Norika Takada nori@ironstudio.com

With over 7 years of experience, Norika Takada, native of Okinawa, Japan, earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts with a focus on Silversmithing and Jewelry Design from Fu-Jen University in Taipei Taiwan.  She then spent two years in Barcelona, Spain studying goldsmithing techniques at the Escola de Arts I Oficis.  Her work is a blend of these influences, with inspiration drawn from the sea of her island home and tempered with European metalcraft.  Mixed metals and organic forms dominate her designs.

Education

2004 Forming and Raising / Jewelry : The Crucible, North California (USA)

2003 Orfebreria contemporanea / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios, Barcelona (Spain)
2003 Profundizacion en la joyeria / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios,
2003 Tecnicas de construccion/ Departament de volumen : Escola artes y oficios,

2002 Encastado / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios, Barcelona (Spain)
2002 Gemologia / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios
2002 Alta joyeria / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios
2002 Tecnicas afines / Departament Joyeria : Escola artes y oficios

2001 Barcelona University Spanish Language and Culture Program
1998 - 1999 Beijing Foreign Study University / Simultaneous Interpretation Japanese and Chinese: Beijing (China)
1992 - 1996 Fu-jen University / Bachelor Arts, Applied Arts : Taipei (Taiwan)
1995 University of Ryukyu / Japan Multimedia Information Processing : Okinawa (Japan)

Exhibitions

2005 Show & Open house/ Bay Area (United States)
2004 Open Studio & Gifty shop/ Bay Area (United States)
2003 ANELLA'T / Barcelona
2003 Enjoyat 2003/ FAD Barcelona
1996 Final project show/ Taipei trade center (Taiwan)

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