| .japanese |
 |
|||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| intimacy (2003) Intimacy is a series of accessories for people who exist in a long-distance relationship. The accessories are a combination of ties or undergarments with jewelry such as necklace or ring. Each accessory encloses jewelry inside and is heat-pressed to make an embossed pattern of the jewelry on its surface. Lovers can take the jewelry out to give it as a gift to their lover in a distant location. This allows lovers to share the memory of the object remotely and feel close to each other. The embossed pattern will fade away little by little (through pressure, moisture or heat) with daily use. When they meet again, the lovers can recreate the pattern by pressing the piece with a very hot iron. Produced in collaboration with jeweller Marianne Anderson Intimacy featured in the book New Directions in Jewellery by Jivan Astfalck, Caroline Broadhead and Paul Derrez Black Dog Publishing, June 2005 |
 |
 |