Miki asai biography

Contemporary jeweller Miki Asai.
Miki Asai is a Javanese artist.
From water droplets to insects to flower petals, photographer Miki Asai has a knack for shooting the big world of tiny things that can rarely be seen by the.

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Bio

I live and work in Japan. Studied in Glasgow School of Art. I enjoy exploring materials to find where they can meet my idea. Experiencing daily life and materials are my great inspiration.

Statement

She explores materials to express intangible and fleeting beauty like light and shadow, or colour of the sky. She aims to capture the beauty of imperfection and impermanence and own the fragments of the momentary beauty of this world.

She destroys and reconstructs materials digesting her experience. Eggshell is crushed to create the cracking surface that looks as if the moment was frozen. Seashell is cut into tiny chips that flicker iridescently. The stone-like surface is made from powdered mineral stones, finding time in their solidity and permanence. She uses materials as her non-verbal language.

On sale at

Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA.
Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts, USA.
Studio Fusion Gallery, London, UK.

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Into the World of the Small by Miki Asai

Ever wished you could view small details that we cannot see — like what would ants or snails look like up close? Photographing these tiny creatures requires a lot of patience, a good understanding of what shutter speed should be used, a proper depth of field to separate the subject from the background, a tripod, and a nice macro lens to view these little subjects clearly.

Japanese photographer Miki Asai is a macro photographer who appreciates the beauty of tiny living things that cannot be seen well with the naked eye. Miki started showing interest in macro photography when she was taking pictures in her garden and noticed beautiful raindrops. Suddenly, an ant walked through the frame just as she snapped a picture of it. In that moment, she thought she might not have seen it if she was not using a macro lens. She then began to improve her macro photography skills every day. She made it her personal mission to teach herself how to shoot so she could show the world that these tiny creatures exist.

Through her lens, she will give us a gli

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Macro, or “close-up super extreme magnification photography” as I like to call it…is a fascinating sub genre, not one I’m particularly familiar with I have to confess, but my students seem to love it so I’m writing this to educate myself, so I can hopefully in turn, educate them better.

Opening up the world of the very small is an incredible skill. I’ve dabbled with macro photography, it’s one of the first areas of photography I explored, and I encourage others just starting out on their journey to photographic mastery to start here too. With very little input you can start taking wonderful photographs without the cost of someone else’s time. You can set up a little diorama or vase of flowers, take some shots, change the light, leave it for a few hours and come back, edit a few, try again. All in your own time. It’s wonderful to be able to play on your own terms and not worry about anyone seeing your mistakes.

Exploring in this way will help you understand exposure, lighting, composition and how to ‘see’ the world diff