welded iron, h. 7 cm. and h. 5 cm.

In the early 1950s Ferdi Jansen studied sculpture in Paris with Ossip Zadkine and took welding lessons from Shinkichi Tajiri, her future husband. Her insect-inspired sculptural jewelry which she created from iron and glass in the mid-1950s in Paris attracted the attention of American collectors and was also sought after in Japan. See www.ferdi-tajiri.com for more information.