Aio Kotsuhiroi’s rings look like they’ve been ejected by a volcano or brought up by dwarves from Moria. Even more fascinating than their middle earth shapes is the fact that, aside from the obvious crystals and semi-precious stones, they’re mostly made up of human hair, laquered silk thread, and urushi lacquer. The website is a bit frustrating to navigate, but it’s worth taking a browse. Some of the pieces are available for purchase on not just a label’s webshop
Ohhh, love these!
Gretchen,
Yes!
Those are really beautiful, also, great use of unconventional materials.
Golubka,
I was most surprised by the human hair!
P.S. Your blog made me hungry!
Yeahhh, the use of human hair seems to get more and more popular nowadays.
And thank you, I work at the making people hungry thing
Golubka,
Ha, yeah that and horse hair.
That is a most worthy endeavour!
these are great. makes me think of the dark crystal.
Karyn,
You didn’t like my LOTR references?! Ha, yes Dark Crystal indeed. I <3 movie although it scared the crap out of us as little kids.