Yushan Sun
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Jewelry design might sounds nice and pretty, but when you dig into
it, there’s a lot more in the industry that might be obscured and that
one needs to be aware of; for instance, one carat of diamond needs 250
tons of digging into the earth, with further cultural sacrifices in the
mining area. Additionally, hard ground mining like gold mines will
create acid chemical waste that leaves a drying ground. And I am sure
jewelry is not the only such harmful industry. Every industry has its
own ethics and things that are to be found and discussed.
There’s never a straight path towards finding a perfect solution to
such problems. This is the time to fully explore alternatives. And not
only think of the responsibility we have to the future generations but
to the ones that came before. Learn from their mistakes while teaching
the future generations of a better way.
What is your all-time inspiration for your work?
Culture and art from history. Recently, I really got into the Indian
royal objects from the 1800s. I like to keep a sketch book and sketch
out objects found on streets, shops, and museums to have a better
understanding of the maker’s creative process.
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