For the Love of Nature

Winter24--Let it snow

Chunky aquamarine and rock quartz.

Made on a smoky and hot summer day.

Ice Phase I

Pillars

Crystallization I

Quartz crystals and Herkimer diamonds.

Cold Blood

Ssssss

Hexagonal

Snow falls quietly.

Fish I

Frozen in the river.

Bones

Quartz and onyx.

Fish Bones I

Connect two in one.

Fish II

Just another fish.

Fish bones II

Raw quartz crystals, many ways of wearing.

Crystallization II

Looks like a flower.

Crystallization III

I love raw crystals.

Ice Phase II

Fine snow shines like diamond dust.

Fall24--Apollo

Sunstone with quartz.

The Sun

Sunstone, rutilated quartz.

The Moon

Moonstone and labradorite.

Sunset

Last beam of sun.

Venus

Star rising at dusk.

Shining on the sea

Sunstone, iolite, zircon, labradorite.

Shells I

Relaxing on the beach.

Shells II

Beach with shells the best.

Feathers

From water birds.

Clear autumn day

Let all the dreams fly!

The born of a star

Black spinel and kyanite.

Waves

Moonstone, aquamarine, lapis.

Moonrise

Moon over the lake.

Sunrise

Sun over the sea.

Shooting star

Black rutilated quartz

Time I

Grey zircons

Time II

Seal wax charm

In the Garden Summer 24

Weeds are pulled, tomatoes are in the ground, eggplants are planted.

Me, rabbits and crows are all watching.

Cocktails on Hammock

Long drinks, short drinks.

Pebbles

Ice left in the glasses.

Fly into the Sun

Amethyst and shells

Feathers

Wampum quahog shell

Dawn Breeze

Rose quartz, shell, aquamarine.

Dusk Breeze

Rose quartz and amethyst.

Pine tree and wild flowers

Smell of summer.

Wild Strawberry

The growth of a wild strawberry.

Wandering Cat

Cat walking in my backyard.

Cherries and Bugs

Summer delights.

Fireball

Bright ones.

Meteor Shower

Camping by the lake.

Constellations

Lapis

Sweet Spring 24

The spring is in the air.

Wisteria

Amethyst with charoite. High school memories.

Lilac

Ombre amethyst. Childhood memories.

Dark Matter

Black spinel.

Shadow

Dark come with light.

Roses

Ruby and zoisite.

FW23--the True North

Winter is so white here, with fabulous sunrise and sunset.

Tons of work everyday, but first, coffee.

Walk by the river

Moonstone and some scenery.

The living sky

Iolite.

Frozen

Blue lace agate all the way.

Scottish Summer 23

Crystal and physics--Al2O3 and SiO2 system.

Designed for the summer school and 28th AIRAPT and 60th EHPRG International Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Morning mist

Highland sunset

Melting moon

NYC Summer23

For the cocktail, for the city, for the unforgetable summer.

On the rock

A bit old fashioned.

One floral drink

Rose water, petals and more.

One more

They said amethyst will keep you sober.

Sugar

Fruity gummy jello.

Sugar

The candy wrap.

Summer berries

The front

Strawberry picking

The other front

Strawberry

Wild and sweet.

Raspberry

Berries make me happy.

A musical

Labradorite.

An opera

Labradorite.

Spring23--Home, sweet home

For the nest, for the wings, for the adventures.

Designed with spring memories back home.

Left: Morning dew.

Made of moonstone, tsavorite, aquamarine, yellow beryl, rock quartz.

Big bird

Labradorite, carved in India.

Small bird

Lapis with gold swallow.

Twilight bird

Aquamarine, moganite and a seagull.

Cherry Blossom

Born in a pink sea.

April shower

Moonstone, aquamarine, quartz.

The beach

Rose quartz and aquamarine.

The Moon

The moon walks me home.

Falling for you.

All black spinel.

Butterfly

For velvet dress.

Valentines' collection

Designed with dating outfit in mind.

Love is a bullet.

You can shoot the bullet, or hit by the bullet, or both.

What unlock the heart?

Lucky charms might work, maybe?

Red rose, white rose

Double side rose made of beads.

Present

Velvet choker pretty in the front and back.

Venus I

Dark red velvet choker.

