In a PINKY world ……..

Jiro KAMATA

« Jewellery is an object of value. This is the single most important notion in my work as an artist-jeweller.

I make jewellery from old camera lenses. The lenses I use have already retired from active duty, covered in a light layer of dust, sitting in some obscure corner in a camera shop. But Imagine if we were able to talk with these lenses what great stories they might tell us! They have witnessed so many memorable and precious moments from people’s lives.

An investigation of the meaning of ‘value’ is integral in the work of goldsmiths such as myself. What is the real meaning of value for human beings?
This question, always present in my mind, is what drives me to keep
creating jewellery.«   Jiro Kamata 2012

Jiro Kamata Sunny brooch

Jiro Kamata   Sunny ring, 2005. – Plastic lens (UV400), gold 750

Jiro Kamata  sunny ring, 2005 – sunglasses, 18k gold

JIRO KAMATA – BI ring 2014 – dichroic mirror, silver

 

 

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EXPOs – ‘DIALOGHI AGC/JJDA’ – Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, Livorno (IT) – 4-11 Juin 2016

DIALOGHI tra AGC e JJDA Associazione gioiello contemporaneo Giapponese (Japan Jewellery Designers Association)

Museo di Storia naturale del Mediterraneo , Livorno

inaugurazione sabato 4 giugno alle ore 18

 

DIALOGHI-DIALOGUES – Italy/Japan

Dopo la tappa livornese (Museo di Storia naturale del Mediterraneo) la mostra andrà alla

* Fondazione Cominelli (25 June – 24 July 2016, Cisano di San Felice/B Salò, Italy),

* poi all’ Museo Oratorio di S. Rocco a Padova (Italy) (23 September – 5 November 2016),

* per poi fermarsi al Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore (Italy) (26 Novembre 2016 – 15 Gennaio 2017)

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Japanese selected authors (JJDA members):
Chisa TAKAGI — Eiko NAKAHARA  — Emiko SHIGETA  — Eriko UNNO — Erina KASHIHARA  — Fumiki TAGUCHI – Fumie HIRAKAWA  — Fumie SUMA  — Harumi TAKANAKA  – Itto MISHIMA — Kimiko IINO  — Keiko KOBARI — Keiko TSUBOI  — Koichi HIRAKO  — Makiko YUKI  –  Makoto HIEDA  — Mariko KOBAYAKAWA — Mario SUGA — Masako SAWAMOTO — Mayumi YASUGI — Michie KITADA — Mineri MATSUURA — Nagi NAKAJIMA — Nahoko FUJIMOTO  — Nobuko NISHIWAKI — Nobuko WASHIMI  — Noriko HATANAKA — Norihiro KIUCHI  — Satomi ITO  –  Setsuko TANEZAWA  — Sumiko YAMAZAKI  — Takako KOMIYA  — Takashi KOJIMA — Taeko NARUMI — Tomoaki KIYOTA  — Yayoi OSHIMA  — Yoko SATO  — Yoshiko UCHIDA  — Yumi SHIRAO — Yutaka NAGAI

Italian selected authors (AGC members):
Francesca ANTONELLO — Adrean BLOOMARD — Roberta BERNABEI — Patrizia BONATI – Anna Maria CARDILLO — Luisa CHIANDOTTO — Corrado DE MEO — Clara DEL PAPA — Elisabetta DUPRE’ — Flavia FENAROLI — Anna FORNARI — Rita MARCANGELO — Maria Rosa FRANZIN — Nicoletta FRIGERIO — Lucilla GIOVANNINETTI – Angelo LOMUSCIO – Chiara LUCATO — Gigi MARIANI — Simona MATERI — Marco MINELLI — Paola MIRAI — NALJ Jewels — Eliana NEGRONI — Margareta NIEL — Tania PALAZZI — Liana PATTIHIS — Alessandra PASINI — Roberta PAVONE — Marco PICCIALI — Alba POLENGHI LISCA — Daniela REPETTO –  Stefano ROSSI — Chiara SCARPITTI — Sergio SPIVACH — Stefano SPIVACH — Claudia STEINER — Yoko TAKIRAI — Silvia VALENTI — Barbara UDERZO — Gabi VEIT — Caterina ZANCA

