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Extraordinary Japanese pearl tradition in Baku

18 November 2014 [13:14] - TODAY.AZ

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By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan’s capital Baku hosted for the first time an exhibition of Japanese products on November 14-15.

A cozy place in the Old City, Art Garden housed the exhibition where over 40 Japanese companies presented their goods.

The exhibition put on display products of light industry, jewelry, natural cosmetics, accessories and technical equipment, a variety of vitamins, kitchen equipment, food products, as well as Japanese wines.

One of the prominent representatives of the Land of Rising Sun Eiji Uemura showed his totally innovative masterpieces in the Land of Fire.

Uemura combined his jewelry Pearls and MAKI-E traditions, injecting a new life into the Pearl jewelry.

MAKI-E was a unique Japanese lacquer technique that has been a part of Japanese traditional culture for more than 1,500 years, on the beautiful pearls.

Presenting his elegant works in Baku, the master said: “We are living in a time, when innovation comes each day. For this purpose, I’ve syntheses two traditions, to make it more interesting and forth going.”

The most difficult point in combining two ideas is that sea pearls made in this technique can be very good or very bad in quality. “You should work really hard to achieve the perfect quality,” the master noted.

Uemura was proud of participating in the first monumental Japan fair in order to build a good friendship between Azerbaijan and Japan.

In Baku he presented not only his designs, but also the concept of his future works.

Today, his jewelry is more popular in the nearby countries, but Uemura is looking for more success.

He holds workshops in Europe and Asia, and publishes in several newspapers and magazines. Next, he plans to hold workshops in Israel and Beirut, where Uemura plans to open his shops.

The future plans of the creator of this unique jewelry are to become famous in the world and enter the history. And Uemura is self-confident about his success.

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