素敵な皆さんへ、こんにちは！
Earrings for people with personality.
Hi! I'm Lys, and I print tiny worlds you can wear — cats, cones, cacti, leaves and other small joys, made by hand in Osaka.
Hi! I'm Lys, and I print tiny worlds you can wear — cats, cones, cacti, leaves and other small joys, made by hand in Osaka.
Every piece starts as a tiny thought — a cone, a cat, a slice of pizza. Bring me yours and I'll print the rest.
Each pair is hand-printed at the bench on my Bambu Lab printers, deburred, and photographed somewhere they belong. New drops every couple of weeks.
A little dive off the ear — turquoise fluke with a gold-dipped edge. Part of the ocean series.
Tiny beach sandals with a hand-textured floral sole and a gold thong strap.
A curled-up octopus in a punchy coral, tentacles printed in fine detail.
A weighty little anchor wrapped in rope, cast in a brushed-gold finish.
Modelled after a murex shell — spiny, textured, and cast in a soft bone white.
A softly ridged nautilus curl, printed in a warm off-white.
Long, tapered spiral shells with a gold-lined opening — statement length for the ear.
An open clam shell cradling a gold pearl — sweet and a little bit precious.
A warm little fire on each ear — layered in three colours on the Bambu, no painting required. Made to be worn loud.
View on MakerWorldA tiny seafloor souvenir for your ears. Five soft arms, hand-printed and sanded smooth — the first design from my MakerWorld shop.
View on MakerWorld
Boardwalk in midsummer, last hour of light. The kind of joy you keep in your pocket.
Día de los Muertos energy with a side of Edo-era temple craft. A little spooky, very pretty.
Inspired by autumn ginkgo leaves on the Yodogawa path. Long, light, drawn in one stroke.
Plant person? Same. A jungle leaf for every collar, kimono, and Sunday market.
A love letter to Osaka cat cafés — two mischievous neko hanging on for dear life.
Diner light, a strawberry milkshake, and a slice on each ear. Soft kitsch, served warm.
A small desert close to your cheek. Sun-warmed, prickly, unbothered. Pairs well with linen.
Scaled silver with coral fins, drawn for sea-spray afternoons and long Mediterranean lunches.
Want a tiny version of your dog? Your favourite snack? A character only you would recognise? Send me a sketch and the colour you'd like — I'll do the rest.
A sketch, a photo, a vibe — even a doodle on a napkin. Tell me what you want and how big.
Silk gold, silk silver, hot pink, jade green, sunshine yellow — or anything in between.
Modeling, slicing, printing on the Bambu, deburring, hardware, packaging. Arrives in about a week.
"I grew up between temple bells and neon signs — every earring I make is somewhere in that contrast."
I was born in Hawaii and moved to Japan as a teenager — so my heart lives in two places, two places I love. You'll see both in the work: the clean geometry of kamon family crests, the negative space of an ink wash, sakura petals on a black river and the gold seams of kintsugi, alongside island sun, hibiscus and the ocean I grew up next to. Then I love taking all of that, putting it through a Bambu Lab printer, and turning it into earrings.
Every piece is modeled, sliced, printed, deburred and assembled by me, by hand, from my little studio in Osaka. I work mostly in silk gold, silk silver, jade green and sunset pink PLA — sculptural, surprisingly durable, and feather-light on the lobe.
Browse my open designs on MakerWorld under Auris Elan, or DM me @auris_elan with the weirdest idea you've got. 小さなアトリエ、丁寧な仕事。
Lys grows up between two very different worlds — the Japanese traditions of her mother's family and the ocean-centred Hawaiian upbringing of her father's side. Part of her childhood is spent in Hawaiʻi before moving to Japan as a teenager. Those two places become the foundation of Auris Élan.
Leaves Yamaguchi at 21, arriving in Hawaiʻi in 1885 on one of the first government-sponsored immigrant ships — part of the roughly 29,000 Japanese labourers who came before the program ended in the 1890s. He works a sugarcane plantation contract, and chooses to stay. 🚢
Japanese-Hawaiian/European ancestry — his Japanese ancestors had already lived in Hawaiʻi for generations, part of the islands' large Nikkei community.
Native Hawaiian family roots, passing down stories about the ocean, plants, flowers, and the land.
Grows up surrounded by the Pacific — fishing, beaches, tropical plants, island life. Meets Aiko on a trip to Hawaiʻi. This is where Lys's love of the ocean, shells, whales, rays, and tropical flowers comes from. 🐠
Grows up in Kansai in a traditional household that loves gardens, flowers, textiles, ceramics and handmade objects. Travels to Hawaiʻi, where she meets Kai — Lys's Osaka/Kansai connection. 🏮
Born in Hawaiʻi, heritage Japanese × Hawaiian, moves to Japan as a teenager, home in Osaka. Grows up between both worlds — and turns them into Auris Élan. 🌸🌴
A constructed family history, written for Auris Élan's story — not a genealogical record. The 1885 Japanese immigration to Hawaiʻi it draws on is real history.
Each pair travels in a tiny cushioned envelope from Osaka, tracked all the way home. Pop me a message if you're somewhere unusual — I love a stamp collection.