EXPO ‘Yoko Shimizu: Spotlight’ – Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge (USA) – 15 Nov.-30 Dec. 2014

Yoko Shimizu: Spotlight Exhibition 

PLEASE JOIN US TO CELEBRATE YOKO SHIMIZU’S WORK
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m

Yoko Shimizu’s work is presented at Mobilia Gallery as a part of the series Spotlight Exhibitions that  feature a small collection of an artist’s most current work for a short period of time.

« My approach to jewellery often begins with a focus on the relationship between the jewellery piece and the human body. I look for simplicity and harmony in this relationship through the process of making: experimenting with materials and forms, constructing one part at a time, pausing to see the effect on the body. In the end I feel the need to leave an imperfection or add or eliminate an element, so that there is something a bit off or unexpected. At times I am in search of tension, rigor and sometimes a touch of warmth.
« The theme of the series in colored resin is ‘Transformation.’ It is a part of a study in the transformation of forms, materials and colors. Pieces of wood are transformed into resin and the surface of wood is transferred onto the surface of resin. Transformation from wood to resin, from natural to artificial, from opaque to transparent. The transformation continues with the movement of the wearer and reflection of light, losing something but gaining something at the same time.«  Yoko Shimizu

Yoko Shimizu - Blue Thin Squares, Necklace Resin, pigment, silver, polyester

Yoko Shimizu Necklace: Blue Thin Irregular Shapes, 2014 Resin, pigment, silver

Yoko Shimizu – Green 3D Squares, Necklace Resin, pigment, silver

- Yoko Shimizu

 

Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Avenue
MA 02138 -  Cambridge  – UNITED STATES
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