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: Metalwork
SUWADA “The tool creating the beauty itself must be genuine, beautiful and cherished”
Written by Miho Ota It’s not a dainty little clipper. The simple yet elegant form dedicated to its functionality makes this a “tool”, but a tool built with pride and style according to SUWADA’s mission statement: “When creating beauty, the tool creating the beauty itself must be genuine, beautiful and cherished”. The sturdy clipper takes […]
An interview with Shota Suzuki – Spectacular metalworker of Life-like Jewellery
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. Can you also tell us about your studies at the Tohoku University of Art and Design? My name is Shota Suzuki. I started my kind of crafts after I had studied about metal at university. At the Tohoku University of Art and Design, if you study […]
Interview with Kohei Yoshida – Metal Smith educated at Tokyo University of the Arts
By Mike Sullivan Please introduce yourself and your background. Can you also tell us about your studies at the Tokyo University of Art? My name is Kohei Yoshida and when I studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts I was focused on metal. Actually this university was the first Art University in Japan and […]