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8"x8.5"x4.5"

Sterling Silver

Die forming, Chasing and Repoussé

Using the form of a goat horn, this piece outwardly represents my internal conflicts. I connect my zodiac, the lamb/goat, with the Taotie, one of the Chinese Four Perils. The Taotie is a goat-tiger hybrid, who is the glutton monster and consumes everything in site. Just as Taotie destroys, I sometimes feel like something is inherently wrong with me. However, at the same time I feel the powerlessness of a small Lamb.

I see the Lamb and Taotie as two extremes in my journey to balancing my responsibilities regulating my emotions— On one end, a timid lamb looking for peace and quiet, and on another, an irrational monster fighting to prove itself.

4.5"x4.75"x2"

Sterling Silver

[Silver Fabrication, Liver of Sulphur]

The qipao and braid are two forms that have been evolving since Imperial China. Furthermore, the qipao has not only represented women's fashion, but also the feminist fight for liberation in the 60s. More recently, the hanfu movement/Han Dynasty revival in China continues to modernize traditional garments. However, despite all the multitude of contemporary qipao designs, the collar stays intact.

The various qipao iterations reference specific moments of time. My rendition, rather than capturing a single moment in time, merges all those times to symbolize the qipao's influence on Chinese women overtime.

1"x.75"x.5"

Sterling Silver

In an era filled with mass-produced, readily available pieces, the value in craft as an artform is undermined. However, craft artists continue to push their creative and physically limits to make “perfect” pieces that stand out from the conventional. By using my own index finger as a model, I represent the hidden labor behind seamless designs.

I frequently feel insecure of my hands because of the injuries they have endured at the expense of making, so in this piece I find beauty in them instead. I carve each callus and wrinkle on my finger then polish after casting to be kind to myself. I present my ring as a polished trophy and celebration of my efforts, just like high-end rings come luxuriously polished. When worn, each imperfect detail hugging my fingers symbolizes gratitude towards my own body and celebrates the labor of craft.

11.5"x5.5"1" [ 4pc assembled]

Paper, Laser-cutting, hair clips

Beautiful from a distance, but chaotic and vulnerable when more closely examined. I used sheets of tree trunks with "tree cancer," which naturally creates intricate designs when infected, as my primary inspiration. I juxtapose a synthetic, raw white color with the organic design and hand-made ruffles. My goal was to use man-made processes as a tool for making complex, organic forms for contemporary fashion. The paper material gives the pieces an inherent sense of fragility, representing the disease.

The two sets of clips are meant to be joined together in various ways on the head, like a parasitic growth.

Fine Silver

Forged from an Ingot

Forged during Tim Mcreight and Matthieu Cheminée’s Penland “Building on Basics” workshop

made during Georgina Treviño’s workshop, as part of the SDSU Jewelry Coop’s AWB series.