Faceted Silver Set of Tea Utensils

Year.2022
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  • Metalwork
  • Price Range $2,500 - 36,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 1

About the Artwork

To bring out the beauty of silver to the most, I decorated this piece using only metal engraving techniques.

Description

  • Category
    Metalwork
  • Materials
    Silver
  • Year of creation
    2022
  • Production period
    2 months
  • Paulownia Box
    Included
  • Artist Signature
    Signed

Techniques Used

Hammer forming

In hammer forming (tankin), a mallet is used to shape a sheet of metal by hammering it into recessions in a wooden stump or block. Next, the metal sheet is worked on the end of specially shaped iron bars known as forming stakes (ategane) to gradually create the final form. It takes tens of thousands of hammer strikes to produce a single finished work.

Chisel engraving

Chisel engraving (hori) consists of using engraving chisels to embellish the surface of metalwork. Techniques include standard hairline engraving (kebori) performed with a V-shaped chisel, wedge-shaped dot engraving (keribori) performed with a triangular chisel, and metal cutting (hatsuribori) performed with especially sharp flat chisels.

Selected exhibitions

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Faceted Silver Set of Tea Utensils Kosei Fujikawa
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