 

 

 

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Via Roma 234
57128 Livorno  Italy

Selected 4 SCHMUCK 2016 : Ritsuko Ogura

Ritsuko Ogura

Congrats to all the artists who made the SCHMUCK 2016 list, on show at the Handwerksmesse  during #munichjewelleryweek  24/02–1/03/2016

Ritsuko Ogura (Born in Osaka in 1951) uses cardboard to make jewellery, giving new life to a material that is normally used for packaging and then discarded after use. She is attracted to the idea that cardboard does not catch people’s attention as a material in itself, as opposed to Japanese paper that is inherently beautiful, so she is able to give this poor material dignity by transforming it into wearable sculptures. She exploits the difficulty encountered in cutting cardboard to her advantage, using this drawback to create new modes of expression. The finished pieces resemble delicate lace-like structures, with the inclusion of colour in some parts, or simply left the natural brown of the original cardboard used. Ogura has in time mastered this humble material and skilfully creates voluminous pieces to be worn or simply admired. (No-gram)

Ritsuko Ogura   Brooch  About 2002  Corrugated cardboard, silver, acrylic paint  11 x 12.5 x 3.9 cm

Ritsuko Ogura  Cardboard, silver, acrylic paint brooch – 2006, back & front

Cardboard brooch by Ritsuko Ogura

 Cardboard brooch by Ritsuko Ogura

Ritsuko Ogura - Cardboard, silver, acrylic paint  2006 bracelet 17 cm x 5,5 cm x H. 2 cm

born in Japan in 1951. After graduation at Tezukayama Women’s College she study jewelry under the leadership of Minato Nakamura. Her work has taken part in exhibitions internationally, and received major awards. Ritsuko’s works are made with cardboard, poor material and intended to discard. With her ability and extraordinary sensitivity in the processing of the surface and the use of color, she creates pieces of high design, to wear or even just to admire.

Selection 4 SCHMUCK 2016 : Kazumi Nagano

Kazumi Nagano   delicacy, « delikatessen » …..

 

Congrats to all the artists who made the SCHMUCK 2016 list, on show at the Handwerksmesse  during #munichjewelleryweek  24/02–1/03/2016

« Kazumi Nagano is an artist reaching back to ancient traditions and reinterpreting these in a contemporary form. Her work is still very much influenced by Nihonga, a technique that she studied during her university years. This is a traditional Japanese painting technique involving the use of rock pigments deriving from natural minerals. She makes use of colour as she would in painting, although the techniques to achieve the effect are different. She employs the weaving together of strands of metal such as silver and gold, silk, nylon and Japanese paper thread, to create different colour and texture patterns. The skilful use of this technique gives a refined quality to the pieces. Nagano conveys delicacy to her works by means of creating soft shapes. Interesting and unexpected effects can be produced by making woven material into three-dimensional shapes and by the sequence of colour combination, light and shade. The suppleness of the pieces facilitates interrelation with the human body and makes them all the more appealing to touch. Her pieces are very intuitive and are the result, at times, of a mere feeling. » (Alternatives Gal.)

Kazumi Nagano, JP-  paper brooch

Kazumi Nagano  -  paper jewelry

Kazumi Nagano,   Bracelet, Japanese paper, 18ct gold, Chinese ink

Kazumi Nagano, Japan. Japanese Garden Autumn Brooch. 18k gold, Japanese paper, nylon thread, Japanese lacquer. 85cm x 95cm x 70cmKazumi Nagano, Untitled, 2015, brooches, linen paper thread, bamboo fiber, nylon thread, gold, sterling silver, colored with new Urushi, left, 90 x 90 x 90 mm, right, 80 x 85 x 55 mm, photo: Ryota Sekiguchi

 

EXPOs – ‘DIALOGUES AGC/JJDA’ – YAMANASHI Jewelry Museum, Kofu (JP) – 19-28 Sept. 2015

DIALOGHI tra AGC e JJDA Associazione gioiello contemporaneo Giapponese (Japan Jewellery Designers Association)

