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  • TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE 卓越した伝統:現代金工作家に見る日本伝統技術

    Penland Gallery & Visitors CenterPO Box 37Penland, NC 28765-0037828.765.6211penland.org/gallery

  • TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE 卓越した伝統:現代金工作家に見る日本伝統技術 Japanese techniques in contemporary metal arts

    Curated by Hiroko Yamada

  • October 1–November 17, 2019

  • Seisei Asai 浅井盛征 Kiyoko Fujie 藤江聖公Seth Gould セス ゴードゥ Noriko Hagino 萩野紀子Hiroki Iwata 岩田広己Marvin Jensen マーヴィン ジェンセンKazuo Kashima 鹿島和生Morihito Katsura 桂盛仁Jim Kelso ジム ケルソーTakashi Kojima 小嶋崇嗣Andrew Meers アンドリュー ミエースHaruo Mitsuta 満田晴穂Hiroshi Nishikata 西片浩Ryota Nishikata 西片亮太Yuko Okahara 岡原有子Masako Onodera マサコ オノデラMotoko Oshiyama 押山元子Yukie Osumi 大角幸枝Ryuhei Sako 佐故龍平Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski ひろこ さとう-ピジャノウスキーGeorge Sawyer ジョージ ソイヤーMakoto Susa 須佐真Fumiki Taguchi 田口史樹Maki Takehana 竹花万貴Emiko Takenouchi 竹之内恵美子Norio Tamagawa 玉川宣夫Tatsushi Tamagawa 玉川達士Yoshio Ueno 上野彬郎Mizuko Yamada 山田瑞子

  • Respected metalsmith Yoshio Ueno, a craftsman for more than 60 years, displaying a silver teapot created in his studio in Tsubame City, a prominent metal manufacturing center located in Nīgata Prefecture near the Japan Sea. Photo by Ben Simmons.

  • The earliest connection between Penland School of Craft and Japan is recorded as 1953, when the international division of the YMCA sponsored Michiko Sato, a social worker from Japan, to attend a Penland class. Penland's archives show visits by intrepid Japanese educators and leaders during the late 1950s and 1960s. This was shortly after the esteemed Japanese potter Shoji Hamada visited Western North Carolina’s Black Mountain College, where he participated in a pottery seminar. The seminar invitation included the heading of Eastern Center for Interchange of Work & Ideas East to West. Soetsu Yanagi, the philosopher and creator of the Japanese Folkcraft Movement lectured on Buddhist aesthetics. Japanese culture, design, artists, and studio practice were influencing contemporary craft in the United States.

    From the mid-1960s onward, the classes at Penland reflected this influence through Japanese-American instructors such as ceramist Toshiko Takaezu or instructors who had developed their skills through study in Japan. Metalsmith Hiroko Yamada began teaching at Penland in 2005 and has taught many times since. Her personal influence on the Penland metals program is measurable through the myriad of students and instructors, both Japanese and American, who have been impacted by her efforts to share Japanese metalsmithing techniques. It was this indefatigable enthusiasm that gave birth to this exhibition; the opportunity to share the works of contemporary Japanese artists side by side with American artists who had adopted Japanese techniques in their studio practice.

    Curated by Hiroko, the exhibition brings together twenty-nine artists: seven American and twenty-two Japanese, three of whom have received the highest honor to be designated as Japanese Living National Treasures. The artists’ work represents a broad view; based in historical techniques and approaches, they range from strictly adhering to tradition to reinventing or reinterpreting it through a contemporary practice. The age range of the participants is just as broad and inclusive; it is evident that Hiroko is reinforcing respect for the masters and sensei while supporting the next generation of makers and their creative practice.

    It was a conscious decision to label the works in the exhibition using Japanese terminology for the techniques used. Although most viewers will be unfamiliar with words such as nunome zogan, mokume-gane, kinkeshi, and shakudo, the terms honor the knowledge and training of these highly skilled artists.

    It bears mentioning that many of these techniques and materials, because of their non-Western roots, are markedly different than those used in contemporary metal work in the United States. This exhibition is quite remarkable in that respect, as well as for the sheer beauty of the works themselves. The incalculable hours devoted to making each of these pieces are unmistakable and humbling. The deft hands—wielding hammers, chisels, and torches—are evident in the final works. The devotion to such skill and perseverance toward mastery should resonate with all who aspire to understand a craft so fully and intuitively.

