Introduction
In this exquisite encounter with timeless elegance, we patiently polish beauty hidden in fleeting moments, transforming emotions tempered by time into eternal radiance through luminous pearlescence. When moonlight from the Shang and Zhou dynasties first illuminated the iridescence of seashells, who could have imagined this oceanic romance would become our language of love three millennia later?
This May, Deji Art Museum presents an exclusive mother-of-pearl crafting salon, inspired by this millennium-old “Oriental art treasure.” From an exquisite collection of mother-of-pearl brooches and hairpins, you’ll personally select your own Eastern elegance, transform shells into butterfly-wing thin slices, layout delicate patterns on lacquer bases, experience each step imbued with Eastern craftsmanship philosophy —
where slow, meticulous work becomes ritual. Using natural materials like abalone and conch shells meticulously arranged on jewelry surfaces, we create dazzling Oriental microcosms that capture the starry splendor of Song Dynasty aesthetics in mere inches.