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Japanese Jewelry Designer
About Hideo Yamamoto
In 2017, Hideo Yamamoto dismantled a 300-year-old Edo-period kumiko wood joinery jig and re-engineered its interlocking geometry into the clasp mechanism of his 'Kage' ring, no solder, no springs, just tension and grain-aligned titanium. That piece became the cornerstone of his 'Silent Structure' series, where every hinge, setting, and negative space is derived from Kyoto temple carpentry diagrams rather than CAD defaults. He refuses digital modeling for initial concepts, sketching exclusively on washi paper with sumi ink diluted to seven precise gradations, each shade calibrated to reflect how light fractures across different Japanese gemstone cuts: not just akoya pearls or jade, but rare Kii Peninsula agate and Hokkaido ice quartz. His studio in Kamakura operates on seasonal rhythm: winter for forging, spring for stone selection at Ise Bay auctions, summer for polishing with river-smoothed basalt, autumn for final calibration under natural north light. This isn’t minimalism as reduction, it’s minimalism as reverence for inherited logic, made visible only when you hold the piece and feel how weight shifts precisely at 17.3 degrees.
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- “How did Edo-period carpentry influence your 'Kage' ring clasp design?”
- “Why do you dilute sumi ink to exactly seven gradations for sketches?”
- “What makes Kii Peninsula agate structurally different for jewelry work?”
- “How does north light in Kamakura affect your final polish calibration?”