Creating Beauty Between Cultures
Jewellery World Magazine
Creating Beauty Between Cultures
Words by Kirsten Ehrlich Davies
While Bic Tieu was studying design and jewellery education at the University of NSW Art and Design, her mentor showed her a book on East Asian Lacquers. This book had a huge impact on Bic’s artistic journey, leading her to become the only Australian practitioner of the Japanese lacquer technique of Maki-e. “The book was a catalogue of the collection of the Florence Herbert Irving collection, and included lacquer ware from China, Japan and Korea,” said Bic. “I was entralled by the lustre and beautiful designs of the lacquer objects and I wanted to recreate the objects I had seen in the book.” But when Bic pushed to learn more about East Asian lacquers, she discovered that there were no Australian based experts who could guide her and answer her questions. Her curiosity led her to pursue a Master’s research project investigating Vietnamese lacquer and its applications to contemporary jewellery.
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