Laxy
Lanxin Zhang is a Chinese contemporary jewelry artist currently based in Birmingham, UK. She graduated from the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University. By integrating jewelry into daily rituals, she interrogates the social dimensions of the body activity. Zhang’s work involves the fields of behavioral and body science, exploring new ways for wearers to interact with the objects they adorn, and bringing beauty into creations.
I view jewellery as a conduit for storytelling - a way to spark dialogue about overlooked aspects of our daily lives. My wearable pieces act as catalysts for conversations, inviting reflection on how our routines and surroundings shape both the body and the objects we adorn. These "wearable traces" emerge from the intimate exchange between person and environment, blurring the line between ornamentation and habit. Through my work, I aim to reimagine how we perceive the dynamic interplay of bodies, objects, and rituals.
In the jewellery collection Intimate Touch, the viewer will examine the physical imprints of our digital age, where devices like smartphones and computers dominate our gestures and postures. Over time, repetitive motions—such as gripping a phone or typing—reshape our hands, leaving subtle marks of strain or wear. By translating these bodily narratives into jewellery, I materialize the unseen consequences of our tech-driven routines. Each piece becomes a tactile record, prompting viewers to consider how their own habits quietly sculpt their physicality. Through this fusion of craft and observation, I hope to reveal poetry in the mundane and question what it means to wear both adornment and experience.
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