Still Life Bottles Pin, 2021
Untitled Pin II, 2021
Still Life Fruits Pin, 2021
Colourful Bottles, 2020
Cycle 1, 2020
Cycle 2, 2020
Cycle 3, 2020
Pins I, III and II, 2020
Miki Asai
Miki Asai is a graduate of Silversmithing and Jewellery from The Glasgow School of Art. 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.’
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.