Ayaka Kobayashi "Twilight" - cherry blossoms -

Ayaka Kobayashi "Twilight" - cherry blossoms -Twilight series feature beautiful metal colors that look like changing colors of the sky before dawn or after sunset. People are often fascinated by those scenes and so is Ayaka Kobayashi, who is interested in celestial phenomenon. Titanium is light weighted and durable, but not so popular as kaleidoscope material. It is colored in a special way with her technique. In this piece, a cylinder is decorated with a pattern of cherry blossoms and petals.

yellow with hints of white

and the tales of flower fairies

A distinctive feature of her work is that she imbues her pieces with stories

you can see four-pointed mandalas that change bewitchingly

It has "Gemini" 4 mirror system which creates double mandala images

3-mirror system 4 points

Inside the small object cell

Rotate the entire tube to enjoy the changing images

rose quartz

Oil cell             No turning end

but when you look inside

She carves patterns on the tube and adds gold lines to highlight them