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  Yoko Shimizu

  Blue 3D Squares

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver.

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  Yoko Shimizu

  Blue 3D Squares

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver.

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  Yoko Shimizu

  Turquoise Thin Squares

  Resin, paper, pigment, silver, polyester thread

  7" diameter

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Blue Large Stones

  Earrings. Resin, pigment, silver.

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Blue and Metal Long

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver, copper

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Blue Narrow Irregular Shapes

  Resin, pigment, silver

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Green 3D Squares

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver.

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Blue Split Branches

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver.

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Long Blue-Green Triangular Shapes

  Necklace. Resin, pigment, silver

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Red Thin Squares

  Necklace. Resin, paper, pigment, silver, polyester thread.

  7" diameter

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Green Octagon, Green Round & Blue Round

  Bracelets. Resin, pigment.

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• Yoko Shimizu

  Blue Thin Squares

  Necklace. Resin, paper, pigment, silver, polyester thread.

  7" diameter

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Yoko Shimizu received her Masters Degree from Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence. In her jewelry, she begins with a wooden form, transforming it in resin, and creating necklaces, earrings, and rings that seem to glow with light like colored glass.

Statement

My approach to jewellery often begins with a focus on the relationship between the jewellery piece and the human body. I look for simplicity and harmony in this relationship through the process of making: experimenting with materials and forms, constructing one part at a time, pausing to see the effect on the body. In the end I feel the need to leave an imperfection or add or eliminate an element, so that there is something a bit off or unexpected. At times I am in search of tension, rigor and sometimes a touch of warmth.

The theme of the series in colored resin is ‘Transformation.’ It is a part of a study in the transformation of forms, materials and colors. Pieces of wood are transformed into resin and the surface of wood is transferred onto the surface of resin. Transformation from wood to resin, from natural to artificial, from opaque to transparent. The transformation continues with the movement of the wearer and reflection of light, losing something but gaining something at the same time.

Selected Collections

• Grassi Museum,Leipzig, Germany
• Numerous private collections throughout the United States and internationally