Silver is the metal of the moonshine, is the humble flesh of the noblest gold, it ripples into a pool of the subtleties but fuses easily into the space of void. Object is the appearance of hierarchy, object is the embodiment of time. Object functions to ornate while ignoring the crime of decoration and the burden of beauty, like what is underneath the precious materiality of silver — the cruel equality to a certain amount of value, that marks the line of the miserable and the noble. The measurement of value marks women, alongside women’s craft into the domestic sphere that, implies that female craft should always be eclipsed by the most rational and functional arts of men.
Layla Yuanxing Lin
Work and Journal and Contact
Born Xiamen, China
Yuanxing (Layla) Lin (b. 1997, Xiamen, China) is a London-based metal and jewellery artist whose practice explores the intersections of craft, material integrity, and feminist thought. Working primarily with metal, she draws inspiration from the textures and structures of textiles, translating qualities of softness, interlacing, and repetition into forms that challenge the rigidity traditionally associated with metalwork.