Einat Cohen

"The name Frog Aspect symbolizes my fascination with the metamorphosis process of frogs and their remarkable adaptability to varied conditions. This reflects my work process, where I manipulate materials while understanding its basic behaviors and using its imperfections. My jewelry pieces make a statement and stimulate curiosity."

Einat Cohen established Frog Aspect in 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in costume design for performance arts. She started off with a small collection of handmade theatrical scarves created from fabric scraps and constructed by repetitive hand knotting and threading techniques. Due to the hot Israeli weather, she designed a few styles made of spandex which is lightweight, versatile, and ideal for all climates. Einat fell in love with this material and created a large variety of jewelry styles from it. After moving to New York in 2006, Einat started working with two other materials she is passionate about—Tyvek and rubber. Tyvek is a synthetic paper, highly durable, water resistant, and typically used for mailing purposes. It is manipulated with heat to create organic-like textures. After the paper pieces are cut they are combined with resin. The finished parts are then cut again and put together into one piece.

Einat approaches her creative process by observing the material's behaviors after manipulating it with various techniques. The imperfection created by that work is used and addressed as a new material. In each collection different techniques are implemented—fabric pieces are shaped and transformed by stretching, stuffing ,hand dying ,sewing, and threading.

In 2005, Einat graduated from Seminar Hakibutzim college in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in costume design for performance arts.