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For her, jewellery is more than wearable luxury, it is a medium for (political) statements. With large, powerful objects, Dabin Lee tests the boundaries between jewellery and art object and shouts her points of view at the viewer. To this end, she creates objects from metal wires using a technique from carpet manufacturing called "tufting". In her last collection, for example, she denounced animal testing. During the three-month scholarship period, she also wants to explore the value of possessions and environmental pollution caused by the thoughtless use of products, from plastic bags to cosmetics.

Dabin Lee

Dabin Leeborn in South Korea in 1991, currently lives in Belgium, where she completed her master's degree in jewellery design, gold and silversmithing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (SEIN). Her work has been shown at the CODA Museum and Gallery Marzee in the Netherlands, the Beijing World Art Museum in China and at Munich Jewellery Week. She received the Legacy Award for Contemporary Jewellery in 2015 and the Arts & Crafts Design Award in Zagreb (Croatia) in 2016. Dabin Lee deals with social problems and everyday issues in our society. Her bright, humorous and colourful works convey a message and make the viewer rethink their own perceptions and opinions.

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