages with metal to create a body piece. I apply the lace element of the bra into my work，I use hard materials such as brass to replace lace to create a visual conflict. By changing the form of wearing , some clothings are no longer a tool that binds the female body, but a body decoration.

Material: Elastic, Brass

Ins: xluting

Email: xuluting0919@163.com

T04

Bing Song

 

我是一個對大部分金屬過敏的人

但是我還是喜愛佩戴首飾

 

人們的過敏源來自各處

羊毛、貓毛、硅膠、花生米...

我的作品試圖用反諷的方式表達

人們與過敏的斗爭

 

I am a Chinese Jewellery artist which is studying in Birmingham, UK. My works are based on my own experiences and feelings. I hope to find common experiences of people by exploring myself. 

My recent work is about allergies. I have many allergens. Some of them are inevitable in my life. Some are optional but also have an impact on my life.

Although I am allergic to most metals, I still love jewellery and want to wear jewellery. Some people are allergic to silicone, some are allergic to wool, allergic to cat hair, allergic to peanuts…I hope my work can help them carry these things they will be allergic to and present my work in defying and ironic way. 

Material: Brass 

Ins: bingoniubi

Email: songbingvera@icloud.com

T05

Savi Ningxin Wu

“ Wound I ”

 

身體是生命有機體、是身份、

是社會的影響

身體是攝入和產出的中介點

我試圖模糊實體和精神的界限

希望能引導觀眾從另一個角度思考自己

l am an object maker from China, currently based in the UK. My work is exploring the relationship between body and surroundings, our body include dynamic biological processes, identity, social impact. People think though body so that body is a medium for input and out put. I would like to blur the boundary of biological object and sprits, by magnifying or emphasizing one of them.I use leather and metal to create the sense of skin and body, imply weak and strong, hoping people can rethink themselves in a different perspective.

Materials: leather, brass

Ins: ilovewnx

Email: savi1208@gmail.com

疫情的發生使全世界陷入了危機時刻，

人們不得不打破原本的計劃重新規劃生活。

足不出戶的日子是窘迫的，

是難以描述的艱辛。但同時，

這也是一個難能可貴的休憩時刻，

讓我們重新整裝待發。

也許這是一個獨有的契機

讓我們重新定義未來。

藝術在這個特殊時期

也發揮著不可思議的作用，

可療愈傷痛，可慰藉心靈，

可宣泄情緒，可講述故事。

它生動地伴隨在我們左右。

BCU MA班里的每一位設計師都未曾懈怠，

雖然困難重重，但他們仍挑戰了各種局限，

盡可能地呈現出了最好的作品。

此時，網絡作為傳播信息的優良媒介，

為藝術家提供了渠道。

因此本次線下展覽轉移到了線上，

我們在這里分享想法和建議。

這寶貴的時刻是留學生涯的一部分，

是我們在災難中留下的難以磨滅的印記。