After over thirty years of practising architecture and design working with different building typologies and at various scales, I have taken on new dimensions and a novel genre in creating object jewellery as artistic pieces to wear or display.

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Inspired by traditional Japanese symbols and artefacts, architectural concepts and details, and semiology in literature, I transform streamlined concepts into object jewellery by employing substances and techniques that evoke the chromatic heritage of traditional Japan.

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As I practiced in architecture, my 'ornament' as object jewellery is scaled to the dimensions of the human body. Here I am inspired by the traditional Japanese sweets called 'Wagashi' and I am especially indebted to the size called 'hitokuchi, which means 'a mouthful' – a morsel that can be ingested whole, all at once without first taking a nibble.