Box with Design in Urushi Carving and Kinma "Sound of Rain"

Name: Box with Design in Urushi Carving and Kinma "Sound of Rain"
Brand: Kaori Sugano

Year.2001

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Kaori Sugano

Lacquerware
Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
Price Range $5,500 - 12,000

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Description

Category

Lacquerware
Materials

Urushi lacquer / Paulownia
Year presented

2001
Rarity

Unique
Collection of

Ryotei Nicho

Techniques Used

There are three basic variations of kinma based on the method used for cutting the motifs: line cutting, dot cutting, and a combination of the two. All three types use a special carving blade known as a kinma ken. Originally, kinma only consisted of motifs made of incised lines. However, by combining a variety of colored lacquers and cutting techniques, the art has lent itself to increasingly complex designs.

Carved lacquer

Carved lacquer (choshitsu) is made by first coating a piece in dozens of layers of colored lacquer. Then, a carving blade is used to cut into the lacquer and produce three-dimensional relief carvings.