Collecting Times: Mixed Media Sculptural Neckpiece by MinSeo Whee

Collecting Times. The Collecting Times series is made with sterling silver, fine silver, copper, shibuichi, enamel, niobium, resin, sandalwood, photo paper, and paint.

Techniques used to create the Collecting Times series: Niiro patination, sandblasting, wood carving, hand painting, electro anodizing, gem setting, alloying, silver inlay (Ip-sa), chasing, 3D scanning, and 3D printing.

Leaving Home — 9 cm × 5 cm
Meeting New Friends — 11.5 cm × 5.5 cm
Family Goblin and Hope of Reunion — 13.5 cm × 5 cm
Rewinding Memory — 13.5 cm × 5 cm
Meeting New Partner — 8.5 cm × 6 cm

My goal was to create a jewellery collection that merges the emotional depth of memories with the instinctive human behavior of collecting. Each piece functions as a collectible sculpture, and when linked together, they form a complete necklace. Every unit contains a 3D-scanned object I’ve personally collected, representing a specific memory and its emotional state.

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