I was awarded QEST Scholarship for mastering the traditional Japanese lost wax technique called Mitsuro Hikime. Although I was trained as a chaser and repousse practitioner in Barcelona, I love the organic nature of Mitsuro wax, which made with beeswax and pine resin. I incorporate using Japanese silk braids Kumihimo as a chain for my necklace. I recently started to make the Kumihimo braids using silver wires.

I always try to draw attention to the inside space in my work. In Japan, we call it “Ma” where I focus most on “the emptiness”. I usually draw first with my Japanese ink and a brush. It makes sense when I see the lines and the space these lines create. Ink drawing is like a ritual for me to clear my mind a bit. I love some textures in my jewellery. I try to capture the sense of a movement like where water touches land. The outcome is not planned, so this organic approach makes me appreciate surprises. My jewellery making technique is a slow method of forming a metal, but it is like a writing a novel, tells you a story only with a hammer. I give shape and life to a metal with the sound of hammer, which input the emotion.