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The Poetry of Silver
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About

Jacqueline Yajing Yao is a contemporary jewelry artist whose practice bridges traditional craftsmanship and conceptual design. Working primarily with silver wire, she employs weaving, crochet, and metal-forming techniques to create sculptural, wearable objects that explore themes of space, resilience, identity, and emotional memory. Her work reflects a balance between structure and softness, intention and intuition—offering a thoughtful response to the human need for connection, individuality, and reflection through the language of adornment.

Jewelry, for her, is not just an object—it is a bridge. A bridge between people, between self and world, between memory and imagination. Each piece begins with intuition and is shaped by hand, weaving softness and strength into a wearable form. For Jacqueline, jewelry is an intimate dialogue—between hand, heart, and metal. Crafted by hand. Worn with soul.

Concept


My goal is to create long-lasting jewelry and objects that aren't just roughly beautiful but that also have a soul passed on from generation to generation. Continuously seeking the perfect balance between meaning, beauty, and function while cherishing the heritage of handmaking, I create work that expresses my inner thoughts in the best possible way. Jewelry expresses a possibility that few observers have ever noticed: its ability to touch people. I want to use a simple way to express complex thoughts, and I believe jewelry made from our hands can build a special relationship with both jeweler and wearer. When the finished piece meets an audience or is worn, another process starts. When the image in my mind or the expression of my inner emotions can be shaped by my hands little by little, this beauty and the process of selecting each tool, each action, is like having a conversation with them, and finally, it becomes something with a soul. Ultimately, design is a bridge, a frame for life.

Contemporary jewelry is a kind of visual art practice breaking the limits of what it can be. For me, contemporary jewelry is like language. It's a sharp way to communicate, to express our ideas. We have this gift from our environment, experience, and so on. Wearing a necklace like that by Renee Bevan’s The World Is a Giant Pearl Pendant places the wearer’s body closer to the ground, making the earth the pendant. That is the most fantastic part of why I think contemporary jewelry attracts me.

Jewelry is not only a fact or what we see but what we imagine. The creation of jewelry is a type of artwork meant to remind us of experiences or a memory that drove us to buy or create the piece. Art can be considered spiritual and metaphysical, contributing to raising the level of genius above a project’s content. My projects want to express the same content, asking the viewer to review and solve problems rather than giving specific answers. My work tends to think about the soul rather than offer medicine to solve it.

Everyone has their own world—a space where they become themselves. Space often implies separation, yet it is through that separation that we breathe, reflect, and reconnect. In this sense, space becomes an invitation, a quiet presence that allows for a deeper connection with the self.

My work is a visual representation of this space. A place of peace, silence, and inner awareness. It is an emotional landscape made tangible—a space for breathing, for unexpected pleasure, for slowing down. It invites the wearer to connect with their own thoughts, to experience jewelry not just as an object, but as an extension of their internal world.

Jewelry becomes a bridge. It connects stories, feelings, moments. My process is intuitive, driven by the subconscious. Like breathwork or meditation, each stitch is rhythmic and mindful, creating pathways between thought and form. Through simple, quiet shapes, I express complex emotions. In these forms, I find strength in softness, presence in stillness, meaning in simplicity.

I believe in the poetry of small things. A silver wire can hold a memory. A wearable sculpture can hold space for thought. Through separation, we find connection.


Materials & Process


Materials are the things that tell the truth. Human beings are naturally attracted to materials because each material has its own unique characteristics. I am fascinated by how materials speak to us—their texture, temperature, weight, and hardness shape our memories and emotions.

Silver wire is my main medium—sterling, Argentium, gold‑filled, and fine silver. Its dual nature—soft yet strong—mirrors the idea of soft power that runs through my work. When soft, slender wire is woven into tiny springs, then into larger webs, and finally soldered, it becomes a solid, self‑supporting sculpture. Thousands of stitches build a bridge of trust and reliability between maker, object, and wearer.

The act of weaving little bits of elements into bigger things is my way of breathing life into metal. Each repetitive motion is like counting breaths in yoga: rhythmic, meditative, grounding. The finished piece carries those breaths, inviting the wearer to slow down and feel.

I want everything to feel like it is of one—breathing fully as an organism. Design, to me, is a frame for life: simple forms that hold complex processes, minimal shapes that reveal layered textures, objects that quietly empower the body that wears them.


