EÈ CHAN
Xinyi transforms discarded electronic components into jewellery she affectionately calls ‘Artificial Intelligems’. Drawing from her childhood memories of her mother’s work as a computer practitioner, Xinyi is captivated by the shapes, colours, textures, and precise structures of E-waste. Her work questions what these modern signs and digital remnants reveal about us and our future.
Her process combines traditional crafts with digital techniques, innovatively setting E-waste into silver mounts, reimagining materials from tiny diodes to vintage capacitors
from our daily electronic devices — sourced from the WEEE Recycling Centre. By altering the fate of these discarded elements, she challenges fine jewellery and invites us to reconsider our relationship with technology, urging a return to the tangible world amidst our digital lives.
Her process combines traditional crafts with digital techniques, innovatively setting E-waste into silver mounts, reimagining materials from tiny diodes to vintage capacitors
from our daily electronic devices — sourced from the WEEE Recycling Centre. By altering the fate of these discarded elements, she challenges fine jewellery and invites us to reconsider our relationship with technology, urging a return to the tangible world amidst our digital lives.
2025 Wow Effect, Legnica SILVER Festival 2025, Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
2025 MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, United States
2024 Matières cueillies, Hectare Gallery, Brussel, Belgium
2025 March The Craft & Design Council Competition Awards Exhibition, The Goldsmiths' Hall, London, United Kingdom
2025 Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, United Kingdom
2024 Goldsmith's Fair Christmas Boutique Event, Goldsmiths' Hall, London,United Kingdom
2024 Preziosa Young, Oratory of San Rocco, Padua, Italy
2024 Goldsmiths' Fair, London, United Kingdom
2024 MIDA exhibition, Preziosa Young exhibition, Florence, Itlay
2024 Archivio Negroni x Preziosa Young, Milan, Itlay
2024 BKV Prize exhibition, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein e.V. gallery, Munich, Germany
2024 Contemporary Tiaras, Lisbon Jewellery Biennial, Royal Treasure Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Spotlighting, the Goldsmiths' Centre, London, United Kingdom
2023 Friedrich Becker Prize exhibition, Düsseldorf's Goldsmith, Düsseldorf and Hanau, Germany
2023 Path. Inspiration. Goal, Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice Design Week Jewellery,Venice, Itlay
2023 The Geography of Objets, The Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korean
2023 Under the tree, MAKE southwest gallery, Devon, United Kingdom
2023 Shine, the Goldsmiths' Centre, London, United Kingdom
2023 Talente. Masters of the Future, Handwerk & Design, Munich, Germany
2023 ACJ x Bluecoat Display Centre Unity exhibition, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2023 Museum of Natural History, Slovenian Jewellery Week, Ljubljana, Slovenian
2023 Tom Dixon showroom X Central Saint Martins MA Design, New York Design Week, New York, US
2023 The 36th Hard+Soft International Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Greater Denton Arts Council, United States
2022 Futurists, Mint Gallery, London Design Festival, London, United Kingdom
2022 UK Jewellery Festivial, London,United Kingdom
2022 Signs, Signals, + Symbols, Baltimore Jewelry Centre, Maryland, US
2022 NYC Jewellery Week Discover Page, New York, US
2025 MAD About Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, United States
2024 Matières cueillies, Hectare Gallery, Brussel, Belgium
2025 March The Craft & Design Council Competition Awards Exhibition, The Goldsmiths' Hall, London, United Kingdom
2025 Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, United Kingdom
2024 Goldsmith's Fair Christmas Boutique Event, Goldsmiths' Hall, London,United Kingdom
2024 Preziosa Young, Oratory of San Rocco, Padua, Italy
2024 Goldsmiths' Fair, London, United Kingdom
2024 MIDA exhibition, Preziosa Young exhibition, Florence, Itlay
2024 Archivio Negroni x Preziosa Young, Milan, Itlay
2024 BKV Prize exhibition, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein e.V. gallery, Munich, Germany
2024 Contemporary Tiaras, Lisbon Jewellery Biennial, Royal Treasure Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 Spotlighting, the Goldsmiths' Centre, London, United Kingdom
2023 Friedrich Becker Prize exhibition, Düsseldorf's Goldsmith, Düsseldorf and Hanau, Germany
2023 Path. Inspiration. Goal, Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice Design Week Jewellery,Venice, Itlay
2023 The Geography of Objets, The Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korean
2023 Under the tree, MAKE southwest gallery, Devon, United Kingdom
2023 Shine, the Goldsmiths' Centre, London, United Kingdom
2023 Talente. Masters of the Future, Handwerk & Design, Munich, Germany
2023 ACJ x Bluecoat Display Centre Unity exhibition, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2023 Museum of Natural History, Slovenian Jewellery Week, Ljubljana, Slovenian
2023 Tom Dixon showroom X Central Saint Martins MA Design, New York Design Week, New York, US
2023 The 36th Hard+Soft International Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Greater Denton Arts Council, United States
2022 Futurists, Mint Gallery, London Design Festival, London, United Kingdom
2022 UK Jewellery Festivial, London,United Kingdom
2022 Signs, Signals, + Symbols, Baltimore Jewelry Centre, Maryland, US
2022 NYC Jewellery Week Discover Page, New York, US
Xinyi Chen is an award winning designer maker based in England, specializing in working with reclaimed electronic components and silver, turning them into wearable art since 2016.
She gained a BA in Art Design in China, specialising in jewellery and silversmithing, and began exploring contemporary jewellery with her extravagant collection ‘New Era of Crown’. Following her Master’s degree at Central Saint Martins, she launched her brand EÈ CHAN to further her career and practice.
Her work has been included internationally at prestigious events such as Goldsmiths' Fair(London), MAD About Jewelry(New York), TALENTE Handwerk & Design and BKV Prize (Munich), Royal Treasure Museum(Lisbon), Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo(Venice), and London Museum Docklands.
She gained a BA in Art Design in China, specialising in jewellery and silversmithing, and began exploring contemporary jewellery with her extravagant collection ‘New Era of Crown’. Following her Master’s degree at Central Saint Martins, she launched her brand EÈ CHAN to further her career and practice.
Her work has been included internationally at prestigious events such as Goldsmiths' Fair(London), MAD About Jewelry(New York), TALENTE Handwerk & Design and BKV Prize (Munich), Royal Treasure Museum(Lisbon), Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo(Venice), and London Museum Docklands.
Brooch, E-waste and silver, 2025
Earrings, E-waste and silver, 2024
Single earring and brooch, E-waste and silver, 2022