Arata’s Treasures from Under the Sea, a series of jewelry fabricated of enameled silver, glass, and sand, evokes a sense of wonder and visual pleasure. In the series, Arata developed a process resulting in gritty yet ethereal forms and iridescent, semi-translucent colors suggesting the an element of magic and unearthed sea treasures. Arata’s sublime forms, encrusted and eroded by time and the force of nature serve as a metaphor for the cyclical life process of birth, desire, discovery, discarding, and death.
(image credit: Gallery Deux Poissons)
