Xinia Guan / USA
Xinia’s area of practice is using traditional materials through the hand sawing and hand fabrication process to approach an extreme geometric aesthetic. The combination of time and space has become everything in my current work. The meaning of creation is both construction and deconstruction. What is created in time will also be slowly deconstructed in time. As humanity shifts the meaning of time’s illusion, millions around the world become familiar with channeled wisdom of bizarre, empowered messages for living. Xinia tackles the idea of time. This subject has gradually deepened through my daily life, study, and exploration of the contemporary jewelry profession. Hand cutting is always at the heart of my work, the seemingly infinite repetition of the process creates a space of independence. A world where one can talk to oneself, a hundred times over.