We are a brand born of a love for the beauty of restraint in design, the inherent grace of feminine strength, and the necessity to treat our environment and each other with love and respect.
We are a brand born of a love for the beauty of restraint in design, the inherent grace of feminine strength, and the necessity to treat our environment and each other with love and respect.
Each of our carefully researched, styled, tested and distributed collections reflects a particular aesthetic and ethos. We hope some of these speak to your own style, and help you refine and redefine your own look and style philosophy in the process.
Each of our carefully researched, styled, tested and distributed collections reflects a particular aesthetic and ethos. We hope some of these speak to your own style, and help you refine and redefine your own look and style philosophy in the process.
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12月 21, 2015 1 min read
提到中國文化,你會想到什麼?中國新年遊行?孔子? “功夫熊貓”?多年來,通過審視我自己的中國性或非中國性,我得出的結論是,所有這些對中國文化的表述都是有效的,但它們是不充分的。
在 Yun Boutique,我們是兩位美籍華裔女性,他們設計的珠寶靈感來自中國文化。阿里爾在共產主義中國長大,作為政治避難者來到美國。我在舊金山長大,那裡五分之一的城市是華裔。
我們這一代人都無法想像,如果共產黨不砸毀寺廟,將最聰明的思想家驅逐到邊遠地區,中國會變成什麼樣子。
然而,我們中的許多人對無法挽回的故鄉懷有一種遺傳的懷舊之情,那裡的胡同並沒有因為高樓而被推倒,母親可以在父母的幫助下撫養孩子,而不必在深圳工廠一年中有 11 個月。
我們夢想一個社會,神靈助人的傳說可以點亮新一代的想像力;在這裡,中國人對人與宇宙和諧相處的信念可以得到公開承認,而不會受到嘲笑或諷刺。
斷根,文革後的中國無法準確反映中國文化,這給以中國文化為靈感的設計師帶來了問題。中國文化本身就非常多樣化。華人僑民也是如此,他們在美國給了我們譚恩美和蔡美兒。新加坡和秘魯的華人各有各的地方特色和習俗。
作為珠寶設計師,以僑民為靈感會讓人頭疼。引用中國故意扭曲的現代文化會產生問題。因此,我們創造了講述中國 5,000 年傳統故事的珠寶。
它的哲理和傳說塑造和延續了中國人的性格。無論身在何處、時代或社會政治狀況如何,它的精神都在每一位華裔中得以延續。只要這些想法仍然有效,它們就永遠不會顯得陳腐。
我們形容雲精品為“來自神州的珠寶”。
中國人歷來稱中國為“神州”。如果這個名字聽起來像一個神話般的地方,那隻是因為它已經從我們身邊奪走了,而不是因為它從未存在過。
儘管我和 Ariel 由於信仰受到迫害而無法安全地訪問今天的中國,但我們的工作讓我們有機會重新發現我們心中真正的中國——歷史、英雄、神聖傳說和令人眼花繚亂的藝術品的豐富熔爐。
以中國文化和歷史為靈感設計珠寶需要我們追根溯源——由於缺乏可靠的文本和原始工藝品,這項任務幾乎不可能完成。因此,雖然我們無法真正設計具有歷史意義的珠寶,但我們正在重新發現中國精神,並為未來重新創造它——一次一顆小寶石。
畢竟,真正的中國在哪裡,而不是在所有尊重其精神的人的想像中?
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