Kofu Prefectural Museum of Art (YAMANASI Jewelry Museum (Kofu, JP) at Main Residence Shiinoki , Ishikawa Prefecture,  19–28 September 2015

DIALOGHI-DIALOGUES – Italy/Japan

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EXPOs / EXHIBITIONS :
The exhibition will take place in:
* Istituto di Cultura di Tokyo / Tokyo Institute for Italian Culture
3–11 luglio 2015 / 3-11 July 2015
* Kofu Prefectural Museum of Art (YAMANASI Jewelry Museum (Kofu, JP) at Main Residence Shiinoki , Ishikawa Prefecture,  19–28 September 2015
* Museo di Arte Orientale, Roma, Italy, October 2015
*Museo di Storia naturale del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy, June 2016
*Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore, Italy 2016
*Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice/B Salò, Italy, September 2016
* Museo Oratorio di S. Rocco, Padova, Italy, October 2016

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Japanese selected authors :
Chisa TAKAGI — Eiko NAKAHARA  — Emiko SHIGETA  — Eriko UNNO — Erina KASHIHARA  — Fumiki TAGUCHI – Fumie HIRAKAWA  — Fumie SUMA  — Harumi TAKANAKA  – Itto MISHIMA — Kimiko IINO  — Keiko KOBARI — Keiko TSUBOI  — Koichi HIRAKO  — Makiko YUKI  –  Makoto HIEDA  — Mariko KOBAYAKAWA — Mario SUGA — Masako SAWAMOTO — Mayumi YASUGI — Michie KITADA — Mineri MATSUURA — Nagi NAKAJIMA — Nahoko FUJIMOTO  — Nobuko NISHIWAKI — Nobuko WASHIMI  — Noriko HATANAKA — Norihiro KIUCHI  — Satomi ITO  –  Setsuko TANEZAWA  — Sumiko YAMAZAKI  — Takako KOMIYA  — Takashi KOJIMA — Taeko NARUMI — Tomoaki KIYOTA  — Yayoi OSHIMA  — Yoko SATO  — Yoshiko UCHIDA  — Yumi SHIRAO — Yutaka NAGAI

Italian selected authors (AGC members):
Francesca ANTONELLO — Adrean BLOOMARD — Roberta BERNABEI — Patrizia BONATI – Anna Maria CARDILLO — Luisa CHIANDOTTO — Corrado DE MEO — Clara DEL PAPA — Elisabetta DUPRE’ — Flavia FENAROLI — Anna FORNARI — Rita MARCANGELO — Maria Rosa FRANZIN — Nicoletta FRIGERIO — Lucilla GIOVANNINETTI – Angelo LOMUSCIO – Chiara LUCATO — Gigi MARIANI — Simona MATERI — Marco MINELLI — Paola MIRAI — NALJ Jewels — Eliana NEGRONI — Margareta NIEL — Tania PALAZZI — Liana PATTIHIS — Alessandra PASINI — Roberta PAVONE — Marco PICCIALI — Alba POLENGHI LISCA — Daniela REPETTO –  Stefano ROSSI — Chiara SCARPITTI — Sergio SPIVACH — Stefano SPIVACH — Claudia STEINER — Yoko TAKIRAI — Silvia VALENTI — Barbara UDERZO — Gabi VEIT — Caterina ZANCA

 Maria Rosa Franzin (bottom) – « Due » brooch — Keiko Kobari (top) ‘Light & Shadow’ brooch

  Takako  KOMIYA (top) ーLaputa, Castle in the Sky – Nicoletta FRIGERIO (bottom) – Our precious land-Compared territories

Rita Marcangelo ‘(bottom) Dotty’ brooches – Mario SUGA (top) ‘Out of Fontana’

 

                    Liana Pattihis brooch (from Makie, a Japanese lacquer work) — Taeko Narumi – ‘curve’ pendant

                                                     Liana PATTIHIS -   Brooch (from Makie, a Japanese lacquer work)

                Tomoaki KIYOTA  « Lantern » brooch (top) – Elisabetta DUPRE’　 »Shoji. look through » brooch (bottom)

Tomoaki KIYOTAー　 »Lantern »  Brooch / silver, bamboo, wood, washi, buttery

                                          Flavia Fenaroli ‘Prima Materia’ brooch (bottom) – Takashi KOJIMA ‘Trinity’ (top)

 

Stefano ROSSI  (top) brooch « torii » – argento, rame e mokume gane  &  Fumie HIRAKAWA  (bottom) « Proportion », brooch (from Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man)

Sergio & Stefano SPIVACH (top) Mt. Fuji, opal object -  Nahoko FUJIMOTO  (bottom) Brooch: Acanthus, 2015 silver paper, magnet – (Acanthus, brooch from Fountain basin, Roma I sec. ac.)

