Day5: Work 5. The well in my memory earrings.

I have been a contemporary jewellery sole practitioner since 2010. Even though I had one and half year of maternal leave from my bench between 2012~2013 I have created thousands of works so far and the reason I started this project is to make something new at least.

I have to know what all this really means and I need to rebuild my identity as a maker by knowing what matters in the end. I really have to know… otherwise I feel like I can’t get there ever. I Don’t know where it will be however, even though I will not be able to get there I truly still believe all this process and new creation will do matter for me. Communicative and comprehensive!

These earrings are from my memory of the well in my childhood. I remember when I was very little there was always one house every block which provided clean and drinkable water form the well at their backyard to the neighbours. I can’t remember how they could guarantee the purity of the water but all my neighbours shared the water form the well and that place was a great place to catch up with people. For a child like me at that time it was such an exciting place to go for water and see some other kids. I vividly remember how cold and delicious the water was….If I think in that way the colour should be blue but I am thinking green, violet or purple.

New “the well-in my memory earrings”-colour has not been determined.

mild steel & silver

Perspective-showing the structure in depth

The well in my memory earrings sandblasted