Am I Love Cupid?

I keep busy days for X'mas order in these days.
I got a really sweet order couple days ago.
The customer ordered a seaurchin diamond ring from Japan for his girl friend as X'mas gift.
He requested me to put a message " I promise"  on the ring and he asked me to send to a city in U.S.
I was wondering what he wants to promise...but I was just working on the ring.

And one day he wrote me, he met a girl and keeps distant relationship with her and he promised to see her in New York in next year, so he promise to see her.

It is sounds so romantic!
I'm so glad that he choose my ring for his girl friend X'mas gift.
As his request, I wrote a message card and enclosed with a ring.
I was glad to be a Love Cupid!  :)

As a request, we can engraved a message for our jewelry.(under 10 letter is $22.)
You can put message for someone, your special memorial date, your birthday,  favorite word,.
To engraved date makes a  jewelry more personal stuff.

Sunday

From my studio window...leaves turn red.

Usually I work with interns during weekdays but I work alone during the weekend.
I like making jewelry while listening to my favorite music and drinking tea.
Sometimes my friends visit me during my work.
It is nice to talk with them.

I'm working on spine bracelets (4 ribs) for DDCLAB.

My bone collection is one of my specialties.

People like bone collections so I'm making a lot bone collection jewelry.

Spine Bracelet (4 ribs).

Now this is available at DDCLAB in the meat packing district.

DDCLAB

427 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

www.ddclab.com

American Natural History Museum

I went to American Natural History Museum in last weekend with my friend.
This museum is one of my favorite museums in New York.
Since I'm preparing for a new collection, I wanted to go there to get some inspiration.
Even though I have already been there several times, I'm always excited to be there.
Curiosity about nature is one of the inspirations for my jewelry.
When I go to the museum, I feel like I'm going back to my childhood.
At the entrance, there is a huge dinosaur skeleton.

It is really exciting to imagine that such huge animals used to exist on this Earth.
We went to a special butterfly exhibition.

There was a big greenhouse in the museum with many living butterflies inside of it.

I found a really beautiful blue butterfly there.
It was like a piece of jewelry.

The thing that caught my attention　he most in this exhibition were the pupas.
There were many kinds of pupas.

Some of the pupas were shaped like Astro Boy's head.(Do you know Astro boy? It is a Japanese robot cartoon.) They looked really cute.

Some of them are colorful.Some time, they were swaying back and forth.
These were butterflies that were about to hatch from their pupa stage.
It is really interesting to see the life inside the shell.

I had received great inspiration from the exhibition.
I hope I can come up with great ideas from this inspiration for my new collection.

An interview @ Vendome Luxury

Bevel NYC and Ayaka Nishi had an interview @ Vendome Luxury trade show in Paris.
I'm talking about my back ground. Am I look nervous?

The Spine Ring

Some have people asked me why I started making bone jewelry.
I answer, it is because I have discovered the organic, natural beauty within the shape of bones.
It is really difficult to curve such a beautiful line.
I think God has a really great sense for design and beauty.
And that wearing bone, which has a strong association with death, is also quite meaningful.
I'm glad to introduce a new item for the bone collection.
I've just made a spine ring!
Since some of my friends love the spine bracelet (but it is pretty expensive ($1700, because it's heavy, solid-sterling silver)), I thought if I made a ring which is just like the small spine bracelet, it will be affordable and yet still the same design!So, I made this ring.

To wear a piece of life.
Invisible power dwells within a piece of bone.

As we hurry through life, it is hard to think about death and life, but I believe that thinking about death is linked to thinking about how to live, so it is not so bad to think about death sometimes.

In this picture, the spine bracelet is like the mother and the spine ring is like her baby! So cute!
It will come with sterling silver, 18K gold plating, oxdized silver (antique black), 14K and 10K gold.
Price will be $230 for sterling silver, 18K gold plating, oxdized silver,
Price upon request for 14K gold and 10K gold.

This ring is size-adjustable and fits your finger snugly.
I haven't put it up for sale in our online shop yet, but if you are interested in ordering in advance, we can accept your order directly by e-mail.
info@ayakanishi.com

Halloween Jewelry : Spider Web Collection and Bone Collection

Hello, Are you enjoying Halloween?
I'm become a black cat again in this year.
Everybody told I'm good on black cat costume. :)

I want to select some jewelry for Halloween.
I think Spider Web Collection and Bone Collection are perfect match for Halloween.

Happy Halloween!!

NOT JUST A LABEL Featured AYAKA NISHI !

UK Fashion page, NOT JUST A LABEL feature Ayaka Nishi.
They came to our booth at Vendome Laxury in Paris.
Thank you!!

NOT JUST A LABEL
http://www.notjustalabel.com/

Ayaka Nishi Collection Movie on You Tube

Ayaka Nishi Collection Movie with Haiku naration version was released on You Tube!
I did naration.
Haiku is Japanese old traditional style poem.
We choose some haiku which is written about nature.

I'll intriduce one haiku.

shizukesa ya iwa ni shimi-iru semi no koe
静けさや岩に染み入る蝉の声

deep silence -
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks

 

Ayaka Nishi Online Look Book 2011 S/S Collection

Open publication - Free publishing - More spine

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Vendome Luxury in Paris

I participated in the Vendome Luxury trade show in Paris.

This trade show was held during Paris fashion week.

During Fashion week, many buyers come to Paris from all over the world to view new collections.

The venue for the event was the HOTEL D'EVREUX which is next to The Ritz Hotel.

My name was on the designer list

I shared a booth with BEVEL NYC.

Our jewelry really matched well in same display case.

Bone Collection.

Honeycomb Collection

BEVEL NYC Jewelry

Ayaka Nishi, Jonathan Goldstein from BEVEL NYC,
& Mr. Inoue; who supported us as a representative

My friend, Castro from CASTRO NYC. Also participated in the show

Opening reception party

New York Designer team. BLISS LAU,　BIJULES, BEVEL　NYC,　AYAKA NISHI at Opening Party.

Ryoji Ikeda ( from dumb type) Datamatics [ver. 2.0]

Tonight was a fashion night out day ; however, I choose to go to a visual art performance by Ryoji Ikeda who is a member of dumb type.
dumb type is a media performance group from Kyoto, Japan.
They are consisted with visual artists, contemporary dance performers and sound designers.

I'm a big fan of dumb type since I was a college student in Japan.
I went to several their performance in Japan and NY.
Their performance is digital, sophisticated and beautiful.
I was happy to see his performance in here, NY.



The movie was really sophisticated and beautiful but on the other hand it could be violence.
Since I had bad cold , it was tough to see whole noise movie for a hour.

From this movie, I got some inspiration.
One of inspiration was visualizing people's conscious between life and death.
Another inspiration was manipulated universe by god.

Every inspiration was magnificent and beautiful ans sophisticated.

If you interested in dumb type, you can check more movie below.

dumb type - memorandum (chapter2-part2)

Jewelry Studio

My photographer friend, Tal came to my jewelry studio and shoot some pictures.

Tal Shpantzer
http://www.talfoto.com

Our Jewelry is on ELLE U.S August issue

My Jewelry was introduced ELLE U.S magazine August issue.
They introduced Coral Necklace, Spine Bracelet, Spider Web Ring and Spider Earring.

I believe ELLE magazine is one of big magazine in Fashion.
I've been respected this magazine, so I'm really glad to be on this magazine.
I'm appreciate they found me.