Yinuo Yu

Weeping Figs, 2023
Copper, enamel, nickel silver, string

Storybook Ceramic Plate of Two Chickens Pecking, Smeared With Crystallized Honey, 2023
Copper, enamel, nickel silver

Abusive Sociapath Fossolized Rat, 2023
Copper, enamel, nickel silver, plaster

Something in the Peanut Butter Jar That Isn’t Peanut Butter: a practice-led research exploration of hoarding through jewellery design

This series of jewellery designs has been guided by an everyday comment that captured my imagination, ‘Something in the peanut butter jar that isn’t peanut butter’. This comment came to mind and corresponded with my responses to the misinformation about hoarding behaviour in society, largely led by social media. I see misinformation about hoarding as exacerbating the stigmatization of the psychology of hoarding. With the aim to destigmatize and understand the multiple factors of hoarding, the jewellery series explores interactions that develop greater inclusivity in interpersonal relationships. My designs for the interactions of the jewellery series are drawn from the hoarding stories of three fictional characters from the book ‘Hoarders’ by Kate Durbin. Engaging with the jewellery through holding, manipulating and wearing provides alternative perspectives for discussing hoarding behaviours.