Forged Iron Bird

Year.2007
Not for Sale
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Sen Osuga

1931 -
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Description

  • Category
    Metalwork
  • Materials
    Iron
  • Year presented
    2007
  • Rarity
    Unique

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.

Selected exhibitions

  • The 54 th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2007)
  • Selected
Sen Osuga

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