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Tsz kin tuet

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My work often takes inspiration from the built environment, cultural memory, and everyday objects. My work is rooted in observing how architecture and urban details, usually overlooked, form a connection to daily life and the cultural identity embedded within our surroundings.

My work often takes inspiration from the built environment, cultural memory, and everyday objects...

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When you look at these works, what do you see? Tradition? Modernity? By allowing for a quiet resilience to be found in everyday materials, Tsz Kin’s work embodies the adaptability of Hong Kong architecture. Each piece becomes a wearable reflection of the city and what it represents. Drawing from the makeshift yet sturdy nature of bamboo scaffolding (now being phased out), his work embraces impermanence and transformation. By highlighting Hong Kong’s cultural essence, Tsz Kin allows us to embrace the reinvention of what these pieces represent, making each piece not just jewellery but a fragment of history. 

Interpretative Text by Hayleigh Martin, BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism, and Curation 

Final work

  • Bamboo shaped rings with sliver wire wrapped that shoot in a round light , holding hands with rose gold plated ,gold plated and brass ring
  • Bamboo structural shaped rings with brass wire wrapped that shoot in a round light , every end of the bamboo is stone settled
  • Bamboo triangle shaped rings with brass wire wrapped that shoot in a round light , some end of the bamboo is stone settled
  • Triangle bamboo shaped brooch with sliver wire wrapped that shoot in a rectangle light , some end of the bamboo is stone settled
  • Rod bamboo shaped brooch with gilding metal zip tie wrapped that shoot in a rectangle light , both end of the bamboo is stone settled
  • Structural bamboo shaped necklace with brass wire wrapped that shoot in a rectangle light , some end of the bamboo is stone settled
  • single bamboo shaped brass earring , cubic zirconia stone setting on top and gold plated
  • crossed bamboo shaped brass earring , cubic zirconia stone setting on top and side, wrapping with sliver wire
  • single bamboo shaped brass earring , cubic zirconia stone setting on top and sliver metal zip tie wrap around

Research and process

Marker drawn bamboo scaffolding of how it tide and a collage of bamboo close up

Detail and method

Details of how the wrapping of bamboo scaffolding and the texture of the bamboo

Sketches of different strange bamboo ring and photo of laser welding small rod as test piece

Testing and sketches

Testing placement of the pieces and how it look on the body

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Urban Traces

When you look at these works, what do you see? Tradition? Modernity? By allowing for a quiet resilience to be found in everyday materials, Tsz Kin’s work embodies the adaptability of Hong Kong architecture. Each piece becomes a wearable reflection of the city and what it repre...

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