Felicia Li
Jeweller
Published: 02.11.2020
gmail.comPendant: Father and Husband's Pillow, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk, glass tube.
9.7 x 6.5 x 1.8 cm
Photo by: Yutong
From series: Pillow
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Pendant: Father and Husband's Pillow, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk, glass tube.
9.7 x 6.5 x 1.8 cm
Photo by: Yutong
From series: Pillow
On body.
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Pendant: Father and Husband's Pillow, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk, glass tube.
9.7 x 6.5 x 1.8 cm
Photo by: Yutong
From series: Pillow
Details.
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Pendant: Felicia Li's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2019
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Yutong
Felicia Li's works are based on her own experiences and refer to her childhood in a large family in China as well as to the cultural traditions that define how people interact with one another. She remembers a lack of warmth and affection. Her memories include those of illnesses in which her mother reproached her, but eventually prepared a hot water bottle. She imitates this symbol of warmth on a small scale. The small pillow, on the other hand, refers to the gender segregation in larger families in China when the women sleep in one bed and the men in another bed, couples are therefore separated. The relationship of a married couple is abandoned in favour of the child. Against the specific cultural background, the small everyday objects with their attractively shimmering surfaces acquire an extremely sad and desolate quality, but at the same time function as a sign of the warmth and care that is nevertheless possible under these circumstances.
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Pendant: Felicia Li's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2019
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Yutong
On body.
Felicia Li's works are based on her own experiences and refer to her childhood in a large family in China as well as to the cultural traditions that define how people interact with one another. She remembers a lack of warmth and affection. Her memories include those of illnesses in which her mother reproached her, but eventually prepared a hot water bottle. She imitates this symbol of warmth on a small scale. The small pillow, on the other hand, refers to the gender segregation in larger families in China when the women sleep in one bed and the men in another bed, couples are therefore separated. The relationship of a married couple is abandoned in favour of the child. Against the specific cultural background, the small everyday objects with their attractively shimmering surfaces acquire an extremely sad and desolate quality, but at the same time function as a sign of the warmth and care that is nevertheless possible under these circumstances.
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Object: He Xiangu and 'He Xiangu', 2020
Silver, acrylic, antique jewellery(200 years ago, silver jewelry on children's hat), black plastic foam.
32 x 52 x 27 cm
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Object: He Xiangu and 'He Xiangu', 2020
Silver, acrylic, antique jewellery(200 years ago, silver jewelry on children's hat), black plastic foam.
32 x 52 x 27 cm
Alternative view.
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Ring: Predicting through Counting Knuckles, 2020
Silver, acrylic.
Photo by: Sunmo
In ancient China, both deities and fortune-telling masters could learn about the future and far-away things by "predicting through counting knuckles” (a predicting method in The Book of Changes, one famous Chinese classic masterpiece.). "Heavenly stems" and "earthly branches" were the two most commonly used rules in this process. By moving their fingers when predicting, ancients or faeries could easily match complex information such as "heavenly stems" , "earthly branches" and “eight Diagrams”, with the five elements(metal, wood, water, fire and earth, held by the ancients to compose the physical universe and later used in physiological and pathological phenomena). In this way, they performed divination work efficiently. Nowadays, we use similar gestures to unlock the mobile phone, and then we can perform fortune-telling by various channels online (of course, most information on the Internet is the so-called official "scientific prediction"). As we can see, the way of seeking hope and comfort in a bitter life has not changed in essence since ancient times.
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Ring: Predicting through Counting Knuckles, 2020
Silver, acrylic.
Photo by: Sunmo
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Ring: Predicting through Counting Knuckles, 2020
Silver, acrylic.
Photo by: Sunmo
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Ring: Predicting through Counting Knuckles, 2020
Silver, acrylic.
Photo by: Sunmo
On body.
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Piece: Predicting through Counting Knuckles, 2020
Silver.
2 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: Sunmo
Thumb cover.
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Pendant: Felicia Li's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Sunmo
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Pendant: Felicia Li's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Sunmo
Details.
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Pendant: Felicia Li's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Sunmo
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Pendant: Maria's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Yutong
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Pendant: Maria's 'The Warmth of Childhood', 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
6.5 x 4 x 1.4 cm
Photo by: Yutong
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Pendant: Filigree face, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
Photo by: Sunmo
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Pendant: Filigree face, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
Photo by: Sunmo
Details.
