New Year Horse Pendant
Combines traditional Chinese zodiac symbolism with contemporary jewellery design. The horse from the Chinese zodiac serves as a symbol of new beginnings and protection. By combining the strength of the horse with playful beaded elements, this piece connects protection with friendship, memory, and shared blessing — a symbol of moving forward with strength into the new year.
Jewellery
Colour & Material Expression
This work explores the relationship between cultural identity, emotion and material through the form of Korean traditional hairpins. Focuses on how colour and material can express emotional and personal meaning. Invites viewers to consider how everyday objects carry emotional significance and how colour influences how we feel.
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Hold of Bloom
A glass orb pendant sealed with real petals in UV resin, framed by a 3D-printed ring. The piece emerged from a simple curiosity: can a small object hold a feeling, a season, or a memory? The petals are sealed inside creating a tiny archive of a specific place and time. The 3D-printed black ring frames the orb like a window, symbolizing how human-made tools shape how we interact with the natural world. Nature is held but not owned.
Artist statement
HIVE Makers Summer Camp
This summer, ten students in grades 5 through 11 spent a week at the OISE HIVE designing, building, and coding their way through a hands-on makerspace experience. After exploring 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics, and art-making, the group came together for an ambitious final project: a fully interactive Smart House, complete with a working door lock, motion-activated lighting, a resin-cast swimming pool, and furniture that was both hand-built and 3D printed, all designed and created entirely by the students themselves. Along the way, they learned to problem-solve, collaborate across teams, and embrace the trial-and-error spirit that lies at the heart of making.
