Special Creatures

As more and more people start keeping pets, the forms of pets have become more diverse, such as Tamagoko and electronic dogs. This collection investigates and explores more forms of pets as jewellery. The collection reinforces the close connection between humans and pets through the wearability of necklaces and brooches. The wearer can experience longer companionship and closer contact between the pet and the human body in the form of jewellery. By removing the cuddly skin of the pet and placing the furry fur inside the skull, the collection explores more forms of pets, while at the same time discovering and considering whether people’s love for pets is only about their cuddly appearance. Would people still love their pets and want to keep them if their cuddly skins were replaced by hard, cold metal skulls? The collection also explores whether the relationship between humans and pets is only superficially functional or whether there is a deeper spiritual attachment. The collection also showcases the unique personality and presence of each pet through different metal techniques such as brushed metal, reticulation, polish, white-burned, stone setting and enamel, etc, in the hope that the viewer can understand and feel the uniqueness of each living being.