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Pendant: Filigree face, 2020
Silver, enamel, natural silk.
Photo by: Sunmo
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 1, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
58 x 12 x 5 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 1, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
58 x 12 x 5 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 2, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
12 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 2, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
12 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 3, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
50 x 15 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 3, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
50 x 15 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 4, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 4, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 5, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 5, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 6, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
53 x 17 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 6, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
53 x 17 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 7, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
50 x 15 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 7, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
50 x 15 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 8, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
57 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Phtoo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 8, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
57 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 9, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
55 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 9, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
55 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 10, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
49 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 10, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
49 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 11, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
47 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Necklace: Haicuo Can 11, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
47 x 13 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 12, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
9 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 12, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
9 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 13, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 13, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 14, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 14, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
10 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 15, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
13 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
Photo by Sunmo.
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Brooch: Haicuo Can 15, 2019
Silver, enamel, green hide, glass.
13 x 18 x 4 cm
From series: Haicuo Can
On body.
Photo by KK.
Photo by KK.
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Brooch: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
6 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: Will
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Brooch: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
6 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: Will
In context.
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Brooch: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
13 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Will
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Brooch: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
13 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Will
In context.
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Necklace: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
23 x 32.5 x 3.2 cm
Photo by: Will
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Necklace: The Runaway Water Sprite, 2017
Lacquer, silver, enamel, greenhide, steel.
23 x 32.5 x 3.2 cm
Photo by: Will
In context.
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Necklace: The Heart Laurel, 2016
Horse tail hair, gold, silver.
15 x 25 x 2 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
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Necklace: The Heart Laurel, 2016
Horse tail hair, gold, silver.
15 x 25 x 2 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
Alternative view.
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Brooch: The Heart Laurel, 2015
Silver, steel, crystal.
10 x 5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
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Brooch: The Heart Laurel, 2015
Silver, crystal.
5 x 6.8 x 5 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
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Brooch: The Heart Laurel, 2015
Silver, crystal.
5 x 6.8 x 5 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
Back side.
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Bracelet: The Heart Laurel, 2015
Horse tail hair, silver.
12 x 8 x 8 cm
Photo by: Sunmo Feng
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Pendant: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
From series: Fun Inside a Crack
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Pendant: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
From series: Fun Inside a Crack
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Necklace: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
From series: Fun Inside a Crack
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Brooch: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
From series: Fun Inside a Crack
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Necklace: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
From series: Fun Inside a Crack
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Pendant: Fun Inside a Crack, 2014
Pecan shell, silver.
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Felicia Li is a contemporary art jewelry designer and curator. She is the committee member of Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China. In 2016, she formally established the Vonmo studio and keeps exploring the innovation direction to integrate contemporary art jewelry design and traditional Chinese crafts.
Statement
My works are combined with traditional Chinese crafts. Instead of dealing with the relations between traditional crafts and contemporary art jewelry irrationally, I gradually gained my understanding of the tradition in the long material test process. Perhaps only when I forget about the boundaries of nationalities, complicated crafts and the concept of contemporary art, and then feel all over again will my thinking and understanding be changed and will the delusive rules and regulations be excluded.The Heart Laurel Series
The reason why I designed The Heart Laurel series was that I was not satisfied with only studying the filigree craft of the Eight Great Crafts of Beijing. Driven by the dissatisfaction, I visited the national minorities located deep in the mountains in southwest China for multiple times and dug up the existence state of the folk traditional filigree craft and the ancient horse-tail-hair embroidery (an embroidery craft with cotton threads twined around horse-tail-hair). Whether court or folk, crafts always appeal to people with their rawness, restraint and prudence. However, their future is worrying.
The Runaway Water Sprite Series
The Runaway Water Sprite series was designed because I hoped that art jewelry could have a memory ability so that the spiritual connection between it and the body would always exist. My childhood memories are mostly the dreams I had and the magical illusions I saw, and those supernatural phenomena might have been derived from the shadow puppet shows and Shehuo (traditional festivities) in my hometown, which were rather primitive and filled with many amazing legends. Even when I was grown up, those memories were still vivid in my mind; while, as I grow older and wiser, I increasingly doubt the truth of what I saw in the past, and those memories begin to fade. So, I need to find a way to record them, and thus I’ve created this set of works.
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