Inspired by haute couture, history, and salvaged materials, San Francisco designer emiko oye handcrafts unique urban jewelry from repurposed LEGO®, precious metals and recycled materials. Utilizing such a globally beloved material, she tugs on the nostalgic heartstrings of female and male alike, young and old, artfully embedding memory into conversation-sparking, contemporary adornment.

Since receiving her BFA (Syracuse University,1997), her work has been shown in over 80 exhibitions across the United States and internationally, including a solo show at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design (2008). Active in the craft field, she served as President of the Metal Arts Guild San Francisco, won American Craft Council’s Award of Excellence for Best Booth Design (2012), and selected to design the Art Jewelry Forum’s Annual Membership Pin (2015). Her art is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, and Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland OR.

She has lectured on marketing and her work for notable institutions such as SNAG, California College of the Arts, Oakland Museum of CA, Museum of Art and Design, NY. Recent publications that feature her work: 21st Century Jewelry, On Jewellery, The Art of Jewelry: Plastic and Resin, Humor in Craft, and Metalsmith Magazine, American Craft, Smithsonian Magazine, ReadyMade, San Francisco Chronicle, Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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