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.
A new journey
Ash key from local artist in Scotland and prehnite from a Edinburgh bead shop.
A rainy day
Jadeite beads looking like plant leaves after the rain, with quartz beads as the rain drops. Jadeite beads are a lucky find in local thrift store.
Moon Tea
Some Moon, some tea.
Moon-Earth
The Moon seen on the Earth, the Earth seen on the Moon.
Gifts
The earring that started all.
The blue color of Morocco.
A mermaid.