2012 Architizer Blog: “3-D Printing Turns Jewelry into Wearable Art” by Samuel Medina (03 March) - New York NY

Kevin Wei featured on Architizer and the Architizer Blog.

(his) works represent a unique class of “techno-luxurious” jewelry that draws on the rich legacy of lasting cultural artifacts, such as Byzantine mosaics, whose dense, interwoven geometries are evident in Wei’s own “Cosma Silver Bangle“. In this way, Wei’s jewelry inhabits a role role akin to architecture’s own, in the sense that the pieces both record cross-generational stories from the past and casts them anew for a high-tech context.

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Kevin Wei makes intricate silver jewelry using a 3D printer and traditional metalworking techniques.

2012 NY1 Cable News, “Use of 3D Printing Expands To New Mediums” by Adam Balkin (1 March) - New York NY

3D-printed sterling silver jewelry by Kevin Wei makes an appearance on NY1, New York City’s 24-hour cable-news channel.  On display at the Material ConneXion Exhibition Print/3D, New York City (Feb 28 - May 11, 2012)

What may look like a standard art exhibit in the Flatiron District is far from it — mainly because all the objects are printed, as in created with something similar to the document printer you have at home. 

2012 Designer Spotlight, Shapeways (25 January) - New York NY

“New York based Kevin Wei is an architect turned jewelry designer who has been blowing us away with his new line of beautiful bracelets and necklaces in Sterling Silver…” More