Visiting jewelers and metalsmiths across China gave the immediate realization of the increasing lost of traditional jewelry/metalsmithing practice. The desires to learn, revitalize, and contribute to the traditions of Chinese jewelry inspired this body of work. Paper money, “currency for the dead” is used to create the pieces, hinting the sentiment of mourning. Burning paper money at temples and cemeteries is commonly practiced as offerings for the dead, deities, and Buddha in China. Changing the status of a common material such as the paper money and reassigning it a different function as jewelry gives it new meaning. Rearranging familiar symbols like the phoenix to create new silhouettes; layering the graphic elements creates texture and incorporating old photographs portrays events are the means of creating new context on the body as adornment.