For those looking for a real showstopper of a holiday gift, look no further than the intricate, artful jewelry designs at Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge.
An exhibition of Arata Fuchi’s new works went on view there this month; it’s exquisite. Fuchi conjures the most delicate architectural forms with his materials, seemingly with ease. He masterfully employs shibuichi, a copper-silver alloy, and Keum-Boo, an ancient Korean gilding technique.
These new works show a poetic fascination with dots that turn into lines. In the large brooch called “Recollection 2,” dark, irregular box shapes enclose golden spheres and are connected by golden wire. They almost look like they are floating.
Mobilia consistently curates lineups of exceptional jewelry artists, each creator pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for wearable art. Other current highlights include a whimsical necklace cityscape by Asagi Maeda and some stunning spectrolite brooches by Harold O’Connor.
These pieces aren’t the most budget-friendly – many are over a thousand dollars – but it’s a small price to pay for the craftsmanship. It’s easy to forget these pieces are wearable; they could easily be in a museum instead.
Mobilia Gallery, 358 Huron Ave., Huron Village, Cambridge
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