CHENYI YE
Hand engraver/ jewellery designer

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Hand Engraving →
Copperplates
Pendants
Wedding Rings
Cultural Approach
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   Chenyi Ye
Hand‑engraving on precious metals dates back at least to the 5th century BC, when artisans used hand‑pushed tools to incise decorative lines on metal. By the 3rd–4th centuries BC, Greek craftsmen were carving scenes and inscriptions on bronze mirrors andvessels, and ancient Egyptians were using simple tools to engrave shallow designs on metal. During medieval Europe, goldsmiths refined the craft, engraving intricate motifs and heraldic emblems; by the 15th century, signet rings bearing family crests were used to seal documents. The 16th‑century introduction of the hardened‑steel burin allowed finer, more precise lines, and push engraving became especially prominent from the 18th to mid‑20th century, adorning jewellery and personal items.

My engraving works continue this traditional burin technique—relying entirely on hand and wrist strength to push the graver rather than using pneumatic tools—thereby preserving the craftsmanship and tactile quality of classic hand‑engraved jewellery.

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About me 


Chenyi Ye 
y.olga010@gmail.com
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  • Hand Engraver/Jewellery Designer
       Ekamdve jewellery design studio, Shenyang, China
  • Jewellery desinger
       I DO Diamonds（Hiersun Industrial Co.,ltd.), Shanghai, China
  • Polished Diamond Grader, P.D.G,
       International Gemological Institute(IGI), Shanghai, China

  • “The Most Influential for Jewelry Industry of Asia in 2024” 
        Award FIGURE ASIA, 2024
  • ROTOR The Le Carrousel du Louvre Contemporary Art ExhibitionParis, France, 2024
  • 87A Monstra Internazionale Dell’Artigianato(MIDA)/87th International Craft Exhibition
    Florence, Italy, 2023
  • International Platinum Jewellery Design Contest Winner2020
  • Collaboration project
    Dodo by Pomellato, Milan, Italy
    Working with Vincenzo Castaldo, Pomellato Creative Director, generating ideas for latest collaction and realiazation, 2017-18

  • “Heritage and Innovation: The Cultural and Emotional Transmission in Jewelry Design”  
    https://figureasia.cn | 2024
  • “Tate Etc” 
    Summer 2024 Issue 62
  • “Numero art”
    14 avril - aout 2024
  • “Flash Art”
    Summer 2024 Issue 347 VOL.


  • Hand Engraving on Plates and Jewellery
    Le Arti Orafe(LAO)
    Florence, Italy 
    Professors: Giuseppe Casale, Filippo Vinattieri
  • BA - Jewellery Design
    Istituto di Design(IED) Milan, Italy
  • Secondary School
       L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada

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    Mandarin
    Italian