Handmade Jewelry by Nao goldwork


Greetings Gold granulation technique


Gold
granulation 1		 Gold
granulation 2		 Flow of
the production process


Fiat lux 1 Fiat lux 2


Jadeite 1 Jadeite 2


Emerald Ruby Pink Sapphire


Blue Sapphire 1 Blue Sapphire 2


Wirework Metalworks of Japan


NANAKO Fes




Gold earrings of Repoussage

I found a small jewelry die at an antique market in Paris.

I pressed out gold parts of earrings.

I found that it was a wonderful mold for jewelry.

Small jewelry die I found at an antique market in Paris.
Author's signature engraved on the jewelry die.
Enlarged photo of the jewelry die
Using an antique jewelry die,I pressed out gold parts.
With gained gold parts, I made gold earrings.




Fez is an ancient capital of Morocco.
I decided to go to see the metalworks of Fez.


In the Medina of Fes, I found an embossed brass plate
with a fine and precise pattern stamped with chisels.

NANAKO is also used for the decoration of this plate.



Embossed brass plate of Fes

Embossed brass plate of Fes

19.2 cm in diameter


NANAKO decoration stamped on the brass plate of Fes



In addition to embossed brass plates, there are excellent
Fes-blue ceramic plates.


Fes-blue ceramic plate


Fes-blue ceramic plate hand made in Fes
Signature on the Fes-blue ceramic plate hand made in Fes

31.5 cm in diameter





Moroccan ceramic Frankincense burner of Fes

Ceramic Frankincense burner made in the old town of Fes

Ceramic Frankincense plate hand made in Fes

Frankincense for the ceramic incense burner





Riad Dar Bensouda in Fes

Old Fes Street view of Dar Bensouda, built in the 17th century

A magnificent 17th-century mansion in the old town of Fes
has been carefully restored and transformed into a riad.

The entrance of Dar Bensouda in the old town of Fes

The hall view of Dar Bensoda in the atrium to the second floor.

Intricate wall carving of the Hall of Dar Bensouda



Rooftop terrace of Dar Bensouda

Rooftop terrace view of Dar Bensouda


Landscape of Medina of Fes seen from the rooftop terrace

Green Minaret can be seen from the rooftop terrace of Dar Bensouda.


From the rooftop terrace of Dar Bensouda, you can see the ruins on the hill of Fes.





Kairaouine Mosque

Green roof of Kairaouine Mosque of Fes with the minaret of Bou Inania Madrasa



Bab Semmarine

Storks are sitting on the ramparts of Bab Semmarine Gate of Fes.

Under deep blue sky, storks are seen on the ramparts of Bab Semmarine Gate of Fes.





Night walking through narrow streets of Fes old town is fun.






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