KK - Tutor of jewellery design and crafts 珠寶設計和製作導師

Feb 9

20多年的珠寶教學生涯中，我不僅見證了香港珠寶界的蛻變，還陪伴和教導了一個又一個新世代設計和金工師的成長，
這些作品肯定了我的專業能力和記載著我和學生的回憶。
Throughout decades of my jewelry teaching career, not only have I witnessed the transformation of Hong Kong’s jewelry industry, but also the growth of local emerging talents. These pieces not only affirm my professionalism but held precious memories I created with my students.

The serendipity between this student and I goes way back. His father was my tutor back when I was a student of advanced jewellery design. Then it so happened that I became his son’s tutor. In 2004-2005, we travelled to Finland for a worldwide jewellery arts competition, and the piece I wanted to share was from that almost legendary-like experience.

當時我們還主要集中練習技巧，所以我們是抱著沒有壓力和開眼界的心態去參賽，沒有任何的期待，目標就是想跟來自不同國家和技術背景的人交流和學習更多金工技巧。沒想到他那一年就拿下了這個世界比賽的金牌，至今還是香港唯一一位在這個比賽拿了金牌的金工師。比賽之後，他把當時用青銅做的練習作品送給我，後來我為了更好保存回到香港後我電鍍了它，所以你可以看到他是呈X色的。這件作品就像是我的成績表，一件肯定我首飾鑑定和分析能力的實物，我也可以稍微驕傲的說我是一位“金牌教練”。

We were still focusing more on the technical side of our crafts back then, thus only joined hoping to broaden our horizon and learn from other artists around the world with different technical backgrounds. To our surprise, he claimed championship in that competition, and still to this day is the only jeweller from Hong Kong who was able to achieve the title. He then gifted me the bronze prototype of the awarded piece. I almost see this piece as my professional career’s “transcript”, a piece that affirms and concludes my jewellery appraisal and expertise. With this I can say with pride that I am a "gold medal coach".

一件象徵著我老師生涯成績表的半成（練習）品：A semi-finished (practice) piece that symbolises as the reports of my teaching career:

這位學生跟我的緣分匪淺，他父親是我修讀高級首飾設計時的老師，之後老師的兒子又輾轉成為了我的學生。在2004-05年間我帶著這位學生去芬蘭參加一個珠寶界的世界技能大賽，而我要展示的作品來自於那次傳奇似的比賽過程。

另一件別具意義的作品來自另一位學生，當時他從香港的首飾設計高級文憑銜接到英國讀首飾設計的學位，這件作品是他當年的課堂作業，他回港時把這枚有著英國首飾設計特色的心口針帶送給我。這枚心口針是先用銀線繞出一個主要的型態，再將其浸入一個種黑色的塑料溶液之中（plastic dipping technique），作品最後呈現塑料包裹著銀線型態的作品，再安上一個特具英國金工特色的扣針機關。這件作品對我而言象徵著學生對我的重視，所以是令我很感動和珍惜的一枚心口針。

Another remarkable piece was given by a student who transferred from higher diploma of jewellery design in Hong Kong to a bachelor’s degree of jewellery design in the UK. It was a brooch he made as a course assignment with distinct British design traits. He kept it and gifted to me after returning to Hong Kong. The brooch was first molded with silver threads, then dipped into melted plastic solution in black and finished by attaching a unique British brooch setting onto it. To me, this work represented the respect and admiration my students had for me, which means a lot.