Ariel Jingyan Zhu is a contemporary jewellery artist with five years of experience. After completing her undergraduate studies in Beijing, she is currently pursuing her MA at the Royal College of Art in London. Her practice is grounded in observations of everyday details, combining material sensitivity with research into social behaviours. Working primarily through jewellery, she explores personal and poetic narratives embedded in objects. Her recent project Pearl in the Wall investigates the delicate relationship between domestic space and memory, through a series of wearable and spatial pieces. Ariel’s work is rooted in slowness, craftsmanship, and the quiet presence of overlooked traces.