Yaning Liu China / UK
The Thief object / earring
Piece featured in the exhibition Tincal lab Challenge 2025 Jewelry and Celebration (maximum price 150€)
Materials antique painting frame, uv printed acrylic, freshwater pearl, silver, iron, rope
Size 250x210x21mm
The Thief plays with fragmentation and substitution to reflect on what happens when something is taken away. Here, “stealing" is less an act of destruction than a shift in perception, for example a ping-pong ball is taken away and becomes a pearl earring, and meaning is rebuilt from both what is missing and what remains.
