Miki Asai
Miki Asai is a graduate from the Silversmithing and Jewellery department, Glasgow School of Art. She has won several awards for her work during her studies, including the Prize for Graduation Work at Musashino Art University 2011, Japan Jewellery Designers Associations Student Class Award 2012, Japan Craft Design Association Student Class 2014, The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards 2016 Design Section Pearl Jewellery Award and the Japan Jewellery Design Association General Category 2017.
Miki's intricate jewellery collection is strongly based on the Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in impermanence, imperfection, transience and the ephemeral.
'My work is based on the Japanese philosophical concept called Wabi-sabi, which means finding beauty in imperfection and transience. I read a book on the subject that said, ‘things are beautiful because they are fleeting.’ This can apply to various aspects of life, whether it be emotions or something as simple as a bunch of leaves in the street. The fact that everything will one day be nothing is beautiful; flowers grow up and then they die, that is the nature of life.'
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Still Life Bottles Pin View details
Miki Asai
Still Life Bottles Pin
2021Japanese paper, wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, seashell, silver leafH:4.2cm W:3.6cm D:0.6cm£600Still Life Bottles Pin (modelled) View detailsMiki Asai
Still Life Bottles Pin (modelled)
2021Japanese paper, wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, seashell, silver leafH:4.2cm W:3.6cm D:0.6cm£600Bottle II Pin View detailsMiki Asai
Bottle II Pin
2021wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigmentH:3cm W:2.5cm D:0.4cm£360Bottle I Pin View detailsMiki Asai
Bottle I Pin
2021wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigmentH:3cm W:2.5cm D:0.4cm£360Still Life Fruits Pin View detailsMiki Asai
Still Life Fruits Pin
2021Japanese paper, wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigment, silver leafH:3.5cm W:4.5cm D:0.5cm£600Untitled Pin II View detailsMiki Asai
Untitled Pin II
2021wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigmentH:3.7cm W:1.5cm D:0.8cm£360Untitled Pin I View detailsMiki Asai
Untitled Pin I
2021wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigmentH:1.5cm W:1cm D:0.6cm£220Colourful Bottles View detailsMiki Asai
Colourful Bottles
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, seashell, mineral pigment, silver, steel wireH:4.5cm W:11cm D:0.8cm£1,200Cycle 2 View detailsMiki Asai
Cycle 2
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, seashell sheet, eggshell, mineral pigment, silver, steel wireH:7.8cm W:6.7cm D:0.8cm£1,080-
Still Life Tree Pin View details
Miki Asai
Still Life Tree Pin
2021Japanese paper, wood, Japanese lacquer, eggshell, mineral pigmentH:4.5cm W:3.5cm D:0.6cmSoldDead Tree Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Dead Tree Brooch
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, seashell sheet, eggshell, gold-leaf, silver, steel wireH:12.5cm W:8cm D:0.5cmSoldPond Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Pond Brooch
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, seashell sheet, eggshell, gold-leaf, silverH:11cm W:7cm D:2cmSoldReflection Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Reflection Brooch
2020wood, Japanese lacquer, seashell sheet, eggshell, gold leaf, silverH:5.5cm W:7.8cm D:1.5cmSoldOval Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Oval Brooch
2020wood, Japanese lacquer, mineral pigment, eggshell, silverH:4.5cm W:2.5cm D:1cmSoldReflection Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Reflection Brooch
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, seashell sheet, eggshell, gold-leaf, silverH:8.8cm W:8.3cm D:1.5cmSoldStill Life Brooch View detailsMiki Asai
Still Life Brooch
2020wood, Japanese paper, Japanese lacquer, mineral pigment, eggshell, silver-leaf, silverH:4.2cm W:4.5cm D:1cmSoldBrooch 1 View detailsLoading
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