# Project Description

The Ocean Left Its Dead Alive

Lulu Tian

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Nominated | Maison/0 Green Trail

I am a jewellery designer from China with a strong interest in exploring new materials and pushing the boundaries of traditional techniques. My work is driven by experimentation and a desire to discover unexpected outcomes through hands-on making. I enjoy working with both familiar and unconventional processes, aiming to create jewellery that is thoughtful, innovative, and reflective of an evolving relationship between material, form, and wearer.

I am a jewellery designer from China with a strong interest in exploring new materials and pushin...

College Central Saint Martins

Course BA (Hons) Jewellery Design

Graduation year 2025

A transient and growing collection, Lulu’s work creates sustainable and biodegradable pieces using recycled material. Developing her own bio-material from discarded fish scales, Lulu reimagines this biological “waste” into elegant, nautical adornments. Her work is dyed into natural gradients through organic pigments, imitating the natural cycle of life. Using modular forms by slotting sheets of bio-plastic together, Lulu fashions size-inclusive and versatile jewellery. Inspired by aquatic movement, growing corals and swimming plankton, Lulu’s collection merges with the wearer, a partnership between humans and the sea.

Interpretative text by Otto Johnson , BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism and Curation

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A transient and growing collection, Lulu’s work creates sustainable and biodegradable pieces using recycled material. Developing her own bio-material from discarded fish scales, Lulu reimagines this biological “waste” into elegant, nautical adornments. Her work is dyed into na...

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