Makie Tokiban
H 3.3 / ø 30 cm,Year.2019Ogyo Ichishima
1958 -- Lacquerware
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Price Range
$1,000 - 33,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 2
About the Artwork
Dawn breaking as we welcome the morning. The sun setting as the evening comes down.
The sun rising and setting. The changes of color as time goes by is extremely fascinating.
I put such thoughts into the name of this piece "Toki" meaning "time" in English.
About Techniques
- Makie
The makie technique used for this piece is called the hikkaki (scratching) technique.
The types of powder used for makie are mainly marufun (round powder) where the grain of gold powder is round, and hiramefun flat powder where the grain of the powder is flat as if a kompeito(Japanese candy) or rice grain was squashed. The sizes of the grains vary; some are big enough to pick up with ones hand while some are very fine that it can be mixed with water.
For the hikkaki technique, flat and thin gold powder called yakinashiji is used.
Black lacquer is applied to the vessel ready to be decorated, and gold powder is sprinkled. Before the lacquer under the gold powder dries, the patterns are scratched out. The patterns cannot be roughly sketched beforehand when using this technique.
Patterns of Japanese silver grass have been scratched out in this piece. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole design is decided by the first scratch. No matter how much experience you've had, making the first scratch is when you get tensed up and need to concentrate the most.
- Hyomon
Hyomon is a technique where thin gold and silver sheets are cut into patterns and applied onto the lacquered surface. Lacquer is then applied to the whole vessel, and is then polished with charcoal to bring out the patterns.
The patterns that I use in my artwork are all made from pure gold and pure silver sheets. The crescent moon in the right bottom side of this piece is made using the hyomon technique. Cutting out the crescent moon from the gold sheet is difficult, but to make it fit in and adhere completely is especially difficult, and I always work on my pieces while facing such difficulties.
Description
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CategoryLacquerware
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DimensionsH 3.3 / ø 30 cm
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Year of creation2019
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RarityUnique
Techniques
Maki-e
Maki-e (literally “sprinkled pictures”) is a representative lacquerware technique that originated in Japan around 1,200 years ago. Maki-e is done by painting lacquer motifs on the surface of a piece using a fine brush and then sprinkling gold powder onto the lacquer before it hardens, producing luxurious decorations.
Metal sheet inlay
Metal sheet inlay (hyōmon) is a technique that involves cutting shapes out of thin sheets of gold, silver, or other metals to create an inlay motif.
Selection
- The 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2019)
- Selected