Ko-kinko "Michigane" Tsuba
This is a piece I finished using native Michigan float copper or "Michigane" as I have termed it. The copper was mixed with just a few percent fine silver to darken the color just a bit. While I was out in New Hampshire teaching, I started the piece, and ultimately finished it in my studio. The ingot was water cast using a charcoal fire and fuigo to melt the metal.
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Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Michigan float copper or Michigane with double Hoso kusa ( fine grasses) design
Inspired by Nature and Tradition
As an Artist and Craftsmen, I am driven by a deep reverence for the intrinsic connection between raw materials, the self, and the natural world. Working exclusively with hand tools, I endeavor to engage in a dialogue with my chosen medium, metal, forging a symbiotic relationship between myself and my work. With each piece I craft and in every cut of the chisel, I seek a space where Craftsmanship is not merely skill, but sacred practice. Drawing inspiration from nature, my work is imbued with the language of the natural world. Through the lens of Japanese aesthetics, tradition, history and craft, I find deep inspiration, reverence and purpose. Humbly carrying forward centuries of timeless techniques passed down through generations.
Basho’s fueki-ryuko(不易流行), the Japanese philosophical concept of constancy and change, provides a mantra I feel essential for producing lasting relevant works. Especially in the field of Classical Japanese metalwork that I have dedicated the last twenty years in deep earnest pursuit.