Artist: Yuki Mitsuyasu (Japan)

SHINE Collection

SANTORINI Collection

Raised in Singapore, and later educated at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design London, Yuki Mitsuyasu designs and constructs jewellery intended to tell a story. Carefully crafted into each piece is a narrative, waiting to be recounted, explored, and shared. 

SHINE

“When you choose your partner, his religion, nationality, or wealth does not matter; be with someone who lets you shine, then he is a man worth being with.”- Toshiyuki Mitsuyasu

Shine is characterised by two hearts. Each symbolizing a person. Each bold and unique from the other. Together though, they realize something brighter than if they were apart. On the Shine necklace, the two hearts come together to complete the clasp (and pendant) as a star.

VARUNA

A drop of water runs down a mountain, joins a river, enters the ocean – and serendipitously, finds its way back to the mountain again.

The Varuna collection, named after the god of sky, water and the celestial oceans, recounts this circle of life. The circle of life also connotes the idea of heaven and earth. Interestingly, for people dwelling in the mountains of Himalaya, heaven is not in the sky, but in the ocean. It is where water, the source of life, flows. This is perhaps why the spiritual river Ganges is often revered as a passage to holiness.

SANTORINI

Whitewashed walls, blue domes, square windows, cubist houses that look like they were drawn with pencils. This collection is inspired by Santorini, a little Greek island sculpted by unique architecture and crowned with numerous churches. 

Using the cross as a main motif, the pieces in this collection are constructed with simple, clean lines. The unpolished brushed effect, square holes and blue topaz in these jewellery pieces, are reminiscent of the idyllic landscape of the island.

GO WITH THE FLOW

There is no one right way of wearing this pendant.

By looping each end of the chain through the pendant differently, a different-looking necklace takes shape each time. It all depends on how you choose to position the ends of the chain.

As you wear the necklace, the pendant might still adjust itself to sit more comfortably on your neck, going with the flow.