about RING MY BELLS
“RING MY BELLS”—to ring my bells—suggests being stirred, thrilled, set alight. It is also a metaphor, a gentle trigger of memory. In this age of swift transformation, it asks us to pause, to listen, to rediscover what we thought was lost. “RING MY BELLS” plays upon the dual nature of ring—the sound of a bell and the physical form of a finger ring. Many of the rings in this collection choose silence; in the absence of sound, they release visual notes that join the bell’s form and awaken the viewer’s imagination. May their echoes travel far, wide, and to distant lands.
RING MY BELLS と名付けたリングシリーズは、RING (ベル、鐘、鈴の音)と RING (リング、指輪)を掛けて、2 つの異なる意味を持つかたちがモチーフになっています。リングシリーズには、あえて音を鳴らさないものが多く、音の不在によって放たれる視覚的な音符が、鐘のかたちと一緒になって、観る人のイマジネーションに響きます。その音は小さいですが、誰かの心に語りかける力は大きいと信じています。その音が遠く、広く、遥か彼方の地へ届きますように。タイトルの RING MY BELLS は直訳すると「私の鐘を鳴らして」 。何かに心打たれ、感動、エキサイトなリアクションや欲望を表します。同時に、記憶を呼び起こすトリガーとしてのメタフォーな意味もあります。急速に変化する時代に生きる私たちに必要なもの、忘れかけていたものへの気付きを問いかけるような、そんな瞬間でもあります。
Rings from the collections are available to purchase. All pieces are sincerely handmade with gold or silver by the artist.
for inquiry / お問い合わせ sayumi6@gmail.com
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about the artist SAYUMI YOKOUCHI
Sayumi brings more than 25 years of experience in the field of arts and crafts, specializing in contemporary jewelry art. She is a learner, creator, educator and collaborator who believes art is an important tool for humans which embraces various multisensory engagement through physical and emotional experiences in this ever-changing world. She has been invited to offer interdisciplinary workshops and seminars for artists worldwide, including Argentina, Armenia, Chile, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and many schools in US.
Sayumi spent 28 years in the US before returning to Japan in 2018. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Metal Arts from State University of New York in New Paltz. Her work has been exhibited both solo and group in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, as well as her works sited in numerous publications. She was an adjunct professor in the Art Department at New York University. Currently she is based in Tokyo and teaches in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design at Musashino Art University.
東京出身
1990年に渡米、visual arts を学びながら彫金を専攻。後に金工学部の大学院へ進む。State University of New York New Paltz Metal Arts 美術学修士号終了
2000年よりニューヨークを拠点に自身の作家活動の傍らアメリカの大学やジュエリースクールで講師として務める。テーマやコンセプトに沿ったコンテンポラリージュエリーのワークショップや講義を世界各地で行うほか、カスタムジュエリーのビジネスを展開。2017年までニューヨーク大学非常勤講師。現在は武蔵野美術大学工業工芸デザイン学科にて非常勤講師を務める。
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