Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Binary Earrings by Ayako Kanari

I recently bought these lovely earrings by Ayako Kanari.
These earrings are from her final degree show collection. The original ones were in gold, but I've requested her to make silver versions!

The meaning behind this piece is:

As far as written languages go, mathematics is one of the most universal ones that exists. Within mathematical language one of the most interesting subsets is binary code, which just as the number one thousand consits of only ones and zeroes. The Binary Earrings combine my fascination with language and my exploration of the figure one thousand on this exact plane, by showing that there is an alternative way to expressing 1000 which still uses only ones and zeroes.

That description sounds so poetic and I love the elegant interpretation of binary code, which we often associate with computing and geeky kinds. I like the way not only I love the design of the piece, but also it has an association with my interests in computing in its meaning.

All photos by Ayako Kanari... of me and my earrings!

You can buy her Binary Earrings Silver here.
You can browse and shop her other jewellery at Ayako's Boticca page.

最近買った、ジュエリーデザイナーのアヤコちゃんデザインのピアスを毎日してる。意外と大きいので割と目立つけれど、シンプルだから服を選ばないので重宝。彼女の卒業コレクションの作品はゴールドなのだけれど、私がお願いしたのはシルバー。
綺麗でエレガントだけれど、とげとげしているから可愛すぎず、ちょっとエッジー。そんなデザイン自体も自分らしくて気に入っているのだけれど、この「バイナリーコード」をモチーフにした作品の意味も自分にぴったりで、ダブルでお気に入り。
周りの評判も良く、褒めてもらえて嬉しい!「友達のデザイナーが作ったんだよ」と自慢にもなるし、特別なものだから、更に大切にしたくなるし。

このバイナリーのピアス(シルバー)は こちらから買えます
その他、アヤコちゃんのジュエリーの作品はBoticcaのウェブサイトにて見れます。