Yoko Takirai (IT-JP) (top) « Kin », pins (from Kintsugi, Repairing technique for broken pottery with lacquer

& gold) -   Itto MISHIMA  Colosseo, brooch (from a view of Colosseo, Roma) (bottom right)

 Eriko UNNO (top) – « Perfection and Imperfection » //  Patrizia BONATI (bottom) – Perfezione-imperfezione

Fumie SUMA (Bracelet: Harmony of Space and Form, 2015 silver, vinyl, gold 18K ) –  Gigi Mariani (brooch) « Differences » (from Kumamoto castle, stone walls)

Harumi Takanaka (To the other side, bracelet – right)   &   Marco Minelli Yellow Game ring

Claudia Steiner ‘Connected’ necklace (left) – Mineri Matsuura brooch (wood, rubber)(right)

Angelo Lomuscio ring ‘Samukawa Shrine’ (bottom) – Emiko Shigeta (top) ‘Toward the future’ brooch

 Silvia VALENTI  (top) Water and Seigaiha. I am imperfect. brooch (from Katsushika Hokusai, The great wave at Kanagawa) // Sumiko YAMAZAKI  (bottom) Ruined Earth, ring (from Arnaldo Pomodoro, Group of spheres on Ticino shores)

 Michie KITADA « Stairs and Grid » (top) –  Clara del PAPA  (bottom) « Lazos /Hug », 2015 silver 925, pickled, solded gold leaf, red enamelKeiko Tsuboi (left)  Poetry in the winter, necklace 2015  – Eliana Negroni (right)  Aluminium garden Overhelming distance, necklace/brooch 2015

Barbara Uderzo  (left) ring – &  Mayumi YASUGI (right) brooch

Mayumi YASUGI   brooch

 

Yamanashi Jewelry Museum - 
1-6-1 Marunouchi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi 400-0031, Japan
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 From Tokyo (Shinjuku – Ryuo/Kofu)
Shinjuku Station -> about 2hours 10min. -> Kofu Station

 

During SCHMUCK 2015 – EXPO ‘Harebutai’ – Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich (DE) – 14-22 Mars 2015

Harebutai. A grand occasion. The Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery on show

A special occasion for a special location – parallel to the exhibition on Anton Cepka, one of the masters of art jewelry, this year the space « under the staircase » will again serve as an experimental workshop for the younger generation: Die Neue Sammlung will show student work from the highly renowned Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo – A selection of students and recent graduates. Working collaboratively with international jewelry artists, college lecturer Mikiko Minewaki and professor Kimiaki Kageyama will curate the exhibition specifically for Die Neue Sammlung.

An exhibition of Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich – in collaboration with Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo.

Exhibition | Munich | March 14, 2015 – March 22, 2015

 with:  Eunyeon Lee — Oran No — Shinobu Yamazaki — Shunkou Chou — Mizuki Toda — Hikaru Yamanouchi — Inoue Sou — Ryo Ogawa — Airi Kaneko — Mio Sato — Risa Suzuki — Mio Tokairin — Momoka Miyakawa — Ayaka Miwa –  Kim Hee Eun — Mizuno Shota — Saika Matsuda — Hiroaki Nagata — Yasuyo Hida –  Mami Fujinaga — Marin Sekine — Yukiko Kaname — Kana Nakano.

