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Lost Pearl

CHENXI ZHOU

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Chenxi Zhou is a jewellery artist based in London. Her practice focuses on contemporary jewellery and the philosophy of “life craft” — treating making as a way of thinking.

Drawing from the autobiographical nature of objects, her work explores how jewellery can carry memory, identity, and emotional experience. Beyond functionality, her pieces leave space for reflection and imagination, both for the wearer and the viewer.

Chenxi Zhou is a jewellery artist based in London. Her practice focuses on contemporary jewellery...

Lost Pearl is a jewellery series built around the theme of loss. It begins with a single pearl has been lost in the London, and started a surreal journey.

The project speculates on the pearl's path through the London Underground station-stuck beneath shoes, trapped into the tube, drifting among crowds, swelling and breaking…These imagined scenarios stem from the emotions such as anxiety that triggered by losing something precious.

By giving form to these emotional fragments, the project explores how a "lost pearl" reflects a person's psychological state. Loss is not merely an ending, but a journey through possession, searching, and eventual release.

Final work

  • A photograph of 5 pieces in Lost Pearl Collection
  • A poster of Missing Pearl
  • A photograph of broken pearl ring
  • A woman wears pearl necklace and stands in the carriage
  • A woman wear the glove which stitches the pearl necklace inside
  • A photo of a brooch, with the footsteps of a crowd behind it
  • a woman wears the leather tube shoulder piece
  • a photograph of the trapped pearl Neckpiece
  • A woman wears broken pearl hair pin
  • A hand wearing leather gloves is wearing broken pearl silver ring
  • Woman wears the long Pearl necklace and stands in the underground

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Lost Pearl

Lost Pearl is a jewellery series built around the theme of loss. It begins with a single pearl has been lost in the London, and started a surreal journey.The project speculates on the pearl's path through the London Underground station-stuck beneath shoes, trapped into ...

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