素材
Materials
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Materials
Clay, lacquer, iron, gold, cloth, wood. Japanese craft begins by reading a material and drawing out its nature. Look closely enough and the material itself becomes an abstract painting.
- CeramicGlaze runs; the kiln decides the skin.10Detail — Yōhen Tenmoku Tea Bowl (Inaba Tenmoku)
- LacquerA drop of sap, applied through countless coats.04Detail — Cosmetic Box with Wheels in Stream
- IronFolded steel, where the hamon becomes a landscape.05Detail — Dōjigiri Yasutsuna
- GoldGold not to dazzle, but to glow in the dark.05Detail — Irises Screens
- SilverA metal that darkens, and deepens, with time.02Detail — Writing Box with Pontoon Bridge
- TextileEvery thread becomes part of the design.03Detail — Tenjukoku Shūchō (Embroidered Curtain of the Land of Heavenly Longevity)
- WoodReading the grain to carve a form of devotion.03Detail — Guardian King (Kongō Rikishi), Agyō
- PaperA fibrous surface that takes ink and lets light through.03Detail — Pine Trees Screens
- BambooSplit and woven, its spring becomes form.Soon
- GlassCut facets divide the light into many strands.Soon