HOME: Craft & Conversation LU Arts worker workshop

Starting to think about Christmas? Get ahead on your shopping with LU Arts worker artist Yajie Hu for a jewelry workshop. Make a piece of jewelry for a friend or family member, or treat yourself. All materials provided. No experience necessary. 

About the artist: 

Yajie Hu is currently a doctoral researcher in the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University. Alongside her research role, she is also a contemporary jewellery artist, exhibiting her creations internationally. Her work has been exhibited at events such as TALENTE 2018 during Munich Jewellery Week. She was one of the three winners of the Preziosa Young Design Competition 2019 in Florence and also a recipient of the Porto Joia Award at Collectiva 2019 in Porto. Her passion for contemporary jewellery has inspired her to delve deeper into research, combining her creative work with academic study.

Website: https://www.yajiehu.com

Instagram: @yajiehujewellery

Facebook: @yajiehujewellery

About the HOME series:

During the Autumn term the Chaplaincy will be hosting a series of events and workshops to help students feel at home at Loughborough. These events are loosely based around research undertaken in the HOME Centre for Doctoral Training at Loughborough University (for more information on their research see: HOME CDT – Harnessing Opportunities for Meaningful Environments (meaningofhome.uk) ). In particular we are seeking to help students reduce and overcome their feelings of homesickness by enabling them to form new emotional connections with their new home at Loughborough, and connect creatively with their previous experiences of home.  Building on the research undertaken by HOME CDT, events will encourage emotional connections by building habits and routines, creating objects with sentimental or practical use and connecting with others through shared activities.