Japan played a pivotal role in the development of cultured pearls. The exhibition "Japan, Stillness and Substance" situates Takashi Kojima...

A virtuoso of Glyptic art, Shinji Nakaba turns the technique toward an unlikely material, transforming discarded household plastics into something...

Kimiaki Kageyama’s light-filled studio, adjoining his home, struck me with its remarkable density. Photographs, objects, books, tools and, above all,...

Fragments of antique kimonos, enamel, coral, pearls… To reveal the singularity of each material, Mariko Sumioka conceives jewelry as miniature...

The young artist Manami Aoki highlights the fragility and poetry of hinoki, which, under repeated hammer blows, separates into supple...

Last April, I met Aya Iwata at her studio in Tokyo. For nearly thirty years, she has been developing her...

Fumiki Taguchi’s silver jewelry sparkles brilliantly; viewed up close, it reveals thousands of impressions left by the tagane, each one...