Please introduce yourself and your background. Why did you move to Germany? I am a Jewellery and photograph artist in Munich, Germany. I was born in Kyoto. I studied art education in Japan. I worked at first as an interior architect and designer. In 1994 I came to Munich and enrolled in Professor Otto Künzli’s […]
Tag: Jewellery
Interview with Yoko Izawa – Jewellery Designer and Craftsperson
Interview and translation by Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. In Japan I was working in package design while studying jewellery making as a hobby, then in 1998 I came over to the UK in order to study further and to see a different culture. Initially I was on a Graphic Design course […]
Interview with Ikuko Kurahone – Talented Jewellery Designer
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. I am a fine jewellery designer. I have been running my brand iKuria in London. Originally, I was born in Tokyo and grew up in Saitama. My name Ikuko Kurahone is extremely rare and nobody remembers it. So I created the name iKuria by shortening and […]
Interview with Rie Taniguchi – Sculptor and Model Designer from Nagoya
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. My name is Rie Taniguchi. I was born and grew up in Nagoya. At the time there were still quite a lot of nature and farm land around, and I used to love walking. I have always have done drawing. I didn’t come to London to […]
Momoko Tamura – Interview Part Two
Text and photography by Mike Sullivan. In February we interviewed talented London based jewellery artisan Momoko Tamura, which can be seen here. Recently we caught up with her to see her place of work and catch her in action! In her interview she had this to say about Japanese crafts: I think Japanese crafts are […]
Interview with Naoko Mori – Jewellery Artisan and Member of Japan Jewellery Designers Association
By Mike Sullivan. Please introduce yourself and your background. My name is Naoko Mori, I studied at Tokoha University in the Education Department and I Majored in Art. Since 1998 I have had my own business, Studio NAO2, and in 2006 I became a member of the Japan Jewellery Designers Association. In 2011 I became […]
Interview with Hidemi Asano – Jewellery Artisan using the Japanese Tradition of Minimalism
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. I was born in Osaka, the second largest city in Japan until we moved to a town called Takarazuka which is in Hyogo prefecture. At first, I hesitated that I’d been thrown into a rural envelopment but gradually I settled. I suppose my source of inspiration […]
Interview with Momoko Tamura – Jewelry Artisan from Kyoto
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. I’m from Kyoto, initially I studied fine art before I started making jewellery. While I was working as a jewellery designer in Tokyo, I dreamed about living abroad and came to London. My original plan was just to stay as a long holiday. After a few […]
Interview with Mariko Sumioka – Jewelry Artisan and Metalworker making Incredibly Detailed Items
Please introduce yourself and your background. I am a contemporary art jewellery artist. I was born in Japan, in a city in Aichi Prefecture, However I have lived in Osaka for the longest period in my life, around 9 years. Our family moved often, every 3-4 years, due to my father’s job. We also lived […]