I am a nature-loving fantasist, my research and practice have explored and discovered how jewellery connects with humans and nature through continuous observation of natural climates and cultures.

Education

08/2020 – 05/2024

Bachelor of Fine Arts:  Metal

United States, State University of New York at New Paltz

09/2024 - 09/2025

(expected)

Master of Arts: Jewellery and Metal

United Kingdom, Royal College of Art

Dew is a meditation on stillness within motion — a moment of pause in the ever-changing rhythm of life. Raised and planished entirely by hand, each form echoes the fullness of dewdrops or

water-smoothed pebbles, holding the memory of movement within their curves. Though solid in form, the hollow interiors make the piece weightless, a gentle contradiction that mirrors how nature balances strength with lightness. Like dew formed overnight and gone by morning, the necklace captures a fleeting shape of water, reminding us that all life is shaped by adaptation, flow, and quiet transformation.

Title：DEW

Statement：

This necklace, titled "Dew," was created using traditional metalsmithing techniques — raising and planishing — entirely by hand. Each droplet-shaped form reflects the fullness and quiet tension of water caught in a still moment. Though substantial in appearance, the forms are hollow and incredibly light, echoing the subtle contradiction found in nature: resilience held within softness.

To emphasize the relationship between light and surface, I carefully mirror-polished only the high points—like dewdrops catching morning light—while leaving the rest of the piece with the soft matte whiteness of silver. The hammer marks, typically hidden, were instead deliberately revealed by burnishing, creating a tactile texture that speaks to the making process and to the marks time leaves on all things.

Water, for me, is not only a material metaphor, but a rhythm—of transformation, of memory, of emotional resilience. This piece reflects how both nature and humans must continuously adapt to changing conditions. Just as water finds its form by yielding, so do we, flowing through shifting emotional and physical terrains.

"Dew" is a wearable reflection of this state of in-between—caught between form and emptiness, softness and tension, stillness and motion. It belongs to my broader exploration of jewelry as emotional language, where surface and structure echo not only the body, but also the stories it carries.

Name of teacher: Jonathan Boyd, Maisie Broadhead