Kaori Juzu

Jeweller / MunichJewelleryWeek2023

Published: 03.02.2023

: Moellegade 11, Tejn
3770 - Allinge
DENMARK

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Kaori Juzu. Installation: 108 Points of View, 2021. Enamel, glass, copper, 18kt gold, patinated Shakudo, bi-colour metal. 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier.
. 108 small-scale sculptures of wearable jewellery are presented in this tableau which showcases a variety of enamelling techniques. The work is inspired by the significance of the number 108 in Buddhism, with temples in China and Japan tolling their bells 108 times at midnight on New Year’s Eve as a ritual of purification. The pieces of jewellery are created from remnants of previous projects and take simple abstract forms. In contrast to traditional enamelling techniques, here, the melting process has been disrupted to create areas of high contrast across the surfaces..

Kaori Juzu. Object: Fountain of Time, 2021. Enamel, copper. ø20 x 10 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier.

Kaori Juzu. Wall piece: Peeling off the Night Sky, 2021. Enamel, steel, magnets. 29.5 x 33 x 10 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier.

Kaori Juzu. Vessel: Candle stands, 2021. Enamel, copper, brass, candle. 11 x 8.5 x 14 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier.

Kaori Juzu. Vessel: Candle stands 2, 2021. Enamel, copper, brass, candle. 11 x 8.5 x 14 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier.

Kaori Juzu. Ring: Remember to Breathe, 2021. Enamel, copper, 18kt gold, bi-colour metal, patinated Shakudo. 3.6 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier. From series: Remember to Breathe.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Shadows Deep Below #1, 2022. Enamel, steel, copper, bi-colour metal, silver. 7.6 x 9.2 x 17 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier. From series: Shadows Deep Below.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Shadows Deep Below #2, 2022. Enamel, steel, copper, silver. 8.6 x 5.2 x 31 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier. From series: Shadows Deep Below.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Deep Below Shadows, 2022. Enamel, steel, copper, bi-colour metal, silver. 10.2 x 9.6 x 2 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier. From series: Deep Below Shadows.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: 55°14’48.3”N 14°50’20.6”E 21.03.2022 05:58, 2022. Enamel, steel, copper, 18kt gold, silver. 9.5 x 8 x 2.3 cm. Photo by: Anders Beier. Part of: Metallophone 6: Memory of a place. The Contemporary Metal Art Biennial. From series: 55°14’48.3”N 14°50’20.6”E.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: As Such II - Orison/Benison #1, 2019. Enamel, glass, copper, 18kt gold, bi-colour metal, silver.. 5.6 x 7 x 2.5 cm. Photo by: MindGap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: As Such II - Orison/Benison #2, 2019. Enamel, copper, 18kt gold, silver.. 7 x 6.1 x 1.1 cm. Photo by: MindGap. From series: As Such II - Orison/Benison.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: More Grounded Than Centred, 2019. Enamel, copper, silver.. 5.9 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm. Photo by: MindGap. Part of: Collection of Bornholm Art Museum.

Kaori Juzu. Pendant: 02, 2017. Enamel, copper, Japanese silk thread.. 4 x 4 x 3 cm. Photo by: Kaori Juzu.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III #4, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver.. 4.9 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision II #2, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver.. 5.5 x 8.8 x 2.6 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III #5, 2014. Enamel, glass, copper, silver.. 8.8 x 6.2 x 31 cm. Photo by: Mindgap. Part of: Collection of Bornholm Art Museum. From series: RockVision III.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III #6, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver. 14.9 x 7.4 x 4.4 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III #2, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver.. 6.5 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III #3, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver.. 7.2 x 9 x 2.7 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision #6, 2014. Enamel, copper, silver.. 6.1 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: RockVision III series, 2014. Enamel, glass, copper, silver. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Along water's edge, 2012. Enamel, copper, silver.. 6.4 x 10.9 x 2 cm. Photo by: Mindgap.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Dances at dawn, 2010. Enamel, copper, silver, 14 kt gold.. 9.5 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm. Photo by: Thomas Damgaard. Awarded at: The Danish Craftsman Prize. Part of: Designmuseum Danmark.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Field of interference #5, 2011. Enamel, copper, 14 kt gold.. 8.2 x 4.8 x 4 cm. Photo by: Peter Boel.

Kaori Juzu. Brooch: Field of interference #4, 2011. Enamel, copper, silver.. 5.8 x 5.8 x 3 cm. Photo by: Peter Boel.

Kaori Juzu
Installation: 108 Points of View, 2021
Enamel, glass, copper, 18kt gold, patinated Shakudo, bi-colour metal
70 x 70 x 3.5 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier

