QIHUAN LIU JEWELRY DESIGN
about artist.
Qihuan has always been fascinated by the patterns in art, nature, fashion and photography in the natural world, all of which have heightened her appreciation. She fell in love with making jewelry after she met the jewelry artist Li Liang in Shanghai. Qihuan spent half month staying in her studio and learning basic skills. After a year, Qihuan decided to study jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles in order to pursue her passion for expressing personal thoughts through making art jewelry.
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Education Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising 2016-2017| Los Angeles, California Professional Designation of Jewelry Design California Institute of Jewelry Training 2015-2016| Sacramento, California East China University of Technology and Science 2011-2015| Shanghai, China Bachelor of Public Management
Skills Metalsmithing
Sketching
Rhinoceros
Adobe illustrator
Keyshot
Adobe photoshop
Language Mandarin
English
Experiance Powerhouse Results Coaching, Freelance Jewelry designer October 2017 | Los Angeles, California Beyond Curriculum, Assistant Director June 2016-Sepetember 2016| San Marino, California Aurora Museum, Museum Department Volunteer December 2014- April 2015| Shanghai, China
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design philosophy.
“... to create artworks from my heart, ... to unencumbered by rational thought” I’m intereated in an experimental and personal dialogue with the contrariety of concepts and their relation to each other. They are opposite yet complementary, they are dynamic but in harmony. For me, making jewelry is a medium for expressing my feeling and thoughts. The natural surroundings have been generously offering inspiration to me works. I want to present the beauty and philosophy around us.
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target clients.
Client Description Anyone interested in quality products that reflect a contemporary design aesthetic.
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Age: 30-50 Gender: Female Career: Employed in a field that allows individual expression in fashion choices. Interests: Fashion, art, nature, philanthropy. Types of magazines/Websites she reads: Vogue, W magazine, Bazaar, I-D, Another, Nowness. Favorite Brands: Celine, Tessla, Tom Ford,YSL, Roche Bobois
Contents.
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In Motion
12- 14
Dune
15- 21
Desert Flower
22- 27
Manufacturing Plan & Line Sheet
In Motion.
chapter. 1 I was deeply attracted to Loie Fuller’s “Serpentine Dance”. Her swirling silk created a fantacy world of light plays. Her liquid movements were able to manipulated fabrics into abstract sculptural forms.
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1. In Motion Ring Collection
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In Motion collection
In this collection, I tried to capture the beauty of both the dancer body’s figure and its motion. These rings which are formed similar to sculptures.
In Motion.
I use wax sheet to build up these flowing shapes based on cutting, joining, bending, folding, looking for symmetery, asymmetry and reptition. All these physical actions directly affect the material defining the flow of shape and setting the language that describe part of the content. 9
In Motion collection
In Motion collection
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In Motion collection
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DUNE.
chapter. 2 Dune is a beautiful contradition. It’s simple and complex, it’s peaceful and violent, it is always the same, never the same. It is endlessly fasinating for me.
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Dune collection
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This collection derives from natural forms. My shapes can represent an idea of a captured movement, as a flowing form curling around itself. Dunes appeal to me and results in my continuous exploration with different variations, soft but precise edges, concave surface shifting to convex. My idea of composition in three dimentions is all about seeking balance and harmony from every angle.
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Desert Flower. chapter. 3 When I started being interested in desert landscape and looking for inspirations, Georgia O’keeffe’s works captured my eyes. I was attracted to the shamanic quality that O’keeffe had. I was trying to explore the relationship between feminity and nature.
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Flowers are perhaps the most feminine of artistic symbols . This collection is about depicting flowers through abstracting the natural world.
Desert Flower collection
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Desert Flower collection
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Desert Flower collection
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Desert Flower collection
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Desert Flower collection
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Desert Flower collection
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18 SPRING/SUMMER LINE SHEET
In Motion Ring 2 Sterling Silver Wholesale: 643.50 Retail: 1210.00
In Motion Ring 1 Sterling Silver, Pearl Wholesale: 774.00 Retail: 1455.00
Floral Pendant Sterling Silver Wholesale: 416.00 Retail:782.00
In Motion Ring 3 Sterling Silver Wholesale: 714.00 Retail:1342.00
In Motion Ring 4 Sterling Silver Wholesale: 814.00 Retail:1530.00
Petal stud earrings Sterling Silver, Gold plated Wholesale: 398.50 Retail: 750.00
Flower hook earrings Sterling Silver Wholesale: 420.50 Retail: 790.50
Dune earrings Sterling Silver Wholesale: 170.50 Retail: 320.00
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Dune Necklace Sterling Silver Wholesale: 1830.00 Retail: 3660.00
Petal Ring Sterling Silver Wholesale: 240.50 Retail: 432.50