Mikiko Minewaki
Jeweller
Published: 08.01.2021
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Necklace: Untitled, 2019
Plastic figure.
From series: Heroes & Monsters
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Brooch: Untitled, 2019
Plastic figure.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Plastic figure.
From series: Heroes & Monsters
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Brooch: Fruits Basket, 2012
Artificial fruits.
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Mikiko MinewakiBrooch: Plamo's, 2006
Plastic model
6 x 6 cm
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Necklace: Plamo's, 2005
Plastic model
28 x 28 cm
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Mikiko MinewakiBrooch: Plamo's, 2006
Plastic models
4,5 x 4,5 cm - 9,5 x 9,5 cm
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Ring: Lighter's, 2001
Disposable lighters
3 x 2,5 cm
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Necklace: Plachain, 2004
Curler.
25 x 25 cm
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Mikiko MinewakiBrooch: Pachits, 2004
Plastic pin
1,3 x 3,5 cm
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Necklace: Plachain, 2004
Curler.
25 x 25 cm
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Necklace: Plamo's & Deco's, 2005
Plastic model, christmas decoration
28 x 28 cm - 15 cm
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Mikiko MinewakiBracelet: One de wan, 2000
Miso-soup bowl
8 x 8 cm
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Necklace: One de chain, 2000
Miso-soup bowl
100 cm
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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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