Flower vase of mokumegane.

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Detail

• Category
  METALWORK
• Size
  D23.0 H22.5
• Year of production
  2014

Technique

Smithing

On an indented section of a wooden stand, a flat piece of metal is beaten with a wooden mallet so it can be bent. After this, variously shaped iron bars known as ategane are poked toward the wooden platform to create a form gradually. A piece of metal must be beaten tens of thousands of times to create a single finished work.

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