108 small-scale sculptures of wearable jewellery are presented in this tableau which showcases a variety of enamelling techniques. The work is inspired by the significance of the number 108 in Buddhism, with temples in China and Japan tolling their bells 108 times at midnight on New Year’s Eve as a ritual of purification. The pieces of jewellery are created from remnants of previous projects and take simple abstract forms. In contrast to traditional enamelling techniques, here, the melting process has been disrupted to create areas of high contrast across the surfaces.
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Kaori Juzu
Object: Fountain of Time, 2021
Enamel, copper
ø20 x 10 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
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Kaori Juzu
Wall piece: Peeling off the Night Sky, 2021
Enamel, steel, magnets
29.5 x 33 x 10 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
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Kaori Juzu
Vessel: Candle stands, 2021
Enamel, copper, brass, candle
11 x 8.5 x 14 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
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Kaori Juzu
Vessel: Candle stands 2, 2021
Enamel, copper, brass, candle
11 x 8.5 x 14 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
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Kaori Juzu
Ring: Remember to Breathe, 2021
Enamel, copper, 18kt gold, bi-colour metal, patinated Shakudo
3.6 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
From series: Remember to Breathe
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Shadows Deep Below #1, 2022
Enamel, steel, copper, bi-colour metal, silver
7.6 x 9.2 x 17 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
From series: Shadows Deep Below
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Shadows Deep Below #2, 2022
Enamel, steel, copper, silver
8.6 x 5.2 x 31 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
From series: Shadows Deep Below
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Deep Below Shadows, 2022
Enamel, steel, copper, bi-colour metal, silver
10.2 x 9.6 x 2 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
From series: Deep Below Shadows
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: 55°14’48.3”N 14°50’20.6”E 21.03.2022 05:58, 2022
Enamel, steel, copper, 18kt gold, silver
9.5 x 8 x 2.3 cm
Photo by: Anders Beier
Part of: Metallophone 6: Memory of a place. The Contemporary Metal Art Biennial
From series: 55°14’48.3”N 14°50’20.6”E
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: As Such II - Orison/Benison #1, 2019
Enamel, glass, copper, 18kt gold, bi-colour metal, silver.
5.6 x 7 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: MindGap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: As Such II - Orison/Benison #2, 2019
Enamel, copper, 18kt gold, silver.
7 x 6.1 x 1.1 cm
Photo by: MindGap
From series: As Such II - Orison/Benison
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: More Grounded Than Centred, 2019
Enamel, copper, silver.
5.9 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: MindGap
Part of: Collection of Bornholm Art Museum
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Kaori Juzu
Pendant: 02, 2017
Enamel, copper, Japanese silk thread.
4 x 4 x 3 cm
Photo by: Kaori Juzu
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III #4, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver.
4.9 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision II #2, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver.
5.5 x 8.8 x 2.6 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III #5, 2014
Enamel, glass, copper, silver.
8.8 x 6.2 x 31 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
Part of: Collection of Bornholm Art Museum
From series: RockVision III
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III #6, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver
14.9 x 7.4 x 4.4 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III #2, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver.
6.5 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III #3, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver.
7.2 x 9 x 2.7 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision #6, 2014
Enamel, copper, silver.
6.1 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: RockVision III series, 2014
Enamel, glass, copper, silver
Photo by: Mindgap
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Along water's edge, 2012
Enamel, copper, silver.
6.4 x 10.9 x 2 cm
Photo by: Mindgap
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Dances at dawn, 2010
Enamel, copper, silver, 14 kt gold.
9.5 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm
Photo by: Thomas Damgaard
Awarded at: The Danish Craftsman Prize
Part of: Designmuseum Danmark
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Field of interference #5, 2011
Enamel, copper, 14 kt gold.
8.2 x 4.8 x 4 cm
Photo by: Peter Boel
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Kaori Juzu
Brooch: Field of interference #4, 2011
Enamel, copper, silver.
5.8 x 5.8 x 3 cm
Photo by: Peter Boel
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Kaori Juzu: Not Me, but Storyteller
2014
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Bio

Kaori Juzu is a contemporary jeweller from Fukuoka, Japan. In 2008 the artist completed her apprenticeship with goldsmith Per Suntum and started her individual artistic practice. Her jewellery is forced beyond familiar boundaries with a sophisticated mix of techniques, an experimental continuation of enamelwork. The result is a new and seductive expression within a beautiful harmony in the shape of jewellery. Juzu's work has been featured in both private and public collections that include Designmuseum Danmark, Koldinghus Museum, The Danish Art Foundation and The Cominelli Foundation.

Statement

On ordinary days…

I aspire to work solely for the sake of inspiration - before the mind begins to devour the joy of inspiration. Creating jewellery is a completely open process, where shapes, colours and sizes meet and interact. This process unfolds in a constant dialogue between hand, metal and enamel. In this intensive process layers of colour are built up until such moment: like the moon gleaming on water – soft lifting, serene, subdued, yet strong enough to have inherited a life as well as a form.

As each shape interacts with the space around it, the shapes should elevate each segment and colour and also hold all the elements aloft. In such a space each piece starts to create new rhythms.

No longer me, but opening doors on ordinary days.

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Publications

Book: Influences from Japan in Danish Art and Design 1870 - 2010. Mirjam Gelfer – Jørgensen. Arkitektens Forlag: Copenhagen, 2013

Book: Jewelbook. International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art 12/13. Van Damme, Jaak. Stichting Kunstboek: Oostkamp, 2012

Book: Surface and Substance: International Contemporary Enamel Jewellery. Jessica Turrell, Elizabeth Turrell. Ruthin Gallery, Wales + Contemporary Applied Arts: London, 2011

Catalogue: Premio per il gioiello contemporaneo Fondazione Cominelli 2011. Fondazione Cominelli: San Felice del Benaco BS, 2011

Book: Koru 3. Saimaa University of Applied Sciences: Imatra, 2009

Catalogue: II international biennale of enamel arts Vilnius 2007. Galerija „Meno niša: Vilnius, 2007

Book: From the Coolest Corner. Nordic Jewellery. den Besten, Liesbeth; Veiteberg, Jorunn; Jönsson, Love; Ruutiainen, Päivi. Arnoldsche Art Publishers: Stuttgart,