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TAKASHI KOJIMA

KOHKOH & POINT SERIES

MOBILIA GALLERY

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Cut Cameo Ring - Sheep

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Artist Biography

KOHKOH

Contemplating Light

IMITATION

FLAME

FORM

BAROQUE

PARFUM Series

POINT Series

Rings
Pendants & Brooches

POINT_Garden.

POINT_Look

Earrings

Artist CV

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Takashi Kojima

Three Build Point Ring (page 45)

Kojima’s latest work, named KOHKOH, explores nature, science and sustainability. For this series, the artist uses a new, patented technology in which he incorporates discarded Mother of Pearl and oyster shells for the primary materials. The jewelry designs of KOHKOH evokes nature as well as historical references.

We invite you to view the KOHKOH, PARFUM, and POINT collections and celebrate Takashi Kojima’s innovative jewelry for the 21st century. On view online and at Mobilia Gallery.

Mobilia Gallery

June 21, 2024 

INTRODUCTION

Takashi Kojima creates small scale sculptures that are also wearable works of art. His jewels are inspired by architecture, nature, and science.

In the POINT Series, the artist expresses his affinity for bold building designs which he emulates with his elegant, some times playful, shapes imbued with sparkling stones.

Antwerp Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects, Antwerp, Belgium

TAKASHI KOJIMA

My father was a painter and my mother was a craftsperson, and I grew up in an old town in Kyoto. During my childhood I was good at painting and building with lego blocks. Skills I developed from both of these childhood hobbies continue to inform many elements of my current work. 

While in college, I studied architecture at university during the day and jewelry at night in a metal engraving class. I learned the very big design of architecture and the very small design of jewelry at the same time, so I found a way to incorporate both that suits me. Architectural analysis and approach have led to my current jewelry production. 

In my work I am blurring the boundaries between fine and applied art, between superior craftsmanship and the daily handling of an object.

Cut Cameo Pendant/Brooch II

Sterling silver (Rhodium and 18k gold plated), mother of pearl.

2.15" x 1.4" x .4"

$1,900

KOHKOH, established in 2023 by Takashi Kojima, is a brand that creates jewelry symbolizing the modern era by leveraging innovative technology and creativity. Focusing on self-cultivated pearls as a primary material, the brand actively incorporates new perspectives and techniques. While the mother-of-pearls, typically discarded after extracting pearls, are usually considered waste, we find charm in them and repurpose them.

Our jewelry not only emphasizes beauty but also sustainability. Through our unique technology and design, we strive to create environmentally conscious yet captivating jewelry. We aim to harmonize with nature and leave a beautiful Earth for future generations.

The brand concept revolves around constantly challenging the application of new technologies and materials through jewelry expression, contemplating what we can propose to society. We possess a patented technology for three-dimensional pearl cultivation. Using our patented technology, combined with cutting, casting, and digital techniques, we create innovative and sophisticated jewellery designs from the pearls and pearl oysters we cultivate.

KOHKOH

Someone Ring

18k gold, mother of pearl, diamonds

$3,880

CONTEMPLATING  LIGHT

Light Ring

18k gold, pearl, 

smokey quartz.

$3,700

Think Ring

18k gold, mother of pearl, Topaz

$3,740

The inspiration for the brand name, "KOHKOH" comes from the sparkling nature of pearls. Pearls, with thein radiant beauty, carry a noble image.  Additionally, the brand slogan, Contemplating Light, emphasizes our continuous exploration of new technologies and materials through jewelry expression, proposing ideas to society. The brand name also encompasses the meaning of "Contemplating Light" as we ponder over what light represents.

Cut Cameo Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), 

mother of pearl

$2,000

In 2021, we succeeded in patenting a technology to form beautiful pearl layers around resin-hardened characters and shapes. Using this patented technology, we propose innovative and elegant pearl jewelry by combining pearls with gemstones.

Simultaneously, we focused on the pearl oysters usually discarded, seeking ways to utilize them. We decided to fashion the pearl oysters, carefully adjusting each one, and successfully created a unique form of cameo through a combination of manual and digital processing.

Cut Cameo Ring - Sheep

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl, pearl.

Size 7-7.5

$2,300

In the apparel industry, animal breeding for luxury items such as fur and leather is generally considered taboo. Our involvement in pearl cultivation led to a conflict of sacrificing lives for design. Confronting this conflict, we decided to design and turn the pearl oysters, including those usually discarded, into jewellery, avoiding waste.

IMITATION

Imitation (Pink)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), pearl, mother of pearl. 

1" x 1" x .5"

$500

Imitation (Black)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), pearl, mother of pearl.

1" x 1" x .5"

$500

Imitation (Silver)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), pearl, mother of pearl. 

1" x 1" x .5"

$500

FLAME

Flame Earrings (Medium)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl, pearl.

