Pine, Moon & Bats
This is a commissioned set of fittings. It includes an iron tsuba with sukashi moon through a twisted pine and shakudo inlay bats. The pine cone themed kashira and branch fuchi are rendered in kuro shibuichi. The fuchi has a copper tenjo-gane and the shitedome for the kashira, as well as the seppa are rendered in fine silver. The menuki are depicting Horagai, the Conch shell horns of the Samurai and Yamabushi also of fine silver.
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Private Collection - USA
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.