Country: Japan

Design/Expertise-related information

What technique(s) are you particularly focusing on?
Bead weaving

Since when have you already been holding workshops?
Since 1999

What fascinates you about using SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS?
Their wealth of colors, one-of-a-kind, elegant coatings, and original facets. All these inspire me as I create new works.

What is your favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS color?
Vintage Rose AB, Crystal AB, Crystal Golden Shadow

What is your favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENT?
Swarovski Pendant art. 6010 (Briolette Pendant), because it has the most gentle "facial expression" XILION Bead art. 5328 and Bead art. 5000, which is indispensable to me, as an artist mainly weaving beads

What is your favorite design you have ever created with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS?
Just thread a SWAROVSKI ELEMENT, and it proves its enchanting presence. Then, to it I add my own woven beads. Such designs are my favorites.

Personal information

What are your hobbies?
Watching movies, traveling and photography, stained glass Color combinations of stained glass were what led me into what I am doing currently. I worked at a stained glass studio many years, and there I encountered Swarovski, which initiated me into the art of accessory making.

How would you describe yourself in three words?
Withy, honest, passionate

What would you definitely take with you on a lonely island?
iPhone (iPod, camera, and movies)

What is the first thing at the day you usually do?
Fluid replacement

What is your motto of life?
To believe in myself