kataoka jewelry

There is no use in looking too far ahead,
nor in worrying over what may come.
I am not one for difficult things.
All I can do is live in the present.

By day, I look into a microscope. On clear nights, I look through binoculars. Back and forth between the micro and the macro.

Recently, I discovered the inspiring nature of the Pleiades star cluster.
—Yoshinobu Kataoka

Towards the end of last year, the atelier found its place on Instagram.

@kataoka_atelier

A place for everyday ideas, shared lightly.
What remains, and what is left open, is met with attention.

Lunch has been simple lately.
A boiled egg and a banana.

Something about the egg draws the eye.
Its surface, its shadows.
Almost without thinking, it ends up in a photograph.

Stone and camellia.
A faint sweetness comes to rest.