Alister Yiap is fascinated with the dialogue between individuality and the wearable fashion object. His works are technically precise objects made of precious metals that are a play on the form of the ‘facet’. These limited edition objects can function as wearable jewellery pieces but also stand alone as miniature sculptural artefacts.

Facet-nate presents Yiap’s notion of identity conception through wearable objects. Through a public suggestion of fashion and styling, the individual conjures interest from others with different levels of personal identity coming through. Yiap’s work acts as visual instigators of identity, perpetuating the individual through form and artefact.

BIO

Alister Yiap is an emerging creative who produces unique jewellery designs that are developed through a production process that offers unexpected opportunities in shape, form and material exploration. Completing a Bachelor of Arts (Jewellery Design) at Curtin University of Technology in 2007, his graduate collection ‘Facet-nation’ provided a platform to develop a commercial and exhibition practice. Yiap’s jewellery-based artefacts have featured in STYLEAID, one of West Australia’s most important fashion-community fundraiser events and were a finalist in the Fine Details category of the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Western Australia Fashion Award. His designs have featured as part of numerous collections during the 2009 Perth Fashion Festival. His work has also been exhibited in Contemporary Wearables, a national biennial contemporary jewellery exhibition that features artefacts that draw on function, form and fashion.

Works by Alister Yiap