1.4" x .8" x .4"

$580

Flame Pendant (Large)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl.

2.75" x 1" x .4"

$620

Flame Earrings (Small)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl, pearl.

.7" x .6" x .2"

$480

Flame Pendant (Small)

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl.

1.4" x .6" x .25"

$400

FORM

Form Ring III

Sterling silver (black ruthenium and 18k gold plated), mother of pearl.

Size 6.5

$480

Form Ring IV

Sterling silver (black ruthenium and 18k gold plated), mother of pearl.

Size 6.5

$420

Form Earrings

Sterling silver (black ruthenium and 18k gold plated), mother of pearl.

$560

BAROQUE

Baroque Earrings (Large)

Sterling Silver (rhodium plated, Mother of Pearl

2.5" x 1.5" x .6"

$400

Baroque Earrings (Small)

Sterling Silver (rhodium plated, Mother of Pearl

1.8" x 1.1" x .4

$250

Baroque Earrings (Medium)

Sterling Silver (rhodium plated, Mother of Pearl

2.1" x 1.3" x .4"

$300

Baroque Pin Brooch - Shell & Pearls

Silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl, pearls

2.1" x 1.4" x .6"

$280

Baroque Pin Brooch - Shell

Silver, mother of pearl

1.5" x 1.4" x .25"

$200

Baroque Pin Brooch - Mother of Pearl

Silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl.

1.5" x 1.4" x .25"

$300

Baroque Brooch/Pendant

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), mother of pearl

2.1" x 2.8" x .8"

$900

PART TWO

PARFUM series

A perfume named N°5 went on sale in 1920. Since then, for about a hundred years, women from various time periods have worn the same fragrance. Each wearer led a different life and attached a different feeling to the very perfume. Wearing a used perfume bottle means wearing a memory of its unknown owner. While wearable perfume only exists as an invisible scent, its unwearable bottle has a visible and physical presence. Something ephemeral and something enduring. Body and memory. Perfume and its bottle are sold together under the name of perfume. In this body of work, using the form of jewellery, I attempted to visualize their roles in our consumer society as well as how a scent can relate to our feelings and memories.

Prior to the creation of "N°5," perfumes expressed concrete scents such as real flowers, but "No.5" expressed the Chanel brand and was reminiscent of urban women. It was extremely innovative in that it aimed to create an "abstract'' fragrance that evokes a sense of elegance. And while most perfume bottles at the time were flashy and luxurious, the N°5 perfume bottle was made very simply. Since then, "N°5'' has remained the best-selling perfume in history and the one with the highest advertising costs, and has always maintained a perspective and concept that was ahead of its time, and has now become a universal presence. I thought that by using a perfume bottle with this background, it would strongly and symbolically present the essence of my concept.

PARFUM Necklace_28ml, 14ml, 7ml

Sterling silver perfume bottle stoppers.

18.5" l x 3.2" h x .86" w 

$8,000

Personally, my memories of the smell of "N°5" include my family. My grandmother and mother both loved “N°5,” and for me, “N°5” is a truly special perfume that brings backmemories of my grandmother’s house and the gentle feeling of being wrapped in my mother’s arms. Using "N°5" in this work, which also deals with the relationship between smell and memory, was a natural move for me, and I couldn't imagine using any other perfume.

PARFUM Pendant_28ml, 14ml

Sterling silver, 18k gold,

Perfume Bottle stoppers.

3.25" x 2" x 1.5"

$1,400

I use used perfume bottles instead of new ones. The biggest factor that appeals to me about N°5 is the fact that women of all ages and nationalities have been wearing the same scent for over 100 years. I believe that using used perfume bottles that do not reveal the age or nationality of the original user will bring out the greatest appeal of the work. For long necklaces, more than 15 perfume bottles are used. I believe that there are as many original users as there are perfume bottles that are used, and they all have memories of when they wore the perfume. When you wear it, the scent of someone you don't know lingers in the air, making it a piece of jewelry that evokes thoughts of the woman who once wore it. 

I treat glass perfume bottle lid 

like “precious stone” and create 

necklaces, rings, and brooches.

I set the glass lid using a metal 

engraving technique, and all 

parts including the clasp are 

made of 950 Silver and 18K 

Gold. In this work, when jewelry 

is placed on a perfume bottle 

at home, the scent adheres to 

the lid, creating a faint scent 

when worn.

PARFUM Pendant_14ml

Sterling silver, 18k gold,

Perfume Bottle stoppers.

2.6" x 1.6" x .7"

$700

POINT SERIES

I have doubts about the general idea that the value of jewelry is rarity, and I create jewelry with the aim of realizing that the value of jewelry is its power of expression.

In my works, I use artificial stones and semi-precious stones and create and express techniques and designs that are unique in the history and context of jewelry.

