Originating over 2,000 years ago in Jiangnan, Su Embroidery is the most refined of China’s four great embroidery traditions. With its hair-thin threads and painterly grace, it transforms silk into living art. At ZolanJewelry, we reinterpret this heritage through micro-embroidery on silk, weaving timeless elegance and craftsmanship into wearable art.

Lacquer, derived from the sap of the Chinese lacquer tree, is a natural polymer known as the “king of coatings,” with origins tracing back 8,000 years. Its craft not only resists decay and corrosion but also endows jewelry with a serene and enduring allure.

An ancient Chinese metalworking technique with a history of over 1,700 years.
Its core lies in drawing gold, silver and other metals into extremely fine wires about 0.2 millimeters in diameter, and then creating intricate designs by hand through techniques such as bending, filling, assembling, soldering, weaving and piling.

Cloisonné Enamel, an imperial art that flourished during the Ming and Qing dynasties, shapes fine metal ribbons into elegant forms filled with vivid glaze and fired to brilliance. We revive this ancient craft with contemporary vision — preserving its precision while reinterpreting imperial blue and auspicious motifs for today.

Originating in the Western Zhou Dynasty and flourishing through the Tang and Song eras, the Mother-of-pearl inlay craft involves cutting and polishing shells into patterns of figures, flowers, and geometric motifs, then setting them into lacquered surfaces. Often combined with Chinese lacquer art, it creates jewelry imbued with a uniquely Eastern allure.

In ancient Chinese courts, Dian Cui adorned gold jewelry with kingfisher feathers, creating a radiant blue reserved for royalty. Today, we honor this heritage with ethically sourced feathers from peacocks, parrots, and geese — hand-layered to revive the luminous beauty of tradition with modern conscience.