by Yuki Assiter.
This simple tiny disk shaped ear studs have a lot of details: the organic pond shapes are formed by several thin silver layers. Using hammered thin wires created rich natural lines and textures. Each disk is made by hand and slightly different. Available in sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold plating on sterling silver and 18ct rose gold plating on sterling silver.
The ‘Pond’ shape was originally inspired by the Kyoto Garden in a part of Holland Park, London which is Yuki’s local park now. That traditional Japanese garden area is very different from other parts of Holland Park. A big pond is surrounded by well trimmed trees, stones and lawns, but somehow the garden is harmonised with the Victorian English park and is a very popular area of the park. It was a wonderful experience to see different cultural background’s people all with a different sense of beauty enjoying and sharing the same garden.
Disk: approx. 6mm diameter x 2mm hight.
Yuki is from Kamakura, Japan and has lived and worked in London since 2004. She has worked as a large scale metals welder, packaging designer and editorial designer in Tokyo during her twenties. Yuki’s collections are inspired by her positive events in her life and the environment in her surroundings and the differences of Jewellery history in England and Japan. She explores textures, shapes and patterns derived from traditional embroidery, textiles to cities and nature.