KAORU

General information

Kaoru works as an artist in her own atelier in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan.
Her jewellery, informed by a particular world-view and radiating a warm,
somewhat nostalgic air, is entirely handmade.
Kaoru's artistic texturing and scrupulously
original manual work charges every single piece
she creates with rich expressiveness and a mysterious kind of beauty.

Those tiny little pieces in my hand connect and join together.
What seemed like a loose entanglement of vaguely connected threads is
getting organised by the operation of my hands.
The new shapes they form are echoing right here in my palm.

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The skills spirit of Japanese manufacturing are the envy of the world.
And craftsmanship mastered to an even higher degree lives on in Kyoto.
Jewellery that crystallizes the sensibilities of a woman who has inherited the refined
aesthetics and universal artistry of a 1200-year cultural history yet remains keenly
aware of the world in which she lives today.
The little known real Kyoto aesthetic, from Kaoru to the world.