Although I started my profession as a fiber artist, I am mainly often called an revolutionary Kumihimo jewellery artist. My work blends the traditional conventional Japanese artwork of braiding silk strands into cords with a recent viewpoint.
After I was a quilt artist, my work gained awards and toured internationally. Ultimately although I hit a inventive block. I started a determined hunt for a brand new type of artistry. I discovered it within the vibrant strands of silk utilized in Kumihimo.
Ever for the reason that time that Kumihimo discovered me, it is magnificence and elegance have captured my coronary heart. My work is influenced by the Japanese esthetic of making magnificence by way of the simplicity of kind. My pleasure is solely the act of making.
I work on the normal Japanese braiding stand. The repetitive braiding actions, and the sounds of the picket bobbins hitting towards the legs of the stand turns into a type of meditation and centered rest.
After taking six grasp lessons on this artwork kind, I traveled to Japan to check with the grasp Makiko Tada on the Kyoto Institute. After I returned, I developed new methods of incorporating inventive designs utilizing seed beads, pearls and gems resembling labradorite, pyrite, spinel and lapis lazuli.
I typically work with tiny beads, dimension 11/0s seed beads and a couple of or 3mm beads. However I’ll use any dimension, relying on the design and shade of the piece.
Colour is my ardour, and I am typically impressed by the randomness of colours present in nature and the play of sunshine on them. Creating Ombre results, the place one shade shifts and blends seamlessly into one other is a favourite approach I developed.
