Square Plate
Square Plate (Metal Plate) / w24cm x d24m
Previously Taiki Sugishima produced a series of small tin-coated plates called 'Reitei' This time, he has made larger with the same finish that can be used as trays or place mats. The tin-coated boards have been colored black and finished with a glass coating, allowing food to be placed directly on them. Each have small feet on the base to raise them slightly from the table surface.
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Taiki Sugishima
Taiki Sugishima is skilled in using the natural properties of metal to produce vessels with both beautiful, distinctive forms and expressive textures and surfaces. Sugishima who is skilled at both tankin (hammering) and forging techniques often shapes his vessels using the technique shibori, a process that allows the shaping of hollow forms from a flat sheet of metal by repeated hammering.
Sugishima completed the doctoral program in Sculpture at Hiroshima City University Graduate School of Arts in 2001. He later studied the traditional Japanese metalware craft of tankin as well as forging, with two craftsmen skilled in the respective techniques. Currently he produces a variety of work in different materials from cooking pots and utensils to objects, sculptural pieces, and custom work for architectural projects.
- Dimensions: W 24cm x D 23cm x H 0.1cm
- Weight: 549g
- Material: Brass/Tin
- Product No: TS-20-7
- Made in Japan