    With deep appreciation to Hiroko Yamada for bringing this exhibition to fruition— domo arigato gozaimasu.

    Kathryn GremleyDirector, Penland Gallery

  • Hiroko Yamada, Curator

    Hiroko Yamada was born and raised in Japan, and her first career was as an architect in Tokyo. She became interested in small-scale design and chose to pursue this interest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the mentoring of metalsmiths Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty. In addition to becoming an accomplished jeweler, she dedicated herself to helping others create one-of-a-kind works in metal. This commitment has included teaching Penland workshops regularly since 2005.

    For the past five years, Hiroko has promoted exchanges between American and Japanese metal artists through exhibitions and workshops with a goal of introducing traditional Japanese metal work and techniques to Western art metal culture.

    Hiroko worked closely with Penland Gallery director Kathryn Gremley in creating two exhibitions that presented the work of American metalsmiths in Japan. The Art of the Brooch appeared at Gallery C.A.J in Kyoto, Kobe Design University, and Museum of Kyoto in 2014. North American Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan appeared at Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum in Niigata and Yamawaki Art College Gallery in Tokyo in 2016. Both included Penland-affiliated artists.

    In 2018 Hiroko’s work was included in the Japanese Traditional Art Metal Exhibition in Tokyo and Kumamoto along with work by Seth Gould and Andrew Meers, who have both been Penland resident artists and students of Hiroko’s. In 2017 and 2018, she co-curated, with professor Hiroki Iwata of Tokyo University of Arts, an exhibition of work by American and Japanese metal artists at Ginza Okariya Gallery in Tokyo. She also facilitated an invitation for American artists to study with masters and Living National Treasures in Japan, and she invited a Japanese master to teach workshops in the US in 2016, 2017, and 2019.

    Hiroko explains all of these activities this way: “The long history of Japanese traditional metal skills has slowly seen a decline in being passed to the next generation. The technique and skill has either been closed and protected or limited to certain families or selected artists. In order to pass on the skills, Japanese artists and masters have realized that there is a need to be open and willing to teach, not only within the family, or even to other Japanese, but also to be open to instruction internationally. My mission is to bring together artistic skills and knowledge that will help both Japanese and American artists grow in their work and achieve new levels of excellence.”

  • Seisei AsaiIncense Burner, Dance of the Moor2002Silver, shakudo, gold; kasane-gane, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, rokusho patina5 x 7½ x 6 inches

    Seisei Asai 浅井盛征Tokyo, Japan

    Seisei AsaiIncense Burner2010Silver, shakudo, copper; kasane-gane, hagiawase zogan, rokusho patina2 x 3½ x 2½ inches

    Seisei AsaiIncense Container, Wild Goose in Moon2013Silver, shakudo, shibuichi, gold; hagiawase zogan, kinkeshi, rokusho patina1 x 3 x 3 inches

  • Seisei AsaiWater Dropper2010Silver, shakudo; kasane-gane, hagiawase zogan, rokusho patina1¼ x 2 x 2 inches

    Seisei AsaiIncense Container, Fish Shadow2008Silver, shakudo, shibuichi, gold; mokume-gane, kinkeshi, rokusho patina 1 x 3 x 3 inches

    Seisei AsaiIncense Container, Bird2000Silver, shakudo, copper, gold; kasane-gane, kinkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina3¼ x 4 x 3 inches

  • Kiyoko FujieConfectionary Dish2010Kuromido, 24K, 22K, and 18K gold, silver; ginkeshi, kinkeshi, nunome zogan, rokusho patina 3¾ x 5½ x 5½ inches

    Kiyoko FujieTea Caddy2005Copper, gold, silver, shakudo; kinkeshi, nunome zogan, rokusho patina6¾ x 6 x 6 inches

    Kiyoko Fujie藤江聖公Tokyo, Japan

  • Kiyoko FujieOrnament, Japanese Silver Leaf 2010Silver, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, wabori1½ x 1¾ x ½ inches

