Kotomi Yamamura fashions her jewelery from natural and semi-precious stones set in polymer clay mountings. Born in Osaka, Japan, Kotomi Yamamura obtained a degree in lacquer at Kyoto City University of Art. Following a decade as contract designer she moved in 1998 to London.
Her main source of inspiration has been the decorative arts of the European mediaeval world…Gothic, Byzantine and Russian. Kotomi says she has found a ready and enthusiastic market at galleries, shops and craft fairs in London. Read about her here and see her catalog here.
Katerina Musetti ,
Your work is beautiful! You seem to have the knack of really making the clay work to look like jewelry. It is good to see a polymer clay artist be abe to take these lovely stones and set them to clay in such a realistic fashion!
Doreen ,
Have you seen this?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584690631/sr=8-1/qid=1145316575/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9887447-0964614?%5Fencoding=UTF8
This book is illustrated in polymer clay by Jeanette Canyon. You can click on the book cover and look inside.