Kumihimo Silk Braided Necklace [B] - sold out

This Kumihimo choker necklace combines Japanese tradition with contemporary design, it is made with silk braiding cord and 100% handcrafted by Tokyo based artist Noriko Yuki with the highest attention to detail.
The necklace is braided in several different patterns all into one cord -this requires high skills and very long time to craft- with black and white glass beads artfully arranged  to create a timeless piece of jewelry. Style and sophistication come together to create this luxurious brown and black necklace that will make a wonderful addition to any outfit. The necklace is one-of-a-kind, packaged in a fine Japanese paulownia wood lidded box perfect and ready to be gifted.

This necklace can be paired so nicely with Kumihimo Silk Braided Earrings [D].

Noriko creates unique and beautiful jewelry pieces mixing the traditional techniques of Kumihimo (braided strings) with her original modern designs and ideas.Kumihimo is a traditional artform/craft of silk-braiding technique which has been passed down over 1,300 years.

Kumihimo are made by interlacing several to dozens of thread bundles. The beautiful three-dimensional structure draws deep shadows on the surface. Firmly woven by hand, it creates fabric a unique tension. Using 100% silk threads that are dyed in thousands of colors, a number of different styles and and patterns are expressed in a single thin string. It usually takes a very long time requiring special skills and techniques, assembling it little by little. 

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Measurements: approx. 49.5cm long / 19.48"
Materials: Cord: Silk / glass beads
100% Hand-made in Japan

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Tokyo born and raised Noriko YUKI, after graduating from Tokyo Zokei University with a degree in Fine Arts in Painting, she got deeply attracted by the beauty and techniques of the Peruvian Braiding in the Andes and started studying under master Kumihimo artist Etsuko Matsushita in 2003. Also discovering the art of Japanese traditional Kumihimo, Noriko started studying and working with Kumihimo.

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ABOUT KUMIHIMO
Kumihimo are braided silk cords and it is a traditional art and craft that have been made for over fourteen hundred years in Japan. Kumihimo cords were used for aristocratic costumes, interior furnishings and decorations, musical instruments, and religious equipment for temples and shrines. In the modern days Kumihimo are crafted to make obijime which are cords worn belted around the front of obi and are important decorative element/accessory for kimono.