Artists
Canna Oshiro
Gem Polisher
After working as an assistant of prop and decorations for commercial films, Canna Oshiro studied under Yukio Shimizu who is the first class gem polisher/cutter, and creates loose by the traditional technique of “tesuri” being inherited in Kofu district.
Concentrating on to expressing dynamics and randomness of the work by human hand, facet produced by the unique rhymes educes natural taste of gem which is different from the one from the conventional stylized cut.
Katsunori Kobayashi
Contemporary Artist
Born in 1961 in Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture
Graduated from the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 1987, and completed graduate school there in 1989. From 1989 to 1995, he studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan as a scholarship student invited by the Italian government. In 2010, he was an artist in residence at Fiskars in Finland.
"Japan Italy - Today's Generation" (National Museum of Modern Art, Italy, 1992-93) "Umberto Mastroianni Prize" 2nd Prize (Italy, 1994) "Secret Gaze" (Shizuoka City Museum of Art, 2012) "Kobayashi "Transcending Time: Standards of Beauty: Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Nijo Castle World Heritage Site Registration" (Nijo Castle, 2019), etc.
Kayo Saito
Jewelry Artist
After graduating from the Royal College of Art, a national art university in London, he is a Japanese designer based in the UK who has won various awards.
Inspired by the vitality and transience of natural and organic objects, he creates sculptural works that exude a unique delicacy.
Kazuto Yoshikawa
Woodworker
After graduating from Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce, and building his career at Cassina ixc., he started to learn the basics of woodworking technique and Japanese forest culture Kazuto Yoshikawa presented many uniquely designed works of art, educing lures and soft atmosphere of lives that only natural material possesses.
Koji Takuma
Gemcarver
Koji Takuma is a traditional craftsperson of “Koushu crystal craftsmanship”. As gem sculptor, he has both modern sense and traditional techniques transmitted from old times.
Utilizing characteristic of gemstone, and also combining his style with metal processing technique, he successively presents new craft works.
MISUI
Jewelry Brand
An original brand from Union Suiza, a jeweler with a 175-year history in Barcelona, Spain.
Created in collaboration with creative director Marc Monzó and other world-renowned creators such as Estela Guitart, Noon Passama, and Marta Boan. Introducing an innovative and artistic jewelry collection.
Namiko Kitaura
Photographer
After graduating from the University of the Arts London at the top of his class, he was sponsored as the first Japanese photographer at FABRICA, an artist-in-residence sponsored by Benetton, and worked throughout Europe. Drawing on her own experience of interacting with people and cultures and learning various values in a multicultural and multiethnic environment, she continues to create works with themes of ``time'' and ``beauty.''
Biography
https://namikokitaura.com/biography/
Rudi Sand
Jewelry Artist
German goldsmith. After graduating from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands, she spent many years making jewelry and perfected her unique technique for folding precious metals. Using only high-purity metals such as 22K gold and platinum, the pieces are characterized by a silk-like smoothness and softness. These expressions are handmade from flat metal, creating masterpieces with craftsmanship that can be called art.
Toru Hatsuta
Bamboo Craftsman
Taking cue from the traditional techniques of making bamboo bag, and from the classical sense of beauty, Toru Hatsuta creates artworks in which you can feel atmosphere of modern times, based on the designs of tools for everyday use, traditional Japanese tea wear, and formative artworks of bamboo handicrafts.
He won at Eastern Japan traditional craft contest for the second year in a row. Also his work “SENSUJIMORIKI” is in storage at National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
Yoi Iniki
Jewelry Designer
A jewelry brand based in Kauai, Hawaii, created by sisters Yoi Kojima and Noi Kojima.
Utilizing the senses cultivated through living in the great outdoors, he has developed a unique design method that draws lines directly onto the body.
We present jewelry that embraces the beauty of human bones and skin and brings out the unique characteristics of the female body.