Rising

PrizeShortlist in Use (product), Finalists in Use (product)
University/SchoolCentral Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
ArtistCindy (Xinyi) Wu
CategoryNon-Professional
CreditPhotographer: Yuanyuan Zhou, Model: Emma-Lou Boissier
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I harness my passion for bread baking to explore its potential in jewellery design, combining homemade bread with metal to showcase the dough’s vitality and my baking story. As the dough expands within the metal frames, it forms unique jewellery shapes and is then dehydrated to prolong preservation. The rising of dough also symbolises growth and resilience. The shaping of metal bands is inspired by bread-making techniques like kneading and stretching. Bread transcends its ordinary role to become precious jewellery, introducing a fresh perspective on unconventional materials in design.