RINGS

Four Build Point Ring

Sterling Silver (Rhodium Plated), Cubic Zirconia

Size 7.5

$1,600

Four Build Point Ring

Sterling silver (Rhodium plated), rutilated quartz, peridot, amethyst.

Size 6.5

$2,000

Two Build Point Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), synthetic ruby, Cubic Zirconia.

Size 7.5

$1,400

"I studied architecture at university. Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank O. Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Renzo Piano, Antoni Gaudi and Zaha Hadid were the architects who influenced me at the time. I was influenced by their modeling power, system and building structure. They still exist in my body of work"  -Takashi Kojima

Three Build Point Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated),  synthetic ruby, cubic zirconia, pink cubic zirconia.

Size 7

$1,600

Point Pyramid

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), quartz, blue topaz.

Two Finger Ring (size varies)

2" h x 1.5" w x 1.4" d

$2,700

Four Build Point Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), cubic zirconia, glass, synthetic pink sapphire. 

Size 7

$1,600

Two Build Point Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), Cubic zirconia "pink", glass.

Size 6.5

$1,200

Four Build Point Shadow Ring

Sterling silver  (Black Ruthenium Plating), smoky quartz.

Size 7.5

$2,300

Point Shadow Ring

Sterling silver (Black ruthenium plating), quartz, cubic zirconia

Size 7 - 7.5

$1,500

Two Build Point Shadow Ring

Sterling silver (black ruthenium plating), tourmaline in quartz, synthetic ruby.

Size 6-6.5

$1,400

Point Crack Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), quartz.

Size 7

$1,200

Point Shadow Ring

Sterling silver (black rhodium plated), cubic zirconia, tourmaline quartz.

Size 6.5

$1,500

Point Ring

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), cubic zirconia

Size 6.5

$900

Point Pendant

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), 

quartz, cubic zirconia.

1" x 1 1/2" x 3/4"

18 inch chain

$1,800

Two Build Point Ring

Sterling silver  (rhodium plated), Cubic zirconia

Size 6.5

$1,200

Mandala Point Brooch/Pendant

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), stainless steel pin, quartz, glass, topaz, cubic zirconia.

4" x 2" x 1"

$7,600

PENDANTS & BROOCHES

Point Shadow Pendant 

Sterling silver (black ruthenium plated),

smoky quartz.

$1,800

Mandala Point Brooch/Pendant #6

Sterling silver (black ruthenium plated & Rhodium plated), quartz, glass, topaz.

2 1/2" x 1"

$5,600

POINT_Garden

Three stones are stacked vertically. The stones in the middle are likened to grass, trees, flowers and soil. This is an image of a garden. The top stone is an image of raindrops and frost that remain on plants. The bottom stone is an image of water filtered from the soil in the garden. I imagine seasons and various places depending on the stones I use.

POINT_Garden II

Sterling silver (black ruthenium plated), agate, citrine, cubic zirconia.

Size 7.5

$2,000

POINT_Garden I

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), agate, quartz, synthetic spinel.

Size 7.5

$2,400

POINT_Look I

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), quartz, synthetic ruby.

Size 5

$1,000

POINT_Look

The top stone is a lens-shaped crystal. It also serves as a magnifying glass to better see the stones below. The lower stone is held between the upper stone and the ring by tension, so there is no need for a stone frame. This ring is for appreciating stones.

POINT_Look III

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), quartz, pink cubic zirconia.

Size 6

$1,200

POINT_Look II

Sterling silver (Rhodium plated), quartz, Topaz.

Size 8

$1,400

EARRINGS

POINT_Earring III

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), synthetic ruby, quartz.

$700

POINT_Earring II

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), cubic zirconia

1" x .6" x .5"

$800

POINT_Earring I

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), glass, pink cubic zirconia. Clips.

.9" x .6" x .5"

$1,100

POINT_Earring IV

Sterling silver (rhodium plated), synthetic spinel, cubic zirconia "pink". 

1" x .6" x .5"

$1,100

TAKASHI KOJIMA 

b. 1978, Kyoto, Japan

EDUCATION

2003

Kyoto University of Art and Design, Architecuture-class, JP

AWARDS

2023  SCHMUCK （Munich, DE）

2022  SCHMUCK（ Munich, DE）

2021  SCHMUCK（ Munich, DE）

2018  SCHMUCK（ Munich, DE）

2012  Japan jewelry art exhibition 

*Encouragement prize（ JP）

2012  JJA Jewelry Design Awards 

*Technical prize *Fine work prize（JP）

2007  JJA Jewelry Design Awards 

*The President of JJDA prize（ JP）

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch / ’s-Hertogenbosch, NLEspace solidor, Musee du bijou contemporain / Cagnes sur Mer, FRCODA Museum / Apeldoorn,NL“The Alice and Louis Koch Collection” in the Swiss National Museum / Zurich, CH

**this is an abbreviated CV 

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