Weikun Yin

In the four years of studying gem identification, the jewellery magnifier as a tool often helps me to determine the clarity of gem.
This reminds me that the jewellery magnifier is perhaps the most intuitive and simple way to let more people see the inside world of gemstones.
Here, I replaced the glass lens on the jewellery magnifier with the crystal containing inclusions and let the jewellery magnifier as a medium to lead people to intuitively feel the charm of inclusions.

Rock Crystals often contain needle-like or sheet-like inclusions. I wonder if we can cut them so that they can also present a visual effect similar to the starlight effect? Through extensive iterative research with specialized technicians, we developed a single cutting method and used the created surfaces to reflect the inclusions inside the gem, a bespoke Mirror Cut. This cutting method has very strict requirements in terms of position of the inclusions inside the stone, overall cleanliness and cutting methods of gemstones.

Inspired by the kaleidoscope, fragmentary reflections and castles in the game “Conan Exiles”, the ring “Memory Palace” is a minimal palace of memory, vision, self reflection and exposure to the universe. The hexagonal stone with inclusions is full of imagination and surprises. The human self is like the inclusion in the universe, trying to break away from the memories, but constantly being reflected by the fragments of “self” and “non-self”.

In parallel to my research on the cutting and faceting of gemstones with inclusions, I developed new artificial hybrids of metallic and mineral inclusions with natural gemstones. Combining image cutting with the layering of various gems, these symbiotic stones offer a range of visual and emotional effects unseen until today.

In this project, I hope to establish a new identification system for inclusion Gemstones. Combined with my professional knowledge and referring to the certificates of some internationally renowned appraisal institutions, I have conceived the design of certificates related to inclusion gems. In the future, I hope to cooperate with gem appraisal laboratories to issue professional certificates and establish an official appraisal system for inclusion gems.
Here I show some examples.