Venus II

Greyish blue velvet choker.

Venus III

Earrings pairing with the chokers.

That bright star

Mars.

Full Moon

夜の海にきらめく月あかりのように

Not so full Moon

愿逐月华流照君

FW22--Let there be light!

Designed with synchrotron workshop outfit in mind.

Debut in person at IUCr High pressure workshop, APS, Dec 2022.

Inspiration: synchrotron, everything about feldspar.

Labradorite I

Grey but magical!

Labradorite II

Holds the key to the questions.

Clair de Lune

All beads have interesting inclusions causing various light effects.

SS22--Star gazing night

Designed with classic cocktail dress and banquet outfit in mind.

Debut in person at MetSoc, Glasgow, August 2022.

The pieces for my presentation -- Diaplectic Glass

The earrings representing diaplectic glass under PPL (light color) and XPL (isotropic).

The earrings also represent the fancy chandelier in theatre entrances, which is on during the night and off during the day.

The ring represents a view of meteorite thin section under microscope, consisting of some melt, some light minerals and some dark minerals.

Falling stars

Casual daily wear.

I took a photo of the night sky

Shooting star, satellite, and plane...where are my aliens?

A fireball

Graduated changing color bicones representing a fireball falling over a lake.

Moon I: Phases

Graduated necklace of Moon phases.

Very formal looking.

Moon II: Blue

Icy necklace for hot hot summer.

Pair well with any light color outfit.

Moon III: Bloody

Inspired by the bloody Moon from the full eclipse in mid May. More casual than the Moon Phase one.

Venus

The first star after sunset.

Surprisingly pairs well with round neck white T-shirts.

No place better than our Solar system

Deluxe 3-in-1 with emphasis on asteroid belt. Looks super cool when pairing with V-neck black outfit.

Day & Night

Sun and Moon, stars and dreams.

Classic and playful with no wrong way of wearing. No real front no real back, just like life.

FW21--Celebrate our solar system

This collection is to celebrate the beauty of our solar system with the beauty of natural minerals beads. Tried my best to match the color and size of each beads with the real planets and their moons.

Designed with conference outfit in mind, especially with white dress shirts.

Looooong preparation process for collecting beads and material.

Finished in February, 2022, at London, ON.

Debut in March, 2022, LPSC at Houston, twitter[link] .

The best of the best

The start of this whole collection.

Meteorites

Lava beads as meteorites, photo taken in the Houston sun.

3-in-1 necklace

Inner and outer solar system with asteroid belt.

Earth-Moon system

Simple with black spinel as stars.

To Mars

Red garnet, from Earth to the Moon and Mars.

Orbits

Free rotating orbital planes give this pair of ear clips some vivid movements.

Inspired by my favourites

Autumn in Forbidden City

Golden gingko and sweet osmanthus, red wall, blue sky and cat.

Winter in the north

Snow covered ground in pine tree forest and the night sky above.

Prisoner: the front

Dark side or into the light? She turns into gold.

Prisoner: the other front

The pain, the key and the flowers.

Edinburgh

All beads got in Edinburgh during my adventure, love love love the city and the people.

Purple and Proud

The people in UWO made me a better person.

Lake Moraine I

The turquoise color water in Banff.

Lake Moraine II

Turquoise.

Princess I

Two necklace but many ways of wearing.

Princess II

Czech glass beads mimic natural lapis and turquoise.

From My Childhood Wishlist

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

My favorite show when I was little. It marks the start of my love of blue gemstones, together with the one in Castle in the Sky.

Inspired by Nadia

Made on June 6th, 2022, London, ON

Howl's Moving Castle

My favorite Ghibli movie. I also want to have their rings.

Inspired by Howl

Set finished on June 6th, 2022, London, ON

Random Thoughts

Left up: Glass beads look like rough gemstones. Left down: Koi in a pond.

Right: Mixology, glass beads look like cocktails.

Blue planets

Lapis lazuli with a reproduction of Mariam Haskell style chain. Vintage inspired. Wore it to the wedding of my neighbor with cat.

Berries

Czech fire polished beads with varies color and texture, showcasing the changes of berries through spring summer and fall. The bracelet body is from a vintage set found in local theatre wardrobe sale.