Pei Wu - Taiwan - Growing Gems Section
Pei Wu
Designer biography:
After earning degrees in architecture and art in Taiwan, she continued her artistic journey in Europe to pursue academic freedom. In London, she discovered contemporary jewellery and moved to Idar-Oberstein, Germany, where the secluded atmosphere helped her refine her artistic language. Her master's graduation work won the 2020 Marzee International Graduate Prize. As an independent maker, her work is internationally recognized—featured in Metalsmith and Marie Claire China—and shown at major fairs like Collect, MAD About Jewelry, and MKG. She views contemporary jewellery as a precise artistic language in which material and form convey ideas and invite engagement. Her pieces capture frozen moments of movement, balancing softness with tension.
Collection concept:
Her work centers on "relationships," especially the transformative parent–child bond. Early childhood sensitively shapes personality, while an inner will guides desire and connection. In East Asian contexts, love and care coexist with filial piety, humility, harmony, and gendered expectations; children are "shaped by hands" and carry lasting imprints. Though we seek individuality, family and social traces remain inseparable. The parent–child tie is lifelong—fraught with struggle and contradiction, yet anchored in love.
