Yixin Zhang
My collection explores the relationship between plants and the seven deadly sins, by making jewellery that uses the plants as the metaphor for the seven deadly sins. From my perspective, the plants are the same as the people who are struggling in a complex society; people may develop negative human traits in the process of living, growing and surviving. The plants’ secrets and intelligence are often ignored, but they are the mirrors that reflect negative human nature in their own way. My thesis collection breaks the boundaries of age and gender. It is easy to adjust the size to fit everyone’s body, allowing different groups of people to communicate with the jewellery and consider the relationship between sins and plants. The discomfort felt while wearing these works is an important aspect of this collection, so showing my design interacting with different body parts is the best way to present my concept and works.
