| Since the collapse of the economic bubble in Japan in the 1990s, the trend of spending on jewelry has stagnated in Japan and abroad. Overall, the natural jewel industry appears to be in a prolonged state of disarray. Amid this environment, Kyocera is engaging in full-scale activity to create new markets using existing developed materials and various applied processing technologies. By expanding our sphere of business, we are turning jewels into a familiar part of life. Kyocera's founder believes that jewels are adornments anybody should be able wear and enjoy. Returning to the founder's wishes and the origin of our jewel business, we are endeavoring to make beautiful jewels that will enrich their feelings and become an everyday part of customers' lives. |
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| Ties with Local Communities |
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"Kyoto Opal" was developed in Kyoto, the birthplace of Kyocera, for a broad range of industries. Since autumn 2008, these materials have been widely used by artisans in Kyoto's craft industries. Kyocera aims to provide artistic opportunities to local university students who are studying design and hope to become "expressionists." The company has therefore launched joint industry-university projects with Kyoto University and Kyoto Seika University.
Kyocera will continue contributing to development of local industries. One path is the creation of new craftworks. This can be achieved through the fusion of Kyoto's traditional craft technologies with new materials and technologies, amid an environment of heightened sense of beauty.
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Jewelry Design Competition |
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Grand Award: "samsara"Sand glass |
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Note:
"Kyoto Opal" is artificial opal material developed in Kyoto using Kyocera's original jewel synthesis technology.
Many crystalloid layers are placed one over another to reproduce the 'play of color' effect of natural opal, and thereby radiate an eternal beauty and many-hued luster.
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Badge acknowledging "Kyoto Accreditation - 1st Class" |
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Flexible sheet processing by which Kyoto Opal became possible |
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