 #MJW15 schmuck2015 (photo Current Obsession)

 

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DECOUVERTE at SCHMUCK 2015 : Kimiaki Kageyama – Not only cherry blossom trees in Japan …

Kimiaki Kageyama, selected for SCHMUCK 2015

Il n’y a pas que des cerisiers en fleurs au Japon ……

Kimiaki Kageyama is Professor and Head of the Department of Metal at Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College in Tokyo, Japan

« The work of Kimiaki Kageyama, represented by gallery Deux Poissons, is a case in point. His iron rose brooch seems impossibly detailed and is a unique use of a base metal and resin to create a slightly decayed appearance. » (JapanTimes)

Kimiaki Kageyama -  Rose, 2006, Brooch, Iron, gold 65 x 40 x H130mm

Kimiaki Kageyama is one of the most important Japanese Master Goldsmiths. He did a workshop at Alchimia school about « Japanese traditional copper alloys and coloring‘ (2013). In Japan, coloring metals has been experimented since 4th~5th century.  Direct coloring began around the end of the Heian period (794-1185) but it is during the Muromachi period (1330-1568) that the development of various kinds of copper alloys suitable for coloring flourished.

Kimiaki Kageyama,   Japanese Maple Leaves, 2012 – Iron, poly-urethane resin paint, silver – 65 x 10 x H90mm

Gold and silver, iron, ivory, such as a variety of materials are used, such as the production method of sword fittings and armor ancient in Japan, while also based on traditional techniques, working on a number of contemporary jewelry production out of the box there.

Kimiaki Kageyama : Mountain Plum Blossom, 2010, Brooch, Iron, baroque akoya pearls, gold, deep-sea coral 120 x 35x H75mm

Kimiaki Kageyama - « Japanese plum blossoms » Brooch – iron 1 natural akoya baroque pearl 18KYG - 2010

Kimiaki Kageyama :  Bamboo Grass, 2013 Iron, Poly-Urethane Resin Paint, Gold 55×50x140mmKimiaki Kageyama : Mountain Cherry Leaves, 2010, Brooch, Iron, gold, natural baroque akoya pearl, deep-sea coral 60 x 40 x H100mm

Kimiaki Kageyama.  ‘Mountain Cherry Blossoms’. 2010 Brooch – Iron, baroque akoya pearls (2 natural, 2 cultured), gold, deep-sea coral 65 x 40 x H165 mm

Kimiaki Kageyama Ring: Stone of Kamo River 1, 2014 Urushi, Spessartine, Cinnabar, Gold, 18 K yellow gold 3 x 2 x 2 cm Photo by: Kimiaki Kageyama

EXPOs – ‘DIALOGUES AGC/JJDA’ – Institute of Italian Culture, Tokyo (JP) – 3-11 Juill. 2015

DIALOGHI tra AGC e JJDA Associazione gioiello contemporaneo Giapponese (Japan Jewellery Designers Association)

* Istituto di Cultura di Tokyo / Tokyo Institute for Italian Culture : ISTITUTO DI CULTURA ITALIANO A TOKYO - 3–11 luglio 2015 / 3-11 July 2015

DIALOGHI-DIALOGUES – Italy/Japan

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EXPOs / EXHIBITIONS :
The exhibition will take place in:
* Istituto di Cultura di Tokyo / Tokyo Institute for Italian Culture
3–11 luglio 2015 / 3-11 July 2015
* Kofu Prefectural Museum of Art (YAMANASI Jewelry Museum (Kofu, JP) at Main Residence Shiinoki , Ishikawa Prefecture, 19 – 28 19–28 September 2015
* Museo di Arte Orientale, Roma, Italy, October 2015
*Museo di Storia naturale del Mediterraneo, Livorno, Italy, June 2016
*Museo del Bijou di Casalmaggiore, Italy 2016
*Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice/B Salò, Italy, September 2016
* Museo Oratorio di S. Rocco, Padova, Italy, October 2016

