What is the border between jewelry and art? It depends. In the case of Hong Kong jeweler Yewn, the border does not exist. Her jewels, unique pieces, are made to be worn only occasionally and, on the contrary, to be admired often. Since the end of the Chinese monarchy in 1911, the Maison says, Chinese jewels had been a rare sight, not only in the rest of the world, but also in greater China. Yewn aims to continue the Chinese millennial tradition with contemporary jewelry that neither the past nor the present Chinese generations have ever seen before.
Dickson Yewn, Yewn’s creative director, in fact, creates works of art to wear. With a slow, meticulous manufacturing process, he make jewels using a sophisticated artisanal process that resembles the works produced by imperial artisans and which are now exhibited in Chinese museums. In short, more than a jeweler, Dickson Yewn is an artist fascinated by the traditions of ancient China. Until 1995 Dickson was a full-time painter. Then, almost by chance, he started designing high jewelry for his clients.
Among other things, the word Yewn is the name of the designer, but also a play on words: in Chinese it sounds like affinity and luck. And this symbolism is also deeply rooted in Chinese philosophy and culture, which is found depicted in the large recycled wood bracelets, with floral patterns and bas-relief figures. For example, the brooch representing the Golden Kaiserihind butterfly (male), Teinopalpus aureus in Latin, was made with rosewood front and rear wings, yellow sapphire, tsavorite garnet, black and white diamond, white gold, sterling silver ribs. , head and antennae in onyx, tsavorite garnet, black diamond, rhodium-plated black gold. Finally, the chest and abdomen are set with black diamond, yellow sapphire, tsavorite garnet, rhodium-plated articulated black gold, the apex and rib margin in rosewood and on the back and brooch are black rhodium-plated gold, yellow gold.
