Small and accurate details are my passion and goal, hand made beauties.
From paper to beads and beyond ...
I started this shop with origami jewellery. I've made origami since I was a child. In my childhood, it was called origami if it is made with only a piece of square paper (it is not so important nowadays we make origami work with more than one paper, so-called "unit origami work"). That's why I make origami cranes and lily objects which can be made from one piece of square paper in my shop. It's just amazing we can make 3D objects from a single piece of flat paper. I'm very proud of my culture.
I like the delicacy and accuracy needed to fold the paper correctly. There's no cheating. Do it sloppily and it will look horrible.
From origami, the next natural thing was to add beads. And from there, to make all-beads jewellery was only a small step. The same thing applies: Beads are as small and delicate as papers - Do it sloppily and it will look horrible.
Just like my origami, I always think of my beads earrings in 3D. They are not two-dimensional works but constructed and meant to be equally beautiful from every angle - the front, from the side, or behind. The design is carefully thought through from the start and misplacement of a single bead will make it look wrong to me.
My inspiration comes partly from what I see every day and maybe especially from my own background with Japanese culture - for instance, the colour mixes used in kimonos, wagashi (Japanese sweets), and more.
In short, you can say my works inspired by a mixture of Scandinavian design (my husband's home country, Copenhagen, Denmark) and my own home town, Tokyo, Japan.
Small, light, beautiful, and on top of it durable are important things for me in my work.
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Fra papir til perler og derfra …
Jeg startede butikken her med origamismykker. Jeg har lavet origami siden jeg var barn. I min barndom, blev det kaldt origami, hvis man lavede det med et enkelt stykke papir (i dag laver man også såkaldte “unit-origami” med flere stykker papir). Det er derfor jeg laver origamitraner og -liljer, der kan laves med et enkelt stykke kvadratisk papir. Det er utroligt at man kan lave 3D-ting ud af et enkelt stykke fladt papir. Det gør mig stolt af mine japanske kultur.
Jeg kan godt lide det delikate og præcisionen det kræver at folde papir. Man kan ikke snyde. Hvis man sjusker, ser det grimt ud.
Fra papir var det næste naturlige skridt at tilføje perler. Og derfra var det næste var der kun et lille skridt videre til at lave smykker kun af perler. De samme ting gør sig gældende som for origami. Perlerne er små og delikate og hvis jeg sjusker, kan man se det.
Ligesom med origami, tænker jeg i 3D. De er ikke todimensionelle smykker, men laves så de er smukke at se på fra alle sider: forfra, bagfra og fra siden. Designet er omhyggeligt gennemtænkt fra starten og hvis jeg placerer bare en enkelt perle forkert, bliver resultatet forkert.
Min inspiration kommer delvist fra hvad jeg ser hver dag og delvist min egen kulturelle japanske baggrund - i form af farvekombinationer jeg kender fra kimono, wagashi (japansk slik) med videre.
Kort sagt kan du godt sige at mit design og smykker er inspireret af en blanding af skandinavisk design og min egen fødeby, Tokyo, Japan.
Småt, let, smukt og holdbart er vigtigt for mig i det jeg laver.
