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Jinran Qie

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
Jinran Qie Jinran.Qie@mail.bcu.ac.uk
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2021
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A photograph of a male model wearing a white blazer with a large metal looking chain broach. The model is a young Chinese man. The image also features two additional photographs of metal chain style broaches.
by Jinran Qie

Most people have very conservative views on jewelry. People unconsciously associate jewelry with precious metals and gems, and the value of materials seems to be the only standard to measure the value of jewelry. This concept not only puts an unbearable burden on ordinary people who want to own jewelry, but also hinders the evolution of the artistic form of jewelry. For me, contemporary jewelry is a special existence. It abandons the noble metal or even decorative nature of traditional jewelry, and pays more attention to narrative and material diversity. My research focuses on the possibilities and narrative direction of contemporary jewelry, as well as its connection to the body and the everyday. I have studied this topic through four jewelry-related projects and used my own unique artistic language to illustrate my cognition of contemporary jewelry.

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The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

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