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  Asagi Maeda

  Stories on the Planet

  2020
  Necklace with 7 large brooches, a pair of earrings and a small brooch(all removable) attached to a UV printed acrylic plate. Sterling silver, 18k gold, UV printed acrylic plate, quartz, south sea pearl, enamel, opal, cz, akoya baroque pearls, coral. Hand fabricated and chased.

  10" w x 12" l. Adjustable clasp.

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  Asagi Maeda

  Stories on the Planet

  2020
  Necklace with 7 large brooches, a pair of earrings and a small brooch(all removable) attached to a UV printed acrylic plate. Sterling silver, 18k gold, UV printed acrylic plate, quartz, south sea pearl, enamel, opal, cz, akoya baroque pearls, coral. Hand fabricated and chased.

  10" w x 12" l. Adjustable clasp.

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  Asagi Maeda

  My Life on the T rain

  2023
  Neckpiece with 11 cars. Sterling silver (partially gold plated), 14k gold, 18k gold (main characters), acrylic. Hand fabricated and engraved. Story engraved on the bottom of each train car.

  23" l x 5/8" w

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• Asagi Maeda

  Carousel

  2023
  Bracelet. Sterling silver, 18k gold, Akoya baby pearls, rose quartz, blue topaz, amethyst, shell, smoky quartz, blue chalcedony, moonstone, cameo, mosaic, acrylic mirror, sterling silver clasp. Hand fabricated.

  3 3/4” outer dia. 2 1/4” inner dia. 2” h x 1 5/8” d

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  Your Starry Heart Makes My Heart Sparkle

  2019
  Necklace. Sterling silver (rhodium plated), 18k gold, South Sea pearls, Japanese sea pearls, acrylic, painted maple. Hand fabricated, engraved and pierced. Story engraved on back of black acrylic.

  18” l x 7 3/4” w x 2” d

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  Happy Birthday

  2014
  Bracelet. Sterling silver, 18K gold, diamond, enamel, acrylic, paint. Hand fabricated.The story is hand painted on acrylic.

  5” l x 4 1/2” w x 2” d. Inner band: 2 1/2” diameter

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• Asagi Maeda

  Aquarium Ring

  2017
  Ring. 18k gold, Green Amber, Sterling silver. Hand fabricated and pierced.

  2 1/4” h x 1.5” dia

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• Asagi Maeda

  Blue Room

  2014
  Necklace. Silver, 18k gold, enamel, aquamarine, acrylic. Hand fabricated and engraved. The story is written on the back in enamel and engraved on acrylic and sterling silver.

  21” x 8” x 3/4”

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• Asagi Maeda

  12 AM Neighborhood

  2013
  Double-Sided Bracelet. Sterling silver, 18k gold, Acrylic, milky quartz, prehnite, synthetic pink sapphire, fluorite, coral, green garnet, citrine, rose quartz, freshwater pearls, pink sapphire, aquamarine, amethyst, rock crystal quartz, amazonite, chalcedony. Hand fabricated and engraved. Story is engraved in the sterling silver on the bottom of each house.

  7.5” l x 2” w x 1” d

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• Asagi Maeda

  12 Months on the Cherry Street

  2018
  Necklace. sterling silver (rhodium plated), methacrylate, resin, emerald, tourmaline, green garnet, moonstone, cz, and color sapphire. Hand fabricated and pierced. Each scene is engraved with the month on sterling silver.

  length: 18 1/2 inches; elements: 1 1/2 x 1/2 inches each

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  Home Sweet Home

  2015
  Bracelet/Pendant. Painted maple, sterling silver, 18K gold, uvarovite garnet, acrylic. Hand fabricated.

  5” h x 4 1/4” w x 6/8” d

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  My Life with Beds

  2017
  Bracelet. Sterling silver, 18K gold, acrylic, shell, glass beads, colored resin. Hand fabricated. The Story is chased on back of each disk.

  8” l x 2 3/4” x 3/4” (clasp 2” h)

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Wear a Dream, a City, a Story,
a Train, a Carousel… 

Maeda Asagi is a passionate metalsmith, meticulously constructing miniature sculptures that are also jewelry. Fashioned from wood, plexi, resin, enamel, silver, gold, semiprecious and precious stones, the work is engraved and enameled by the artist with thoughtful narratives about family and society.

Maeda cleverly creates interior and exterior spaces with plexi for her stories, fabricating tableaus and often embellishing them with pearls and gemstones. Her intricately formed figures of gold and silver wire include swimmers, bicyclists, musicians, people reading, hugging, dancing, dining and generally “living it up”, all going about their daily lives. Remarkably, all of these scenes portray a wide range of emotions— sorrow, happiness, jubilation— that the viewer might not expect in something so small. Our feelings are touched by Maeda’s brilliant vignettes.

It is a great privilege to present a broad selection of Maeda Asagi’s unique work and vision to the general public within the beautiful surroundings of the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens (left).

We are grateful to the many lenders who came on board: Joan Borinstein, Sharon Berman, Luisa Guembes Buchanan, Michele Cohen, Tamami Endo, Marion Fulk, The Olnick Spanu Collection, Karen Rotenberg, and Hana Sasaki.

A special thank you to Christine Carton for being the impetus for this vibrant exhibition,Stories of the Planet: Jewelry by Maeda Asagi, along with the stellar staff at the Morikami Museum.

Finally, thank you to Maeda Asagi for sharing and masterfully transforming her stories of the world into thoughtful, wearable works of art, with imagination, joy and wit.

Libby and JoAnne Cooper

 

The Sketch Project – Non-fiction Jewelry

To coincide with her exhibition at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Maeda Asagi is working on a special project, creating “Non-fiction jewelry” based on the stories, memories and experiences of clients. For more information about this special project, please click here.

 

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida has been an important center for Japanese arts and culture since 1977. The buildings,  open air courtyards, gardens, elegant interiors and galleries are all inspired by traditional Japanese Design.

The Morikami Museum Store will feature jewelry by Maeda Asagi as well work by Maeda Akiko, the artist’s mother and mentor (Example right: Two in a Triangle Pendant).

Click here for more information about the exhibition and museum.

 

This exhibition is presented by the Morikami Museum, organized by Mobilia Gallery and with support from Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.

View jewels by Maeda Asagi currently available at Mobilia Gallery.