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Jiro Kamata
Celestial Eyes, 11 October - 9 November 2025

Jiro Kamata: Celestial Eyes

Forthcoming exhibition
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Celestial Eyes

After 15 years of working with used camera lenses, I wanted to create my own original lens shape, so I collaborated with a lens company to develop it. I examined over 1,000 lenses and discovered around 10,000 shapes, and eventually found a unique form that produces a 3D hologram-like effect at its center. When I saw this, I felt as if I had created a "small cosmos."

My new series, Celestial Eyes, uses laboratory quartz̶the clearest and hardest material for lenses̶and is inspired by astronomy, mythology, and spirituality. A transformative experience on the coast of Rye, Australia, where I physically felt the Earth's spherical nature and the vastness of the universe, strongly influenced this work.

The lens shape is formed by cutting overlapping spheres. I coat the backs with mirror, gold, or PVD, and I also experiment with fluorescent colors derived from phosphorus, symbolizing "things that carry light." Through this process, I have created my own celestial body and transformed it into jewelry.
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