Anna Liu

When I think about jewelry, I always consider it a part of our body and daily life. It is a way to express people’s characteristics and feelings. Just like clothing, most of us pick jewelry which represents our current feelings. My work reflects these beliefs. I hope that when people wear my work they feel happy any unique.

I enjoy working with a wide variety of materials, because every material is unique and distinctly different from the others. Most of my work uses a combination of silver and acrylic. I use a laser cutter as part of my process because it allows me to achieve the level of detail that I’m looking for in my work. I’m interested in exploring light and movement in my jewelry. By combining acrylic and silver in my work, I’m able to capture the futuristic feeling of plastic with the classic elegance of metal. Together there’s tension and they create a unique feeling. I want to keep my designs clean and simple, so most of my imagery is recognizable. This allows my viewers to focus on materials. By building my designs up layer by layer, it creates the effect of dimensionality and movement.

In my Cross Linkage design, there are three different layers. This creates more volume and gives my viewer more information to read from. The combination of sterling silver, acrylic, and anodized titanium is unconventional and combines classic metal tones with dynamic iridescent optical effects and flashes of vibrant colors. The symbols in this piece easily convey information and match with my concept of religious beliefs.

I want my work to be fun to look at, so I am focused on how light captures and reflects movement. That’s the main reason why I combine acrylic and silver. I try to bring this diversity to all of my work to explore how different materials can make different impacts on my designs.