Jin Ah Jo is a contemporary jewellery artist living and working in Melbourne, Australia. For her making jewellery is all about creating wearable unpredicted forms. Jin Ah's process leverages her cross-cultural experiences of being born in Korea and studying, living and working in Germany and Australia. She emigrated from South Korea to Australia in 2000 and finished a Masters of Fine Art at Monash University in 2008 including study at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, in Germany in 2006. In 2015 she participated in LOOT at Museum of Arts and Design in NYC and had a solo show, “Ohmaebulmang” at egetal in 2016.

 Perforated Mildsteel
Perforated mildsteel and aluminium is mainly used for energy saving and ventilation in building construction and architecture. Decoratively it opens a closed place and shadow casted by light provides the space much more depth. From the first time I started to use this material I was mesmerised by the matt black colour and the ability it gives to create depth and space in my work.

Process of making jewellery
For more than a decade I have been blackening mildsteel using heat and oil. I have also added colour from powder coating. I combine the mildsteel with precious metal such as silver and gold and more recently I have started to introduce enamelling which has developed the work in new directions.

All products are 100% handmade and very carefully crafted by Jin Ah Jo.