With a background as a doll artist and picture book creator, I focus on ball-jointed dolls (BJDs) as narrative-bearing artefacts whose articulated bodies, modifiable structures, and anthropomorphic qualities enable distinctive forms of storytelling. My research examines how narrative takes shape through making, alteration, posing, and reinterpretation, exploring the narrative potential and the narrative mechanisms of BJD-making within design practice.

I also explore digital and AI-assisted forms of co-creation, investigating how different technological environments influence narrative attachment, authorship, and modes of engagement with crafted artefacts. This combined physical–digital approach allows me to consider how contemporary design practices expand when handcrafted forms meet computational tools and hybrid ways of making.

I hold a BA in Information Design and Picture Book Creation from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing) and an MA in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh. Across both my research and creative work, I remain committed to advancing practice-based, narrative-led approaches to design.