ECHO Brooch

Facing a single painting in the quiet space of a museum. To experience the resonance and lingering effects of color not just as a moment confined to that place, but closer, in a more physical way. The ECHO brooch series was born from such thoughts.

The ECHO brooch uses "shippō," a traditional Japanese craft that fires vitreous glaze onto metal. ECHO is created using collage and dripping techniques that are originally painting methods. The layers of glaze create depth, and the delicate irregularities born from the accidental mixing of colors. The luster born when receiving light. Each unique ECHO imagines a small painting to wear.

ECHO's distinctive feature lies not only in its color, but also in the slight thickness created through repeated firing. Just as brushstrokes remain on canvas, layers of glaze also remain as form. Small irregularities felt by fingertips, luster that changes with the angle of light. Three pieces of different colors and shapes nestle together, and we named it ECHO as their resonances gently overlap.