Yiwen Liang/ Nature Reimagined

Yiwen Liang’s work centers on four interconnected themes: rules, change, connection, and transformation. Rules establish human order; change drives evolution; and shared vulnerability forms the link between individuals—echoing the “mother tree” systems of nature, where connection emerges through fragility. Cultural influence continually reshapes the meanings of materials, allowing new rules to arise as discourse expands.

In Linked in Fragility, inspiration is drawn from the forest’s mother tree network to examine how individuals connect through vulnerability and locate a sense of belonging within the collective. Perfection or completeness becomes unnecessary—through one another, a shared world is formed. Another project employs water as a metaphor to reflect on how people adapt, resist, and reshape surrounding social systems. Water, like human will, sustains structure while simultaneously holding the power to dissolve it.

At its core, Yiwen Liang’s practice unfolds as a continuous dialogue between material and meaning—between forces that bind and forces that liberate. Through jewellery, the work transforms emotion and memory into tangible forms, questioning boundaries and celebrating the quiet resilience embedded in imperfection.