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Japanese, born in Russia and internationally brought up.Art historian and anthropologist.Trained as a jeweller in Hatton Garden, London, and stillexpanding her skills in rare jewellery techniques.Tel: 020 8455 4271Email: mail@kochiokada.co.ukWebsite: www.kochiokada.co.ukAbout my workKochi works in wax carving, hammering, knotting, granulation,kemboo and enamelling.She creates limited editions...

My interest in jewellery began in my teens when I made and wore huge necklaces of dyed melon and pumpkin seeds, acorn cups and any beads I could find. Portobello market was a good source of broken necklaces which were the beginning of my extensive...