Hiroko Miyamoto
JEWELRY DESIGNER
Born in Himeji, Japan. She has a degree of Fine Arts from Saga University (1990), and studied in Massana art school (1998-2001) and Llotja art school (2002-2004) in Barcelona. Currently resides and works in Barcelona, Spain. She offers her unique works using the Kumboo tecnique.
Exhibitions
2002 Taller Montcada 2003 Taller Montcada, Álea galería 2004 HIPOTESI , Álea galería , Taller Montcada, FAD (Barcelona) 2005 Galería Montcada Taller 2006 Siesta (Barcelona) 2007 Galería Meko (Barcelona) 2008 LA MINIMA EXPRESIÓN (Alicante)
2009 Amaranto (Barcelona), Álea galería (Barcelona) 2010 Álea galería 2011 Galeria Deterra (Barcelona), Feria JOYA (Barcelona) 2012 Galeria Deterra (Barcelona) 2019 Amaranto joies (Barcelona) 2020 Galeria Reverso (Lisbon)
What is Kumboo?
This Asian technique for applying 24k gold to silver is in fact widely used in various cultures, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and in the west historically primarily to adhere gold to iron, steel and copper. I found few historical mentions in the west of application of gold to silver using the same methods used in Asia, though there are plenty of Roman and Greek artifacts which upon reexamination in recent years seem to have been gilded in this manner.