Lin Cheung

Keep

10th September - 1st November 2015

Keep is a wry look at how I store and protect my own jewellery.

Unceremoniously tucked in corners of plastic grip seal bags, wrapped like a slice of cake in kitchen paper, scrunched up in a tissue, folded in a handkerchief or secured with paper and an elastic band are just some of the ways the jewellery I own and wear is stashed and stowed.

In response to this theme, I present a small series of jewellery objects that explore the more pragmatic side of owning personal possessions.

Lin Cheung is a jewellery artist and graduated in 1997 from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery. Her work gained an Arts Foundation Award in 2001 and a Jerwood Contemporary Makers Award in 2008. Lin has exhibited jewellery and objects extensively throughout the UK and internationally. Recent exhibitions and projects include Finding - a Central Saint Martins and Foundling Museum project funded by Share Academy; Pas de Deux – a museumaker 2 commission with Laura Potter for mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and Transplantation – A sense of Place and Culture  – a UK and Australian touring exhibition of contemporary British and Australian jewellery. Recent commissions include designing the London 2012 Paralympic Games medal 

Lin teaches Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins and has a broad spectrum of international teaching and lecturing experience including master-classes and workshops with a strong focus on collaborative working. Mentoring individuals and widening public engagement in contemporary jewellery and craft projects is an integral part of Lin’s practice. She works from her rural studio in the South of England and has recently published a new book of her work: TOMFOOLERY Objects & Jewellery that brings together 10 years of personal and public projects, collaborations and commissions.