Nebula Rotary Ring, 2022

Serenity

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Jiawei Xu
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Nebula Rotary Ring

Serenity

Nebula ring is initially inspired by the black hole, which owns the strongest gravity. I want to mimic the movement of being sucked in. Borrowed the galaxy from space, Nebula ring is formed by a main subsidence oval disc covered in transparent enamel, the little golden grain sits perfectly in the vortex of subsidence in order to secure the galaxy disc with tapping technique. Adding a little silver planet across the finger-gap, it stops the disc from spinning off.

Project Concept: At its heart, all jewellery is interactive. Yet the pieces in Jiawei’s collection “Serenity” are more of a collaboration than most. Moulded to orbit the wearer, these souvenirs from a galaxy not so far away are a meeting place for the intergalactic and the human terrain. Through her collection Jiawei conveys the peacefulness and grandeur that the universe evokes in her. The reflections of stars are embedded in the powdered glass that glazes over a thin sheet of metal. Fused in order to burn brighter, the stars invite you for one last waltz through space.——Interpretative text by Stefania Ilieva

Jiawei Xu

Specialization/Major

Jewelry Design

Graduation Year

2022

Location

Belgium

About

In the grand subject of jewellery, I am interested in studying its contemporary context. With having a great passion in enameling, my aim is to establish a strong personal style through material with provocative design. Taking visual qualities and making as my main focuses, I want to push the boundary of jewellery in different forms.

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Measurements (Width X Height X Depth)

5.5 X 3.5 X 3 cm

2.17 X 1.38 X 1.18 Inch

Weight

0.06 kg

0.13 Lbs

Materials

Hot enamel, brass, silver, spinel

The process of figuring out how to attach the disc to a ring is quite interesting. I want to reserve the gold colour for the ring, and brass is impossible to be put in the enamel kiln for it has a lower temperature, so it can't be attached to the disc which leads to the idea using the tapping technique. It is a screw technique to cold connect the disc with the ring shank, and it surprisingly added the rotary and replaceable function to this ring. On the disc, I was challenging the size of spinel, for the enamel start to crack when the gemstone went up to 1.2mm diameter, I fixed it with adding a little bit more enamel around it, which I learnt that it is so far the biggest size of gemstone could be put on the surface of the enamel.
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