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Japanese selected authors :
Chisa TAKAGI — Eiko NAKAHARA  — Emiko SHIGETA  — Eriko UNNO — Erina KASHIHARA  — Fumiki TAGUCHI — Fumie HIRAKAWA  — Fumie SUMA  — Harumi TAKANAKA  – Itto MISHIMA — Kimiko IINO  — Keiko KOBARI — Keiko TSUBOI  — Koichi HIRAKO  — Makiko YUKI  –  Makoto HIEDA  — Mariko KOBAYAKAWA — Mario SUGA — Masako SAWAMOTO — Mayumi YASUGI — Michie KITADA — Mineri MATSUURA — Nagi NAKAJIMA — Nahoko FUJIMOTO  — Nobuko NISHIWAKI — Nobuko WASHIMI  — Noriko HATANAKA — Norihiro KIUCHI  — Satomi ITO  –  Setsuko TANEZAWA  — Sumiko YAMAZAKI  — Takako KOMIYA  — Takashi KOJIMA — Taeko NARUMI — Tomoaki KIYOTA  — Yayoi OSHIMA  — Yoko SATO  — Yoshiko UCHIDA  — Yumi SHIRAO — Yutaka NAGAI

Takako Komiya  // Nicoletta Frigerio

 Fumie SUMA Bracelet: Harmony of Space and Form, 2015 silver, vinyl, gold 18K// GigiMariani brooch

Hieda Makoto  Brooch: Trapped Organism, 2015 Stainless steel acrylic resin paint

 Maria Rosa FRANZIN brooch  – (dialogo con Keiko Kobari)

Unno Eriko - Brooch / silver, gold-plated

SHIRAO Yumi

Nobuko Washimi  »Heavenward »  (up) //  Caterina Zanca Obi Brooch, 2015 silver, gold leaf 1000, pigments, steel
« My newest jewelry titled « Heavenward » for « DIALOGHI AGC and JJDA » in Tokyo. The motif is a beautiful church in Roma.
Thanks a lot Caterina Zanca, my partner in Italy, for sending a beautiful photo. And Caterina made very charming brooch,inspired by Japanese style Obi. »

Yoko Takirai

Italian selected authors (AGC members):
Francesca ANTONELLO — Adrean BLOOMARD — Roberta BERNABEI — Patrizia BONATI — Anna Maria CARDILLO — Luisa CHIANDOTTO — Corrado DE MEO — Clara DEL PAPA — Elisabetta DUPRE’ — Flavia FENAROLI — Anna FORNARI — Rita MARCANGELO — Maria Rosa FRANZIN — Nicoletta FRIGERIO — Lucilla GIOVANNINETTI — Angelo LOMUSCIO — Chiara LUCATO — Gigi MARIANI — Simona MATERI — Marco MINELLI — Paola MIRAI — NALJ Jewels — Eliana NEGRONI – Margareta NIEL — Tania PALAZZI — Liana PATTIHIS — Alessandra PASINI — Roberta PAVONE — Marco PICCIALI — Alba POLENGHI LISCA — Daniela REPETTO – Stefano ROSSI — Chiara SCARPITTI — Sergio SPIVACH — Stefano SPIVACH — Claudia STEINER — Yoko TAKIRAI – Silvia VALENTI — Barbara UDERZO — Gabi VEIT — Caterina ZANCA

 Corrado de Meo

Clara DelPapa bracelet 2015

Angelo Lomuscio

Claudia Steiner  // Mineri Matsuura
A DIALOGUE between the work of Mineri Matsuura and me, inspired by the work of the architect Andrea Palladio in the North of italy like villa rotonda or the staircase at Castello duino and different pieces of traditionel Japanese Culture like harmony and light of a Tearoom, a way to warp eggs, a plant to make paper or a way to repair ceramic!

Barbara Uderzo – Blob ring 

SATO Yoko // Lucilla Giovanninetti

Liana Pattihis

 

 

* Yamanashi Jewelry Museum – 19-28 September 2015
1-6-1 Marunouchi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi 400-0031, Japan
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selected for SCHMUCK 2015 : Yuki Sumiya

Yuki Sumiya (selected for Schmuck) with her “GARDEN ” series

Yuki Sumiya was student at Alchimia. Experimenting with the ideal relationship between man and nature.

« The ordinary and the extraordinary, existence and disappearance, permanence and transience, inside and outside, stillness and flow, visible and invisible…
My central theme is duality: focusing on the co-existence of two concepts, and then looking at the relationship between the two. Through my jewellery, I tyr to make the invisible visible. »

« I see this, in the synthesis of the natural and man-made in a beautiful garden,
where the gardeners have thinned out the cedar trees,
erected fences incorporating the original trees,
and also sown lawns interspersed with concrete surfaces,
the perfect balance that can be achieved between nature and human intervention moves me.
I want to ask, “How can we, man and nature, co-exist?””

