BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects

Rong Wang

Biography

As a contemporary jewellery designer, Rong believes that jewellery is an object that carries life and that each piece of jewellery has its own story and symbolism. The ‘Above Standard’ collection is inspired by the phenomenon of appearance anxiety that arises when people are pulled by popular aesthetic standards. By incorporating standards and measurements into the pieces, aesthetics are digitized, formalized and concretized as a ‘yardstick’ for measuring beauty, provoking a re-examination of beauty and appearance anxiety. Metal structures are designed and fabricated to better demonstrate standards and dimensions. Rong will also focus on researching the use of new materials in conjunction with contemporary jewellery design. This is because she believes in the constant development of experimentation and innovation, and that the concrete responses generated through research, technique, form, material and extensive discourse will make the work more narrative and exploratory, which is the appeal of jewellery.

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SD01-Golden Ratio - The work is inspired by the three-part proportions of face and the five-part proportions of eye, a Chinese standard for judging people's appearance.

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SD02-Golden Point - Lines are used to wrap around the points of the piece according to the wearer's nose to create different nose shapes.

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SD03-Golden Point - The triangles in the middle of the work represent different standard sizes of lip beads, while the dots represent different heights of lip crest distances.

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