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Necklace with Japanese traditional grass from New York

A New York based Jewelry Designer,  Ayaka Nishi was selected for the
8 Kagoshima artisan group exhibition in Paris.

She will showcase a necklace with Kiriko—a Japanese traditional grass cut.

This exhibition is our second exhibition. In the last exhibition, most artisans were ceramic artists;
however this time, the many artists that will participate include Japanese traditional textile designers,
Japanese paper artists, and grass cut artists.

This exhibition will be held at the Paris Japan cultural center in Paris from September 3 until September 14.

Ms. Nishi used a grass cut piece which was produced by the Japanese traditional grass cut artist, Shoho.

She combined lava beads which she found in her home town Kagoshima 2 years ago.

For the honeycomb piece, she set opal and champagne cognac diamond.

“I thought it would be interesting to combine the New York style with a Japanese traditional taste,” Ayaka said.

“Without covering much of it, I tried to set the grass cut piece beautifully on this piece of work.”

Written by Yoshiko Sugimoto