Makie Box "Bamboo grove"

H 14 x W 18.1 x D 11.7 cm,Year.2021
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Yuji Okado

1961 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Public Collections : National Crafts Museum etc.
  • Price Range $2,000 - 19,000
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About the Artwork

One early summer day, when I stepped into a bamboo grove, I saw the sunlight shining in between the leaves. The sunlight blended in with the bamboo trunks creating blue-green lights falling from the sky. I expressed my excitement of that scene in this piece.
I used white-lipped pearl oyster, abalone shells and green turban shells adding colors on the backside of the shells to create color shades to express the bamboo trunks.
When the lid is opened, you can see sparrows flying in the bamboo forest.

Description

Techniques Used

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.

Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden)

Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden) is a decorative technique that uses the iridescent inner layer of abalone shell, turban shell, pearl oyster shell, or other mollusk shells. The technique came to Japan from China 1,300 years ago, and pieces featuring mother-of-pearl inlay are included among the artifacts at the Shōsōin Repository in Nara.

Awards received

  • The 39 th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2022)
  • Selected

Comment on Award

As I walked into a dense bamboo forest on a fine day in May, the light filtering through the bamboo leaves made the bamboo shimmer vividly in shades of blue and emerald green as if they were falling from the sky. I saw this scene years ago, but I still remember it vividly. I made this piece with the image of the light and bamboo blending together, using shells and other material.
I am very grateful to receive the Incentive Award.
I hope to continue depicting the scenes that I encounter in nature and to express my impressions and excitement through my work.
(from the Japan Kōgei Association Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Catalogue)

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Makie Box "Bamboo grove" Yuji Okado
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