 Yuki Sumiya – Garden Brooch oxidized silver sponge wire

In the ‘Garden’ series, I’m principally experimenting with the ideal relationship between man and nature. When I see this, for example in the synthesis of the natural and man-made in a beautiful garden, where the gardeners have thinned out the cedar trees, erected fences incorporating the original trees, and also sown lawns interspersed with concrete surfaces, the perfect balance that can be achieved between nature and human intervention moves me. I want to ask, “How can we, man and nature, co-exist?”
In the ‘Garden’ series, both the materials, silver and synthetic sponge, come originally from under the earth, since synthetic sponge is made from oil. When I use green sponge in my work, I use it to symbolize nature, but actually it is a man-made copy of nature.
This complex aspect of the combination of natural metal with synthetic sponge also raises the question of where the value lies in the piece.Yuki Sumiya – “GARDEN ” Brooch -oxidized silver, sponge

 

Yuki Sumiya – “GARDEN ” series

Yuki Sumiya:  « garden » brooch oxidized silver, sponge

Yuki Sumiya – Garden Brooch oxidized silver sponge wire

Yuki Sumiya – Garden Brooch – 18K gold plated silver sponge

Yuki Sumiya - Blue pool / Brooch -  18K gold plated silver iron acrylic sponge

 

selected for SCHMUCK 2015 : Kaori Juzu

Kaori Juzu

«  »Jewellery » is a word that can give anyone a concrete image in a moment, though it is associated with so many different sorts of work.
The word itself is so common that no one seems to pay attention anymore.
And there could be a gap between my work and what people usually recognize as jewellery…
One day I found one precious name in danish which better describes,
what I experience in the process of making
« klenodie »
treasure, gem, jewel …just a small thing,
but it always makes me feel warm. »

Kaori Juzu – mare nostrum – brooch 2012. enamel, copper, 14kt gold.
nominated for Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

« Handmade Enamel Treasures by Kaori Juzu
I love it when craft can pull through and show its face in a number of different realms. Often you see this in galleries, where an artist creates using handiwork that might be considered craft. But they don’t use the material for functional purposes, mainly for expression and to build on a concept or idea. If there’s someone who sits in this murky area it would be artist Kaori Juzu. Born in Fukuoka, Japan she moved to Bornholm in Denmark to study art, where she then founded a small line of jewellery. After training with well-known Danish jewellery designer Per Suntum, Kaori set up her own studio producing experimental brooches.
Kaori crafts by hand what she now calls ‘klenodie’. This title is a Danish word for artefact, gem, jewel, or treasure, encapsulating her pieces under this wide spectrum. She uses a mixture of copper, silver, and gold depending on the idea at hand. The metal is carefully hammered and sculpted in to shape, after a mixture of enamels (powdered glass) are applied to the metal which react in the kiln at high temperature creating a unique colour pattern and surface texture. Her forms and compositions are quite exquisite, they remind me of abstract objects carefully arranged on a canvas, the only twist is that they’re actually made of metal and are at a smaller scale. It’s fantastic to see such experimentation.
The more I explore as a creative the less I’m worried about the particular medium used. It’s more impressive to see a creative use a multitude of materials to bring an idea in to fruition, overstepping the boundaries as it were. I’m intrigued by Kaori’s work and can’t wait to see more from her in the near future, if you have time I’d recommend watching this video piece (see above) on how she produces these objects and what inspires her. » (An introduction by Mark Robinson at OEN – the189.com)

Kaori Juzu, « so close : so far » – brooch series # 2 2013. enamel, copper, silver

Kaori Juzu - « voyage » – brooch 2012. enamel, copper, silver, 24kt gold, fine silver

Kaori Juzu, mare mea – brooch 2012. enamel, copper, 14kt gold

Kaori Juzu, « looking for rose-buds » – brooch 2012. enamel, copper, silver

 

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