The Earring Show | 2026 edition
Royal Sunset
Royal Sunset
by Lowen De Neve
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This piece is part of The Earring Show, an annual fundraiser for the Craft Council of BC that highlights contemporary jewellery design. The exhibition sheds light on the timeless connection between craft and culture, and how they influence each other.
6.4 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
nylon, stainless steel
These earrings were drafted in 3D software with parametric design, pulling from iterative mathematics and artistic sensibility. After prototyping, they are 3D printed out of nylon on a Selective Laser Sintering printer. Nylon is very light and the designs are flexible rather than fragile. These pieces are then masterfully painted using an airbrush and hardware is affixed.
After graduating from the 3D Design Program at Humber Polytechnic in 2018, Lowen quickly got into 3D printing to make earring designs that were difficult to produce by other means. She pushed the technology to its limits with parametric design, or as Lowen calls it, "Making shapes do cool shit." Jewellery inspired by hypersphere projections or iterative surfaces might sound boring, but combined with bold paints they become jaw dropping works of art that frame your face and show off how vibrant you can be.
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CCBC acknowledges that the land on which we work is the unceded shared traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.