Sheng Zhang's practice concentrates on exploring the connection of internal and external, positive and negative space in his vessels and containers.
Sheng Zhang is an award-winning contemporary jewellery and silversmithing designer maker whose designs are usually influenced and inspired by minimalist art, contemporary architecture and geometrical form. Associating with boundary, volume, silhouette, capacity, shadow and subtle detail, Zhang's practice concentrates on exploring the connection of internal and external, positive and negative space in his vessels and containers.
Each piece of his work is a result of a carefully controlled and purposely structured making process by using a blend of traditional metal skills with intermittent aid of digital technologies. A significant attention to detail and precision is also urgently pursued in the process of designing and making.
Zhang has won multiple prestigious awards for his work, including Young Professional Award given by Netherlands Silver Museum, Silver Award from The Goldsmiths' Crafts and Design Council and New Designers Silversmithing Award from The Goldsmiths' Company. His work is exhibited internationally and is included in the permanent collections of Victoria and Albert Museum and The Goldsmiths' Company.