Wood-Grain Metal Vase

Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 Japanese

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In 2010 Tamagawa was designated a Living National Treasure for his distinguished hammering (tankin) technique. He was born in Niigata Prefecture into a family of copperware masters, and from 1963 to 1965 he apprenticed in Toyko with Sekiya Shirō (1907–1994), a Living National Treasure. Wood-grain metal (mokume-gane) is a multi-alloy laminate with distinctive layered patterns, which often resembles the grain of wood or the look of marble.

Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan

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Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan
Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan
Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan
Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan
Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan
Wood-Grain Metal Vase, Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫 (Japanese, born 1942), Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō), Japan

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