BodyJewellery

Body Ornament ~ 2015
Kanshitsu is an excellent medium for jewellery as it can be formed into any shape and is very light and that by creatively using metal powder and leaf, shell inlay, and colour, the decorative possibilities where almost limitless.

undercurrents, 2010, Fukushima Prefectural Museum

under currents, Gallery Kunugi, 2009, public collection: Minneapolis Institute of Arts

apsara, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2013

undercurrents, 2005, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall

2013, URUSHI Exhibition - Looking toward Tradition and Future , Hishio – Centre for Cultural Exchange, Okayama

Body Ornament - leaves -
Virtually all the materials I use in my works are from nature, including the urushi itself. My “leaves” work, for example, uses leaves and other natural items as a starting point. I use urushi to add expression, to ennoble the items.

leaves, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, 2005, Public collection: Hirishima City University

leaves, solo show, Galerie Pousse, 2000, Private collection

Body Ornament~ 2000
These are urushi body ornament work from 1989-2000. The base shapes are kanshitsu.

upper body ornament, 1995, private collection

upper body ornament, 2000, public collection: Hiroshima City University

upper body ornament, 1993, private collection

upper body ornament, 1997, private collection

upper body ornament, 1997, public collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art

photos: Asano Hiroyoshi, Noboru Takahashi, Sakurako Matsushima

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