News

About the Brand
XZ Jewellery is an independent designer label founded in 2025 by Dr. Xin Zhang, a designer-maker whose practice is shaped by a background in fashion design and academic research. Conceived as a “secret garden of the soul,” the brand reflects Xin’s pursuit of playful imagination and emotional expression, where each piece becomes an intimate dialogue between creativity and identity. The design language of XZ Jewellery balances minimalism with touches of surrealism. Clean, structured silhouettes are enlivened by unexpected bursts of colour, sculptural forms, and subtle dramatic details, creating work that... Read more...
Niobium and Titanium
Niobium (Nb), a grayish-white metal, is classified as a rare precious metal. It possesses excellent toughness and ductility, is resistant to strong acids and alkalis, and has stable properties. Since the 1970s, niobium has been used in jewelry; although, due to its high melting point, it is difficult to weld at room temperature and can only be joined through cold linking, which limits its use to only a small group ofartists until today.Titanium (Ti), a silvery-white metal, is lightweight and features exceptional specific strength and stability, along with outstanding corrosion... Read more...
Principles of anodizing for Niobium and Titanium
Anodizing is an electrochemical oxidation process. The metal (titanium or niobium) is used as the anode (positive electrode) and placed in an electrolyte solution. When direct current is applied, a dense, transparent oxide film is grown in-situ on the metal surface Anode: Titanium or niobium (oxidized to form oxide film) Cathode: Stainless steel, titanium or graphite (only hydrogen evolution occurs, no film formation) Electrolyte: Weak acid or neutral salt solutions (e.g., dilute sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, oxalic acid, ammonium sulfate), which do not corrode the metal substrate Color mechanism: Thin... Read more...
Exhibitions
Sculpture design hat in London Hat Week, 21st century Hat Exhibition , 2015.  Folk Art Hat collection in London Hat Week, Milliner Artisan Hat Exhibition, 2016.  "Tea Culture" knitwear collection fashion show with Tsinghua University in ShenZhen, China 2016.  Childhood Memory Hat collection in London Hat Week, Milliner & Artisan Hat Exhibition, 2017.  Tea Culture knitwear collection,  3-day personal exhibition in Birmingham City University in 2017.    Hat collection Beauty in Naturalness in London Hat Week, Great Hat Exhibition, 2018. Hat collection Moonlight over the Lotus Pond in London Hat... Read more...
About the collection
The collection gains inspiration from the beauty of the human body, art, sculpture, fashion and textiles.  It sets out to explore relationships between the human body and social psychological factors, art and culture, and the physiological comfort of clothing. In the development process,  the collection focuses on the pervasive issue of appearance anxiety, interrogating the relationship between the individual and societal expectations. Through the deconstruction and reassembly of human forms and fashion elements, the work questions the necessity of conformity while celebrating self-affirmation and inner calm. Fluid, wave-like silver structures... Read more...
About Xin
Xin trained and worked as a womenswear designer and Design Director in China for over ten years. She moved to Birmingham UK to study for MA and PhD. During this time, she participated in fashion exhibitions in London. Later, she decided to turn her design concepts into jewelry and studied silversmithing techniques. Xin launched her UK design studio after finishing her PhD in 2023.She became a brand consultant in 2024 for a new Chinese gold jewelry company.In 2025 she developed her own silver and niobium jewelry as an independent designer... Read more...