COLLECSSION is a solo exhibition by Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Sayaka Yamamoto  The three collections are all inspired by different parts and aspects of plants, and also by Sayaka’s passion of collecting.

2nd Life – the first collection, is made of collected buttons and (parts of-) tiny toy-soldiers – all 2nd hand. The choice of parts and compositions create a ‘plant-like effect’ at first glance, but when looking more closely, the tiny details constructing the brooches are revealed, and if you look even closer, the soldier-parts are put together in quite a humerus manner – it looks more like they’re dancing (or performing synchronized-swimming ) so it’s also a little comment on an alternative reality. 2nd Life features 88 brooches – all unique, numbered, and available exclusively through RA.

Tuber features approximately 45 little brooches, made of copper, with an acrylic layer. The colored effects are achieved by folding and unfolding the copper – similar to the inkblot images known from the Rorschach-test. Just as in nature, what comes out of the tuber is always a little unexpected and surprising. Even though the brooches are not in a limited edition, each brooch is a little bit different than the other. The structure creates a vain-like relief, illustrating the beginning of life, which a tuber is symbolizing.

Sketch I – Pine – Sketch is a series of brooches made of gray sketching cardboard. The material is cut into pieces and put together in compositions resembling sketches of elements from the (nature) world around us.  The pieces feature different variations of the original in shape and composition, and through that suggest a new alternative world. A special transparent coating is making the brooches water resistant, while keeping their initial rough, yet detailed and delicate, look. Pine is the first Sketch and consists of about 30 different brooches.

COLLECSSION by Sayaka Yamamoto
27th of August – 21st of September 2010

RA
RA, kloosterstraat 13
2000 Antwerp

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