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Hideko Fukushima — What Paper Becomes

Most people, when they first encounter a piece by Hideko Fukushima, do not believe it is paper. The bag is too structured, too durable, too richly coloured. The wallet opens and closes with the ea...

Yuki Onizuka — The Machine That Learned to Make Jewelry

The machine Yuki Onizuka works with is one hundred years old. It was not designed for jewelry. It was designed for textile embroidery — for the decorative stitching that adorns kimonos and formal ...

moi.toi. — Gold, Silver, Indigo: A Jewelry Made from Light

There is a second body of work by moi.toi. that is worth understanding separately from her Washi paper jewelry — though the materials are related, and the sensibility is entirely consistent. These...