Elias Neuspiel - Taiwan/Austria - Growing Gems Section
Elias Neuspiel
Designer biography:
Education
2019 Viennese Goldsmith Course / 2023 BFA Gemstone and Jewelry, Trier University of Applied Arts, Campus Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Prize - 2022 Selected for Marzee Graduate Prize
Exhibitions
2025 Traces Upon Stone – Echoes of Light and Shadow, group exhibition at Hualien Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
2025 Togetherness duo exhibition at the Closer Gallery, Beijing
2023 Graduation show at Munich jewelry fair Schmuck
2022 Indelible Group exhibition at Gallery Mano, Taipei
Collection concept:
Elias Neuspiel creates jewelry inspired by daydreams. While carving stone, he reflects on memories and fleeting images, shadowy figures, or playful combinations of everyday objects. Each piece emerges through a balance of intuition and structure, as if the material guides the process. Stone forms the core, softened by knotted silk, with silver and gold for support. His works invite personal interpretation: a form may suggest a fossil, a creature, or something imagined. Meant to be handled and worn, the pieces evolve through interaction, shaping meaning over time as talismans, memories, or prompts for imagination.
