AMALGAM | FEATURED ARTIST — JAESEOB SHIN As part of our ongoing editorial series highlighting selected artists from AMALGAM: Contemporary Jewellery in Hybrid Systems, we introduce Jaeseob Shin — a South Korean contemporary jewellery artist whose practice investigates the ambiguous territory he describes as the “intermediate zone.” Born in South Korea in 1993, Jaeseob completed his Ph.D. coursework in Metal Craft Design at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. In 2026, his work was presented during Munich Jewellery Week, and he was selected as a recipient of the One For The Future award at NYC Jewelry Week. At the centre of his practice is an interest in the binaries through which we understand the world: up and down, light and dark, life and death, use and non-use. Rather than choosing one side, Jaeseob turns his attention to the uncertain space between them — considering the midpoint not as an absence, but as a vital bridge. Through rings created in deliberately unw...