Kumihimo Silk Braided Necklace [E] - sold out

This Kumihimo 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.

This braided silk necklace can be worn as a long double-strand necklace or a shorter triple-strand necklace. The white tube-like beads seen throughout the design are also made using the same braiding technique with silk threads. necklace is one-of-a-kind, packaged in a fine Japanese paulownia wood lidded box perfect and ready to be gifted.

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Measurements: approx. 170cm / 67 inches
Materials: Cord: Silk / shell
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.

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.

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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.