Formed Between is grounded in the study of structure. Our work draws from long-standing traditions within Chinese visual culture and from silverworking methods refined over generations in Miao communities in China. These traditions are not approached as fixed references, but as frameworks through which form has been developed and clarified over time.

The visual references we work with originate in motifs carried across generations, including architectural lines, balanced geometries and measured patterns found in textiles, metalwork and ceremonial objects. Rather than replicating these motifs, we examine the structures and intentions that organise them. Through proportion, rhythm and formal logic, each reference is translated into a contemporary context while retaining clarity of origin.

Handmaking remains central to our process. Techniques shaped through long-practised silverwork inform how the metal is formed and adjusted, not as a display of craft, but as a means of control and judgment. Working exclusively with high-purity 990 silver, we produce in small quantities, allowing each piece to develop through a measured, incremental process guided by attention rather than repetition or industrial uniformity.

Our work is informed by the belief that traditions continue through reinterpretation. When ideas refined over time are carried into the present, they remain part of a living culture through use and adjustment. Formed Between exists within this space, where inherited structures offer direction and contemporary life refines expression.