You cannot deconstruct unless you know how to construct. - Alexander McQueen

Update: Asagi Maeda permalink

In my first mention of Asagi Maeda, I neglected to include her blog address, which features some of her more current work: http://asag.exblog.jp/. The stunning collections of her “art jewelry” can be accessed in the right-hand column.

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Asagi Maeda a/w 2005, “the breathing earth” bracelet http://asag.exblog.jp/

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Asagi Maeda a/w 2005, “the breathing earth” bracelet http://asag.exblog.jp/

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Asagi Maeda a/w 2005, “the breathing earth” bracelet http://asag.exblog.jp/

The Japanese Mind permalink

Japanese culture, its structure and how the individual plays their role in it is a subject that endlessly fascinates me and contradicts my Western sensibilities. It is a kind of “chasing the dragon” situation: the more I try to understand the Japanese mind, the way they interact with each other and create art, the more I get lost in the ambiguities and press harder for an exact understanding. I am not meant to understand and I know this. It doesn’t matter. I will always appreciate their prodigious creative and intellectual output.

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image: Asagi Maeda bracelet SO-EN magazine, December 2005

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