Chien-Yu Liu. School of Jewellery. Birmingham City University. Selected Graduate 2019
Published: 26.10.2019
Necklace: One Moment to Another, 2019
Aluminium, conductive threads.
1.2 x 0.8 x 70 cm
Photo by: Chien-Yu Liu
From series: Breathe
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

The development of Chien-Yu’s practice has followed the arc of her recovery from a period of loss, after suffering a series of bereavements. On arrival at the School of Jewellery, she ensconced herself in the school’s basement and began a series of experiments in forging and forming a range of metals. The physically gruelling hammer work was – initially – brutal, draining and numbing, capturing broken forms and shattered metal. Aluminium forms recorded the hammer strikes and documented Chien-Yu’s eventual healing as the raw cleavages of early work gave way to the refined forms of the final collection. The work as a whole is an interrogation of absence and presence: tools, materials, adornments and narrative are pressed into service to examine how loss can be folded into our sense of self to make us who we are.
/ Sian Hindle. Course Leader, MA Jewellery and Related Products
-
Material Stories: Gemstones. Carrying Deep Time with You
23Feb2021 -
Helen Britton on curating Schmuck 2021
11Feb2021 -
Material Stories: Gold. I Wear Imitation Because I do Feel Gold is Dirty
02Feb2021 -
Marina Aleksashina, Caio Mahin and Naama Levit are Selected for the International Scholarship Program Designers in Resid...
26Jan2021 -
On Vanitas and Me and My Submarine. Review on Ted Noten's Show at Rademakers Gallery Amsterdam
26Jan2021 -
Boundless Energy and Joie de Vivre Lucy Sarneel, March 4, 1961- December 28, 2020
24Jan2021 -
Estonian Gallery Celebrates Local Art Jewelry with a Mesmerizing Photo Series
20Jan2021 -
Material Stories - Neutral Materials? There Is No Such Thing
17Jan2021 -
Cancellation of Internationale Handwerksmesse 2021 due to coronavirus
14Jan2021 -
The Curse and the Gold. A Polyphonic Approach to Education
11Dec2020 -
The Time Zone. Master Degree Thesis by Xinia Guan
10Dec2020 -
She is Guided by Her Eye and Her Heart. About the book HUNT: Kadri Mälk's Jewellery Collection
07Dec2020 -
Contemporary Jewellery, Beyond Labels
30Nov2020 -
Silent Architectures. A Series of Work by Xavier Monclús
24Nov2020 -
Dangerously Attractive. Recycled Plastic in Jewellery. An exhibition review
20Nov2020