2020 Senior Exhibition Artists

Lily pad, 2020, sterling silver, gold leaf 1’’ x 1.5‘’ x 1’’

Yilin Wang

Art + Design: Jewelry/Metals

Biography

Yilin Wang was born and raised in Kunming City Yunnan, China. In 2015 she studied in Queen’s University Belfast for Food Safety and Nutrition. After one-year study she turned to craft and start her BFA program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Statement

I am inspired by nature forms, for example river stones. I am also inspired by jewelry itself and by metal like sterling silver and the forms it can take. My works are about the integration of shape, form, line, surface, and light. The simple changes of the surface on the metal gives the pieces lightness and delicacy. All my pieces are about simplicity and subtlety. It's all about allowing shapes and materials to speak for themselves in my jewelry.

Contant

Email: Wangyilin9719@gmail.com
Instagram: @elaine_ylw9

Slideshow

Lily pad, 2020, sterling silver, gold leaf 1’’ x 1.5‘’ x 1’’
Sundial, 2020, sterling silver, 1’’ x 1’’ x 1’’
Sundial, 2020, sterling silver, 1’’ x 1’’ x 1’’
Wind chime, 2019, sterling silver, 3mm cubic zirconia, stone set by hand 4.5’’ x 1’’
River stone, 2020, sterling silver, 3mm cubic zirconia, stone set by hand 5’’ x 1’’
Flower 2, 2018, sterling silver, cast, 1.5’’x 1’’ (pendant)
Iwagakure, 2020, sterling silver, Tourmaline, stone set by hand 0.5’’ x 1’’
Flower 1, 2018, sterling silver, cast, 1’’ x 1’’
Flower 1, 2018, sterling silver, cast, 1’’ x 1’