INSIDEOUT

INSIDEOUT means to turn inside out, to flip over. In jewelry, stones often appear on the surface, but in the INSIDE OUT series, that brilliance is placed inside. Quartz is set within the warm natural wood of maple or rosewood. It's a form where the outer material gently embraces what lies within.

INSIDEOUT draws inspiration from a figure called the "Möbius strip," where the distinction between front and back cannot be made. Front and back, inside and outside, concave and convex. Though they seem to separate, they are actually gently connected. Following that boundary, the forms are shaped. Carving the wood, polishing it, fitting the metal edging, and finishing the round window (aperture). Through layering multiple processes by hand, the transparency of quartz emerges beyond the silver-edged window.

Keeping something within is not about hiding it. It's about placing precious things at the center while slightly inverting the perspective, giving form to the very process of protecting them. Wood, quartz, and metal harmonize, quietly updating perspectives at the hand or chest. This is a series that embraces the presence born between inside and outside.