WENQI FAN
China
Touchable delights
“Sweets are a source of pleasure that gives people motivation and energy.
As a former pastry chef, I used to be obsessed with different ingredient flavour combinations and styling combinations. After pursuing a career in jewellery design, I still wanted to continue exploring the relationship between ingredients, taste and appetite. For me, food is a carrier of emotions, and the moment when food blossoms in the mouth, those inexpressible and evocative emotions of joy are worth remembering and expressing. Desserts are unusual symbols and life experiences for me. I want to explore the textures and colours of desserts to complete the presentation of the pleasurable emotions of tasting food, and hope that the viewer can also feel the same mouth-watering appetite.”
Material
silver, jesmonite, traditional lacquer, eggshells, acrylics, stainless steel
Technique
rhino modelling, 3D printing, press forming, lacquer techniques, casting, laser cutting
Wenqi Fan is an artist who used to work as a pastry chef and Ikebana designer. Her primary work delves into the correlation between the textures and colours of confectionery and human emotions and desires. She is now exploring the possibilities of combining traditional crafts such as lacquer with contemporary jewellery making.
She graduated with an MA in Jewelry and Metalwork from Sheffield Hallam University UK in 2024 and awarded the winner of Assay Masters Recognition Award in the same year. She is an innovative artist who likes to think in terms of breaking boundaries with her bold colours and wide-ranging explorations.
