Job's jobs

I feel very sad that Steve Job resigns CEO of Apple.  

One, both my parents had cancer and I'm just worried.  

Two I just have enormous respect for what he has been doing.  

Just see Steve Job's 313 patents here on the New York Times.

To me they are so beautiful, with those hand drawn product images.

Every design detail has a reason to be so - and that's why I love it.

taxi driver

Just finished exhibiting at a trade show.  

At the show I met too many people who told me that they closed their business.   

They are fine now, but I know how hard it is to decide closing your own business.  When you have a small business, it is like raising a baby I guess.

Last day of the show, we packed everything at my booth and got in a car from a car service company.

I was ready to sleep right away in a car.

The the driver started talking to me.

Again, he said he closed his business and became a driver.

He was so depressed until he met this 22 year old girl from Shanghai.  

He met her in Flushing right after she came to the States to study and they got married, now they are expecting a baby.  

He showed me some pictures with his iphone and she was really, so beautiful and they looked so happy together.  He said she became a light in his life and she was giving him the best gift, a baby.

I thought myself that it may be the happiest thing.  

The picture above is for good luck.  Someone told me that this is one of "power spots" in Tokyo and keeping this picture will bring you good luck.  

I know.  But I know that sometimes this thing really help you to make you feel better.

Yes, I do keep this photo in my iphone. 

Jane Berkin

Some stores kindly pass me the news what kind of customers bought my jewelry.  

I like to hear how the customers were excited when they bought my jewelry, one guy even proposed his girlfriend right at a store with my ring.

And I'm also secretly excited when someone I adore bought my jewelry.

This time Jane Berkin and Lou Doillon.  They are gorgeous needless to say and what can I say, if I can be a woman like Jane Berkin when I get older, that, would, be, so-- nice.

Just imagining how Jane Berkin is wearing the wing ring...

soft open!

Finally, I have completely moved to my new space.  Now we're soft open as a studio and as a showroom.  I've added new wedding & engagement rings also.  

Walk in welcome!

Written by Forest

313A Atlantic Ave. (between Hoyt and Smith St.)

Brooklyn, NY 11201

646-675-2134
noon - 7pm*

*closed Aug 12-17th due to my trade show schedule

new studio

So I've moved into my new studio. 
The space still needs a lot of work and at the same time I have orders to fill. 
The first thing I did after moving was to set up my workbench. 
Even though the room is still dusty and messy with scattered boxes, I have to save my work space anyway so that I can at least do my work.

My friend came in and helped me painting walls and cleaning rooms. 
I was surprised how quickly things can be done when you have a partner to work with.  

Sweat ran in rivulets down our necks - I didn't have an AC until yesterday.  I jumped up and down when FEDEX guy came in with a big box of AC later that day.

Tomorrow, I'm making some new pieces for the an upcoming show.  But I have to remind myself not to overwork.  NY is just too hot right now to work like a horse.
 

this day in July

I've been preparing my move to a new studio.  

It will be in Boerum Hill Brooklyn or I should say Bococa (I can't get used to this name), and I'm thinking of having a small showcase space there for customers can walk in.

It's exciting, but at the same time I'm a bit scared to make this step.  

I try to think of happy things such as new interior with old furniture, having more engagement rings there, and a girl I'm working with at this new space.

My father's birthday has been passed.  

I happened to see his handwriting in my address book the other day, and I decided to pretend that I didn't see it.  

I still can't get that there is a trail of his life in this world but he is not here anymore.  Sometimes I wonder if there is a remaining piece of his soul in the air and it makes me cry. 

My sister says she sometimes feels his presence at her place in Kyoto, but he hasn't come to my apartment in NY. 

It's heartbreaking to see someone loses his/her parent.  I truly felt grateful for what people said to me when I lost my father.  And now I don't know what to say, and if I say something I always feel regret for what I said.

love for Japan: Danny's case

Today I want to share Danny Choo's blog post with you.
I knew his name as an Japanese Anime lover, Otaku, and Jimmy Choo's son living in Japan.  But until today I never knew how he came to Japan from London.

Now Danny is a director for Culture Japan and he even does a host of his own TV show in Japan to introduce Japanese pop culture.
Anyway, I want you to read his blog post "How discovering Japan changed my life," it's very inspiring.

If you ever fell in love with another culture outside of your country, or if you had a hard time to learn foreign language I bet it will bring tears.

I especially love the part that when he came to Japan for the first time he was sitting in Shibuya watching the Hachiko crossing all day long dreaming about living there while listening to the bustling sounds and conversations.  He even recorded the sounds of Shibuya and captured all the hustle and bustle of the crossing including conversations of people.  After he came back to London, he listened to the sound he recorded and it made him feel like he's in Japan.


I still remember the time I was sitting in front of Metropolitan museum dreaming about living in New York.  I'm happy for Danny that he found his dream place to live.