{"id":41205,"date":"2025-07-21T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=41205"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:46:08","slug":"interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Piece Has a Past: The Symbolic Work of Qianying Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from her heritage and emotional narrative, she crafts jewelry that transforms into deeply personal experiences for the wearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qianying Zhu P1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Qianying Zhu, I&#8217;m a contemporary jewelry artist and jewelry designer deeply passionate about crafting pieces that serve as personal expressions of identity, culture, and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My journey into design began from a profound love for art, rooted in childhood experiences of sketching natural landscapes and creating imaginative forms inspired by my cultural heritage. Jewelry design became my chosen medium because it beautifully blends artistic creativity with personal storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my greatest joys as an artist comes from seeing my pieces worn and cherished by others, observing how each creation takes on a unique life through its interaction with the wearer. These personal connections inspire me continually, reinforcing my commitment to designing jewelry that resonates emotionally and culturally, bringing joy and self-expression into everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Experimentation plays a critical role in my creative process, particularly because my designs often incorporate mixed media. Continuously experimenting and evaluating how different materials interact is essential, as there can be significant differences between an initial idea and its physical realization. Connecting diverse materials also demands creative solutions and extensive experimentation, which keeps the process exciting and full of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, in my award-winning piece &#8220;Oops&#8221;, I featured 3D-printed beads inspired by the Chinese zodiac as central elements of the necklace. Determining how best to connect these beads with metal components required numerous trials and careful consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I prefer avoiding chemical adhesives like glue, as sustainability and long-term durability are important values in my work. This preference pushed me to explore alternative methods extensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a thorough process of experimentation, considering both feasibility and aesthetics, I ultimately chose knotting and braiding techniques. These traditional yet versatile methods not only provided the desired connection but also enhanced the overall visual appeal and tactile experience of the jewelry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This experimentation not only resolved the technical challenge but also led to the development of new techniques that have become integral to my design vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muse.international\">muse.world<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nydesignawards.com\/\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/nydesignawards.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from her heritage and emotional narrative, she crafts<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":41208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[405,372,553],"tags":[360,492,488,382],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Muse.World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T10:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T08:46:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Qianying-Zhu-M.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sylvester\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@musedotworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sylvester\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/\",\"name\":\"Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T10:45:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T08:46:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb\"},\"description\":\"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Every Piece Has a Past: The Symbolic Work of Qianying Zhu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/\",\"name\":\"Muse.World\",\"description\":\"MUSE Creative Awards | Vega Digital Awards | TITAN Awards\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb\",\"name\":\"Sylvester\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sylvester\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/author\/kclee\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner","description":"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner","og_description":"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...","og_url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/","og_site_name":"Muse.World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musedotworld","article_published_time":"2025-07-21T10:45:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-23T08:46:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Qianying-Zhu-M.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sylvester","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@musedotworld","twitter_site":"@musedotworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sylvester","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/","url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/","name":"Interview with Qianying Zhu | NY Product Design Awards Winner","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-21T10:45:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T08:46:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb"},"description":"Qianying Zhu is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer whose work blends cultural storytelling with artistic expression. Drawing from...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-qianying-zhu-new-york-design-awards-winner\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Every Piece Has a Past: The Symbolic Work of Qianying Zhu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#website","url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/","name":"Muse.World","description":"MUSE Creative Awards | Vega Digital Awards | TITAN Awards","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/d499ec6e7bd9ebf267768e3387d5eeeb","name":"Sylvester","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9dd1d0f26e448a7e010549437e1a66b8?s=96&r=g","caption":"Sylvester"},"url":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/author\/kclee\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41206,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41205\/revisions\/41206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}