Fashion Observer Magazine March. 2015 | Page 101

Based in Perth, Keiko Uno is an avid scuba diver along the West Australian Coast. It is here, in the depths of the ocean, immersed in the magic of the underwater world that Keiko finds much of her inspiration for her luxury ocean motif jewellery. And Keiko’s profound connection with the ocean is the catalyst for her latest series of jewellery, “Spirit Of The Sea.” Keiko has a rich inheritance of Japanese culture that is traced back to Samurai Lords, there is a mountain in Japan which bears her ancestor’s name, meaning the sacred place of gems. Keiko’s passion for gems and jewellery was ignited at a young age while observing the powerful transformative effect jewels had on the wearer. Some time later, in her teenage years, Keiko began her career in jewellery at her mother’s gem and jewellery emporium in Perth, Western Australi K