Heejin Hwang
University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, Art Metal -
« My recent works comprise sculptural units in which steel wire is used as basic material. As the basic structure is needed to construct a building, numerous layers consist of a form in my works. As I discovered another layer of personality which I had not been aware of, I began to be interested in the figures of the layer and induce them to my works. When a unit or multiple units complete a perfect structure or form, my jewelry becomes powerful and comes to life.
Human body is the perfect space to install my jewelry on. Only when my works, the body ornaments, get perfectly installed on the wearer, emotional and structural rapport starts with the wearer.
As in architecture, the site and scale of my work play an important role as well. As people imagine building an ideal house of their own, I also pursue building my house of jewelry (body architecture) on human body, too. »

Heejin Hwang- « Build a nest » necklace- Steel wire, enamel, ground rock – 50x18x18 (cm) – 2010

Heejin Hwang- « With authority » – steel wire, enamel, ground rock – 28ⅹ28ⅹ10 (cm)- 2010

Heejin Hwang- ‘Temptation II’ – steel wire, enamel – 35ⅹ30ⅹ15 (cm) 2010

Heejin Hwang- Temptation – brooches- copper, enamel, nickel, stainless steel wire – Dimention:
large) 8ⅹ8ⅹ2.5 (cm), (small) 4ⅹ4ⅹ2 (cm) – 2009

Heejin Hwang -« Showing off » – Steel wire, enamel, ground rock

Heejin Hwang -‘Femme Fatale ‘ copper, nickel – brooch -20ⅹ20ⅹ6 (cm)- 2010