Box with design in makie. “Japanese lady slipper orchid in the sunshine filtering through foliage”
H 20.2 x W 27.1 x D 14.2 cm,Year.2023Keiji Onihira
1973 -- Lacquerware
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Price Range
$3,000 - 29,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 4
I create my artwork with lacquer, gold, powder, mother-of-pearl, using various makie techniques. Many new types of lacquer and pigments are being developed these days. I try to use these new materials and techniques within the traditional artwork, as I believe this will create a new tradition. With traditional lacquerware at the base, I want to try various motifs and themes to produce artwork that create a special little world or atmosphere.
View DetailDescription
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CategoryLacquerware
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MaterialsGreat green turban shell, South sea abalone shell (tamamushi shell), Egg shell
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DimensionsH 20.2 x W 27.1 x D 14.2 cm
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Year of creation2023
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RarityUnique
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Paulownia BoxIncluded
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Artist SignatureSigned (name of artwork, paulownia box)
Techniques
Award
- The 70th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2023)
- 70th Anniversary Award
Artist Comment
First of all, I would like to thank all the judges and evaluators that discovered my work. The Japanese lady slipper orchid is an endangered species and precious wildflower that is difficult to grow. I tried to express the dignified appearance of the flower blooming quietly under the sunlight filtering through the trees.
I overlapped myself as a lacquerware artist, having difficulties to make a living from producing lacquerware with worries about my current situation, with the fragile flower and made this piece at this timing. Encouraged by this award, with health first, both physically and mentally, I will continue to do my best.
(from the Japan Kōgei Association newsletter)
