Fumiko Gotô
Jeweller
Published: 11.07.2019
outlook.comBrooch: Nasubi 04L, 2019
Hand-carved mammoth ivory, Japanese coral, silver.925.
2.8 x 2.6 x 4.5 cm
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Brooch: Soramame 07, 2019
Hand - carved mammoth ivory, mother of pearl, silver.925.
2.9 x 2.1 x 5.4 cm
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Brooch: Nasubi 04R, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, serpentine, chalcedony, silver.925.
2.8 x 2.3 x 5 cm
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Brooch: Kushi 011, 2018
Hand-carved buffalo horn, Mediterranean coral, silver.925.
2.7 x 1.5 x 7.9 cm
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Brooch: Soramame 07, 2019
Hand-carved mammoth ivory, carnelian, silver.925.
2.7 x 1.9 x 4.7 cm
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Brooch: Mayu OV013 and Mayu OV012B, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, Japanese coral, serpentine, silver.925.
Hand-carved mammoth ivory, Japanese coral, onyx, silver.925.
2 x 2.3 x 6.9 cm; 1.8 x 2.3 x 6 cm
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Brooch: Soramame 07, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, onyx, silver.925.
3.2 x 1.6 x 5 cm
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Brooch: Nasubi 04L, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, Tahitian Keshi pearl, silver.925.
2.8 x 1.8 x 4.7 cm
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Brooch: Mayu RO022, 2018
Hand-carved Elforyn®, buffalo horn, Japanese coral, silver.925.
4.7 x 2.3 x 6.2 cm
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Brooch: Mayu OV013A, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, onyx, silver.925.
1.9 x 2.3 x 6.6 cm
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Brooch: Hyôtan 024, 2018
Hand carved Elforyn®, Mediterranean coral, silver.925.
2.5 x 1.7 x 4.8 cm
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Brooch: Soramame 07, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, South Sea pearl, carnelian, silver.925.
2.8 x 2.5 x 4.8 cm
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Brooch: Hyôtan 021, 2019
Hand-carved Elforyn®, onyx, Japanese coral, silver.925.
2.3 x 2.3 x 5.7 cm
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Brooch: Ichyô 011, 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, serpentine, Mediterranean coral, silver.925.
3.9 x 1.6 x 3.9 cm
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Brooch: Hyôtan 011B, 2018
Hand-carved mammoth ivory, Japanese coral, silver.925.
1.9 x 1.6 x 6.5 cm
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Brooch: Untitled, 2018 - 2019
Hand-carved buffalo horn, onyx, silver.925.
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Brooch: Hyôtan 022B, 2018
Hand-carved buffalo horn, mother of pearl, silver.925 in Tomobako-box.
2.2 x 2.4 x 5.9 cm
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After over 30 years of practicing architecture, working with different scales and typology of buildings, I am now taking on a new scale and genre by creating jewellery.
Statement
Born and growing up in Japan, and having lived many years in the US and Switzerland, my long desired interest in applying traditional Japanese motifs on creating ornament, is now taking a shape – perhaps it is also my challenge on the still maintained modernist -manifestos such as form follows function or less is more.Inspired by traditional Japanese motifs and artefacts, I have transformed these forms into jewellery, employing substances reminiscent of traditional materials, such as carving and polishing black buffalo horn which recalls lacquerware; mammoth ivory as a substitute for protected ivory; and gems that evoke the chromatic heritage of traditional Japanese jewellery.
As in architecture, I set the scale of my jewellery to the human physiology, however in this case namely the size that fits in the mouth, as inspired by traditional Japanese sweets – wagashi. I have been especially compelled by the size hitokuchi, which means mouthful – a morsel can be ingested whole, all at once, without first taking a nibble.
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