The human body, as a magnificent design of nature, holds a deep and ancient wisdom. Inspired by the forms of human organs, as well as landscapes and architecture from around the world, I created Mount Body — a fairy-tale world in which the body becomes a mysterious terrain to explore.
The project is also inspired by the Taoist view of the human body as a microcosm of the universe. Within this imagined landscape, the senses and internal organs — the eyes, ears, heart, stomach, and other parts of the body — are transformed into mountains, caves, portals, and architectural forms. From the sensory gateways of the outer world to the hidden spaces within, Mount Body invites us to journey inward, toward the soul and inner consciousness, and to experience what it means to become fully embodied.
From this narrative, I developed the jewelry collection The Portal to All Wonders — a three-dimensional manifestation of the imagined landscapes of Mount Body. Each piece reinterprets a part of the human body as a symbolic portal, translating the forms of organs and senses into wearable sculptural objects.
The collection is created using 3D-printed nylon sintering and individually hand-colored in dreamlike gradients, allowing digital fabrication and handcraft to coexist within each piece. The title The Portal to All Wonders echoes a passage from the Tao Te Ching: “Mystery upon mystery, the portal to all wonders.”
Technique: 3D-printed nylon sintering, hand-coloured
Guided by the Orange Rabbit, the body is no longer understood simply through anatomy, but as a living landscape filled with symbols, intuition, memory, and mystery. Architecture, nature, and fantasy merge into a visual language through which the inner world can be explored.
Through this series, jewelry becomes more than an object worn on the body: it becomes a gateway back into the body itself — an invitation to reconnect with its wisdom, explore the mysteries of inner consciousness, and rediscover the body as a universe of its own.
The Portal to All Wonders was selected for presentation during Paris Design Week 2026, bringing the world of Mount Body into a wider international design context.
For collaboration and commission works, contact me via email: joycetangyf@gmail.com
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Joyce Tang is a Chinese artist and jewelry designer based in Milan. A graduate of Tongji University and Politecnico di Milano, she works at the intersection of fairy tales, Eastern philosophy, contemporary jewelry, and 3D printing.
