Akiko Yoshimoto

Akiko Yoshimoto

  • Artist’s Statement

    So drawn to glass and fire.

    So challenging and rewarding .
    My fascination of experiencing the fluidity of various glasses, metals and natural materials spurs me on to create custom jewellery that everyone can enjoy.
    My aim is to make unique, colourful beads and jewellery  to suit a  wide variety of individual taste. No two pieces  are exactly the same. Such is the beauty of glass.

  • Biography

    I am a maker of unique Italian Moretti glass beads and jewellery   incorporating Sterling Silver,  14KTGF, gold and silver leaf, natural materials, and semi-precious stones.

    With a B.A  University of Toronto (Sociology/Anthropology),   M Ed  McGill University (Special Education  Learning Disability),  Bond University  (TESOL) and Ministry of Education (Supervisor Certificate in Visual Arts) , my favourite subject was and is, art in all its forms, past and present.

     As a Visual Arts teacher in Toronto from 1983 to 1986,  my focus was to encourage teenage students  to experiment as they  felt their personal  creative  skills evolving, but most of all, to enjoy the process of making  something  of their own.

  • Influences

    Mother Nature and Paul MUNCK,  extraordinary designer and maker in numerous media.

  • Awards

    2003 Newspaper Articles “Art of Glass” ( Gympie Times)

     2001  “The Beauty of Handmade  Beads” (Gympie Times, Cooloola Style)

     
    2004 
    Regional Art Development Fund 
    Recipient  to attend Bead and Button Show ( USA)

  • Exhibitions

    2009 
    Let There Be Glass  (Cooloola Shire Gallery)

     2004 
    Retrospective Hot Glass Exhibition (Noosa Shire Gallery)

    Works represented at Cooloola  Shire  Gallery 
      2003 
    St Patrick’s College Christmas Spectacular  (Cooloola Shire)

    Riverside and Eagle Street Pier Arts and Craft Market ( Brisbane)

     Paper Bead and Jewellery Art Group Workshop (OMSS Special Education Unit  Cooloola Shire)

    Tin Can Bay SS Show

     2003-2011 Eumundi Arts and Craft Market 

     2002 
    St Patrick’s Art and Craft Spectacular  (Cooloola Shire)

    Works represented at Liquid Glass Gallery Eumundi

     1981
    Canadian Craft Show 
    Winter’s End  (Toronto Canada)
    Japanese Cultural Centre Arts and Craft Show (Toronto Canada)

    1980
    Festival of Friends Craft Show (Stratford Canada)
     Harbourfront First Annual Arts and Craft Show (Toronto Canada)

Showing 1–36 of 37 artworks

Akiko Yoshimoto

Summer Greens
45.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Italian Moretti Glass $240.00

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Ribbon Necklace
50 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm Italian Moretti Glass and Flexible Ribbon $50.00

Akiko Yoshimoto

For the Love of Purple 2
47.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm Italian Moretti Glass, Silver Leaf, Sterling Silver $260.00

Akiko Yoshimoto

Summertime
48.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm Italian Moretti Glass, Polished Stone Sold

Akiko Yoshimoto

For the Love of Purple
50 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm Italian Moretti Glass $340.00

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Only One
50 x 2.3 x 1 cm Italian Moretti Glass $75.00

Akiko Yoshimoto

Ivory Cream Delight
54 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm Italian Moretti Glass $290.00

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Zebra Allsorts
40 x 8 x 1.6 cm Italian Moretti Glass $340.00

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Symbol of Protection
45 x 1 x 3 cm Red Coral $310.00

Akiko Yoshimoto

Delicate Florals
72 x 1.5 x 1.8 cm Italian Moretti Glass $80.00

Akiko Yoshimoto

Earring NoEA34
Jewellery $25.00

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Earring No.EA24
Jewellery $20.00

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Earring No. EA14
Jewellery $45.00

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Earring No. EA23
Jewellery $55.00

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Earring No. EA29
Jewellery $45.00

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Earring No. EA22
Jewellery $25.00

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Earring No. EA33
Jewellery $40.00

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Earring No. EA41
Jewellery $45.00

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Earring No. EA15
Jewellery $50.00

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Earring No. EA30
Jewellery $40.00

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Earring No. EA31
Jewellery $35.00

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Earring No. EA36
Jewellery $38.00

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Earring No. EA25
Jewellery $100.00

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Earring No. EA32
Jewellery $80.00

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Earring No. EA12
Jewellery $50.00

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Earring No. EA26
Jewellery $55.00

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Earring No. EA30
Jewellery Sold

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Earring No. EA28
Jewellery $35.00

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Earring No. EA20
Jewellery $25.00

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Earring No. EA19
Jewellery $80.00

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Earring No. EA40
Jewellery $75.00

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Earring No. EA13
Jewellery $65.00

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Earring No. EA35
Jewellery $40.00

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Earring No. EA18
Jewellery $35.00

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Earring No. EA24
Jewellery $40.00

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Earring No. EA27
Jewellery Sold