Mizuki Takahashi
Artwork for Mizuki Takahashi
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How would you describe the work you do and why?
I design and create contemporary monochrome jewellery, combining hand-drawn enamelled elements with silver and oxidised silver. In my Worcestershire studio, I handcraft each piece using traditional silversmithing techniques; hand sawing, soldering, shaping, oxidising, and kiln enamelling. The result is jewellery that is truly unique. My practice begins with intuitive mark-making in my sketchbooks and playful experimentation with paper, which informs my simple yet delicate sculptural forms. I translate these ideas onto enamelled surfaces and paper-textured silver, resulting in my distinctive monochrome aesthetic. Enamelling is central to my work. Using sgraffito and decal techniques with vitreous enamel, I draw unique marks onto fine copper surfaces. The enamel fuses in the kiln to create subtle variations, ensuring that no two pieces are ever exactly the same. I carefully handcraft oxidised silver fastenings to accompany each enamelled element, their darkened lines casting shadow-like echoes of the surface design.
Describe what you call yourself/your practice?:
Contemporary Jewellery Artist
CV & Education, relevant & leading to your artistic practice:
Education
BA(Hons) Jewellery Design, Hereford College of Arts (U.K.)
Associate's Degree in Visual Design, Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts (Japan)
Exhibitions in the last 3 years:
Winter Spotlight at Craft Leeds
Dazzle London & Edinburgh
Enamel Jewellery Showcase at Bircham Gallery
Your gallery outlets/stockists:
Sorrel & Sage - Ledbury
Hawthorn Gallery - Hay-on-Wye
Bevere Gallery - Worcester
Artisan Alchemy Gallery - Birmingham
Gallery Nine - Bath
Cambridge Contemporary Crafts - Cambridge