Melbourne jeweller, Yuko Fujita, has transformed recycled objects of distinctly domestic and ordinary origins into bold pieces of jewellery. Fujita’s pieces herald a new beginning for these objects, while consciously reflecting on the many lives they may have had since beginning as a tree. Careful not to erase the memory of previous incarnations, Fujita has carved and chiselled each object by hand.
Responding to an inaudible echo of the forest (Kodama), Fujita’s pieces recall imaginary plants, creatures or endangered habitats.The title, 'Kodama', has two meanings – echo or spirit of a tree. When Yuko talks about the pieces she talks about each piece containing an echo from the tree that once was.
Round one is called "Lost World".
Neckpiece: Material: bowls, spoon handle, bookend, 18ct gold, shell, 925 silver, silk code, paint.
It represents a lost environment (habitat) where all life existed harmoniously and dynamically.
The right one is "Memory Reading".
"Memory Reading" is also a neckpiece.
Material: found wooden clog, wooden spoons, 925 silver, paint. It refers to an extinct creature and its rich and various experience memories that we can no longer share.
