Mikiko Minewaki
Jeweller
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MunichJewelleryWeek2024
Published: 08.01.2021
- Mail:
- minehikohiko.jp
Bio
I was born in the countryside of Japan and studied jewelry making and design at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry where I have been a full-time instructor since 1991. I enjoy sharing the exploration of materials through jewelry making with my students.Statement
Finding hidden gems behind the familiar objects is the theme for my work. I select things, such as soup bowls, disposable lighters, computer parts, pens, plastic models, tables, and stuffed animals, that are commonly used in our everyday life, and I deconstruct them into jewelry. I am fascinated by the peculiar moments when familiar objects transform into jewelry and they no longer serve their original function.Any object by being pieced can become wearable. Things previously without connection to the body can become wearable to it by this simple operation. Every day I picked flowers and leaves from the fields and made jewellery - necklaces, rings, crowns - from them. This feeling is the source of my pieces.
One day I found the natural forms were hidden in plastic products. So I started to pick the parts from my daily objects, and I keep searching for new forms in my everyday things. It is happy for me if you could enjoy such a point of view when you saw my pieces. Now, I have a pen with my hand but when we see it the next time, it may be a neck chain!
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Bas Bouman
Haarlem, Netherlands -
Xenia Deimezi
Athens, Greece -
Anne Luz Castellanos
Buenos Aires, Argentina -
Robin Shelton
Wilmington, United Kingdom -
Benedict Haener
Luzern, Switzerland -
Emmy Van Leersum
Amersfoort, Netherlands -
Ivan Barnett
Albuquerque, United States -
Susanne Henry
Chicago, United States -
Françoise van den Bosch
Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Namkyung Lee
Seoul, South Korea -
Mariko Kusumoto
Lexington, United States -
Yasmin Vinograd
Moshav Ginaton, Israel -
Thomas Gentille
New York, United States -
Peter Chang
Glasgow, United Kingdom -
Jill Baker Gower
Lisle, United States