Inspiration


My creative lineage is shaped by artists who approach their materials, their bodies, and their thoughts with clarity, vulnerability, and bold intention. Their work resonates deeply with me, shaping how I understand jewelry as more than form—it's connection, experience, and reflection.

Donald Judd showed me that minimalism can be expansive. His untitled stacks of metal boxes are quiet yet powerful, scaled with human presence in mind. Their deliberate simplicity gives the viewer space to pause, breathe, and consider—without overwhelm.

Jackson Pollock made visible the rhythm of the subconscious. Through movement, jazz, smoke, and spontaneity, he turned emotion into gesture. He reminds me that process and feeling are inseparable, and that the body itself is a tool for transformation.

Frida Kahlo embodies soft power like no other. Described by André Breton as “a ribbon around a bomb,” her self-portraits reveal the raw coexistence of pain and beauty, tenderness and force. Her honest storytelling shaped my understanding of art as emotional courage.

Wolfgang Laib creates with pollen, wax, and time. His immersive installations invite quiet contemplation and show me that presence, not explanation, is the artist’s greatest gift.

Marina Abramović expands the definition of endurance, vulnerability, and presence. Her performances confront time, discomfort, and relational energy—blurring the boundary between artist and audience. Through stillness, repetition, and direct connection, she reveals how art can be an act of both personal and collective transformation. Her fearlessness continues to inspire my pursuit of depth and honesty in making.


Together, these voices remind me to trust intuition, honor material, and stay open—to dialogue between hand, heart, metal, and the world.


Marido Mori inside her universal “time capsule” : collage by Janeth Davalos (Sisters Of The Ethers)

Marido Mori inside her universal “time capsule” : collage by Janeth Davalos (Sisters Of The Ethers)

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August 25, 2020
 

Jewelry is a sign of space from the moment we are born.

Each of us have a space in this world.

In my culture, grandparents will give newborn babies a Longevity lock to express their blessing,

they are born and come to this world,

and from this world,

they have their name and this beautiful life.

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“Please Don’t Kiss Me!”

Mothers asking people not to kiss their babies to avoid catching the flu in the 1930s.

The Communion, 1984 by Arlene Gottfried.

The Communion, 1984 by Arlene Gottfried.

Wall Street, NYC. 1979.Coral colored disks used both as a work of art and as backrests by Burt Glinn.

Wall Street, NYC. 1979.

Coral colored disks used both as a work of art and as backrests by Burt Glinn.

Everyone has their own world,

we also get to know ourselves by being the captains of our souls.

I call it space, where we become ourselves.

For instance, the book we read, the friends we hang out with, and the music we listen to.

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Out my window.

Photography project by Gail Albert

Pictures from Paris.

We have to be wise in the activities that we involve ourselves as they end up defining who we are.

It’s Bothe spiritual and precious.

While some may open their world to share themselves,

others are more protective.

Inflatables,By Ant Farm, 1970,Temporary installation of Freestone, California.

Inflatables,

By Ant Farm, 1970,

Temporary installation of Freestone, California.

As for me, the space of separation is what drives my inspiration for doing my projects.

Space facilitates in giving me a peace of mind where I get to be myself and connect with my deeper self.

Performance wepólny, 1980 Krzysztof Jung.

Performance wepólny,

1980 Krzysztof Jung.

I can feel it through relationships among people and area I experience.

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Temps d’Arrêt by Etiennne Buyse.

I believe a long lasting relationship must have a comfortable space between each other,

partners, friends, family members…

all need a private space.

Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980)

Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980)

Sometimes just like a moment of holding a cup of favorite drink,

sitting at a comfortable place reading,

Kana Tanaka, “Daydreaming Bubble”

Kana Tanaka, “Daydreaming Bubble”

Thinking or

just daydreaming

…

Conversation Bubble by Ana Rewakowicz. Oslo, Norway. 2008.

Conversation Bubble by Ana Rewakowicz. Oslo, Norway. 2008.

For sure we need a shared space

Foundation Prada

Foundation Prada

Where there is eating,

talking,

Pennsylvania by Mark Cohen,1977.

Pennsylvania by Mark Cohen,1977.

Laughing with people.

Miwa Yanagi My Grandmother series: Yuka, 2000.

Miwa Yanagi

My Grandmother series: Yuka, 2000.

They are all precious time.

Space for me does not mean distance,

it means relax,

free,

trust,

polite,

last long,

timeless

…

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