YU(CELIA)ZHANG

Traditionally, jewellery is made to be attached to the body or to garments. I explore the

relationship between adornment and fashion. What we adorn on our bodies is a part of jewellery. I use paper to create boundary crossing large-scale fashion pieces to highlight the complementary relationship between jewellery and garments.

 

My work is using paper as a main material to create unexpected textures from a squeezing technique to imitate the garments. By contrasting minimalism fashion and textured jewellery, this is the epitome of my design aesthetic, which is simple but has delicate details. I work in white to highlight the different textures through the monotone shades created on the surfaces of my work. Adopting different fabrics with air dried clay reveals unique surfaces, characteristics, shapes, and textures. The interchanging texture between fabric and air dried clay inspired me to create this collection. I use a combination of different textures to create my own three-dimensional forms and combine with garments. The contrasting of textures and unusual wearability is the most characteristic part of my work.