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Roman bowl with a fisherman, fishes and a hippocamp

ca. 400 CE

Afro Hairstyle VIII competition

Intricate systems of pipes, hand fabricated by metalsmith Yuri Tozuka are connected by glimmering chains, reminiscent of flowing water, to create an elegant, city inspired, opera length necklace.

“I have often found myself inspired by the intricacies of anatomy that animate living things. This inward focus on the beauty of the minute within a closed system helped me to see a previously hidden beauty within larger man-made systems. Considered a blemish on the landscape by some, I found a harmonious beauty towards industrial installations. By fabricating these structures within the form of something typically beautiful, I hope to be able to share this insight with others.” -Yuri Tozuka

MATERIALS

Spiderlily

Bridget Riley

Horse Chestnut Bag by Emily Jo Gibbs

日本の甲虫　横山桐郎 著　水島南平・関口俊雄 画　1930年

日本の甲虫. 続　横山桐郎 著　水島南平・関口俊雄 画　1931年

国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション

※ “私は久しい以前から此點を殘念に思ひ,豫て昆蟲の着色圖説書の出版を考へて居たが,今度やつと其年來の志の一端を成したものが本書である。即ち本書では,最近蝶と相並んで昆蟲研究家や趣味家の間に,異常な注意と興味とを喚起しつゝある甲蟲類の中から,317種を撰び,生物畫家として令名ある水島南平氏及び新進の關口俊雄君とに寫生を依頼し,こゝにやつと第一輯を完結する事が出來たのである。”