As an extension of the ‘Hong Kong Students Design Competition on Fei Cui Jewellery in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Reunification of Hong Kong with China’, a seminar-and-workshop programme ‘An Enlightening Journey of Creativity’ was organised by the Hong Kong Jewellery & Jade Manufacturers Association (HKJJA) on 5 August 2017 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In the morning section, world-renowned jewellery artist Wallace Chan spoke to over 200 guests about jewellery, design and culture. During the seminar, Chan shared his personal growth, perspectives on gemstones, creativity, cultural inherence and the future of jewellery design and making and gave young jewellery designers and students advice on how to succeed. He encouraged them to learn different techniques and engage in the actual process of jewellery making so as to seek new approaches to tackle design obstacles and communicate with materials by building emotional connections.
Facing the rapid development of technology, Chan stated that jewellery designers should embrace technology and grow with it. “Will human beings be marginalised by artificial intelligence in future? In such case, we will need to be more creative,” he commented. “No one can stay away from technology. We need to keep an open mind and utilise it in jewellery design and making.”
The afternoon programme was first hosted by Ho Koon Wan, executive director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Creative Centre, who briefly introduced the properties, colours, emotional attraction, categories, meanings and appreciation standards of fei cui to over a hundred student audience. Ho reminded them that the focus of the competition should not be to compete against other contestants but it is an opportunity for participants to outperform themselves. He emphasised that jewellery design always involves meaning and shape; no matter what kind of design students want to use, they must first have a target customer in mind and then concentrate on a design focus that could represent themselves.
After that, Gucci Wong, chief jewellery designer of Rio Pearl and Maggie Ma, founder of Violets Jewellery Company shared with students the key to designing fei cui jewellery by showcasing several original fei cui jewellery sketches and explaining step by step how to combine ideas and materials. Lastly, students completed their own design sketches with the assistance of about 10 jewellery designer volunteers
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