Golden Age

Golden Age reimagines ancient adornment through the language of fashion and body-based sculpture, reactivating dormant ornaments as soft, lightweight works completed through the body. Rather than reconstructing the past, the series evokes an imagined golden age where adornment becomes a vessel of transformation, and humanity, nature, animals, and divinity remain inseparably intertwined.

 
 
 

Hands of Bloom (Mask)

Year: 2025
Category: Mask
Dimension: 19”x8.7”x0.8” (48.0x22.0x2.0cm)
Materials: Fabric, sewing thread, polyester batting

The Face Beneath the Bird (Necklace)

Year: 2025
Category: Necklace
Dimension: 19.1”x8.0”x1.7” (48.5x20.2x4.3cm)
Materials: fabric, sewing thread, polyester fiber fill, door mats, cord

Deconstructed Visage (Brooch)

Year: 2025
Category: Brooch
Dimension: 5.5”x3.8”x1.1” (13.9x9.7x2.9cm)
Materials: Fabric, sewing thread, polyester fiber fill, door mats, sterling silver

Inhale the sky (Hair accessory)

Year: 2025
Category: Hair accessory
Dimension: 9.1”x6.7”x1.3” (23.2x17.1x3.3cm)
Materials: fabric, sewing thread, bra foam, polyester fiber fill, brass

Leaf of Fire (Mask)

Year: 2025
Category: Mask
Dimension: 23.6”x14.4”x5.5” (60x36.5x14cm)
Materials: fabric, door mats, artificial leaves, embroidery threads, sewing threads, fabric fasteners, polyester fiber fill

Tongue Becoming Beak (Collar)

Year: 2025
Category: Collar
Dimension: 10.7”x7.6”x2.6” (27.2x19.3x6.6cm)
Materials: Fabric, sewing thread, polyester fiber fill, door mats, T-shirt

Man into Frog (Pendant)

Year: 2025
Category: Pendant
Dimension: 22.4”x4.3”x0.9”(56.9x10.9x2.4cm)
Materials: Fabric, sewing thread, polyester fiber fill, door mats, cord

 

Golden Age solo exhibition at Pratt Institute in the Steuben Gallery during 2025 NYC Jewelry Week

This installation brings together wall-based works, wearable pieces, fabric-covered display structures, and photographic images to create an imagined ancient atmosphere. Rather than presenting jewelry as isolated objects, the display treats them as traces within a larger body-based world.

This exhibition features original music Whale Song by Liesbet Leroy.

Photo credit for Figure 2: Simon Leung