    Kiyoko FujieOrnament, Kadsura Japonica 2013Brass, shakudo, silver, copper, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, zogan, wabori, rokusho patina, hidō patina1¼ x 1¾ x ½ inches

    Kiyoko FujieOrnament, Snake Gourd2011Shibuichi, shakudo, copper, gold, silver; uchidashi, kinkeshi, zogan, wabori, rokusho patina, hidō patina1¾ x 1¾ x ½ inches

  • Seth Gouldセス ゴードゥBakersville, NC

    Seth GouldPadlock2019Wrought iron, spring steel, copper, 24K gold; nunome zogan, rokusho patina8¼ x 5¼ x 1⅜ inches

    Seth GouldContainer No. 62018Steel, brass, fine silver; nunome zogan2¼ x 3⅜ x 3⅜ inches

  • Noriko Hagino萩野紀子Saitama, Japan

    Noriko HaginoBottle2015Silver, gold, shakudo, copper, kuromido; kasane-gane, kinkeshi, rokusho patina9 x 4¼ x 4¼ inches

    Noriko HaginoFlower Vase2007Silver, shakudo, kuromido; kasane-gane, rokusho patina12½ x 3 x 3 inches

  • Hiroki IwataBrooch, Gold Plants Series2016Silver, 22K and 18K gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi2¼ x 4½ x 1 inches

    Hiroki IwataBlue & Dewdrop 22014Copper, silver, enamel, silver powder, aluminum; shippō5¼ x 13½ x 4 inches

    Hiroki Iwata岩田広己Tokyo, Japan

  • Hiroki IwataBrooch, Gold Plants Series2018Silver, 22K and 18K gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi2¼ x 3 x 1 inches

    Hiroki IwataBrooch, Gold Plants Series2018Silver, 22K and 18K gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi2½ x 4¾ x 1 inches

    Hiroki IwataContainer, Gold Plants Series2019Silver, 22K and 18K gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi3¼ x 3 x 2½ inches

    Hiroki IwataBlue & Dewdrop 12014Copper, silver, enamel, silver powder, aluminum; shippō14 x 6 x 3½ inches

  • Marvin JensenLidded Vessel2016, collection of John and Judy AlexanderCopper, argentium silver; mokume-gane3 x 4 x 4 inches

    Marvin Jensenマーヴィン ジェンセンBakersville, NC

  • Kazuo KashimaIncense Burner, Stream2009Silver, gold, shakudo; kinkeshi, ginkeshi 4 x 3¾ x 3¾ inches

    Kazuo KashimaSingle Flower Vase2012Iron, gold, urushi; nunome zogan, kinkeshi 6½ x 2¾ x 2¾ inches

    Kazuo KashimaWater Dropper, Dragon and Tiger2005Silver, gold, lead; nunome zogan 2¾ x 3½ x 3¾ inches

    Kazuo Kashima鹿島和生

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Morihito KatsuraVase1990Silver, gold, shakudo, copper; hagiawase zogan, kinkeshi, rokusho patina4½ x 4¼ x 4¼ inches

    Morihito KatsuraOrnament, Tatsutagawa1997Silver, shibuichi, copper; uchidashi, kinkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina2¼ x 1½ x ½ inches

    Morihito Katsura桂盛仁Tokyo, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure

  • Jim KelsoBrooch, Woodcock Feather2019, collection of Judith DevittShibuichi, copper, 18K gold, plumb gold solder; engraving, carving, inlay, rokusho patina1 x 2¾ x ⅛ inches

    Jim Kelsoジム ケルソー

    Worcester, VT

  • Takashi KojimaPoint_obj_SPIN2019Silver 950, smoky quartz; wabori 3½ x 2½ x ¾ inches

    Takashi Kojima + Fumiki TaguchiBling Bling2019Silver 950, cubic zirconia; wabori 2½ x 2¾ x 1 inches

    Takashi Kojima小嶋崇嗣Kyoto, Japan

  • Andrew Meersアンドリュー ミエース

    Penland, NC

    Andrew MeersIncense Box, Owl and Moon2019Steel, Damascus steel, copper, fine silver, 24K gold, shakudo, shibuichi; inlay, wabori1 x 3½ x 3½ inches

  • Haruo MitsutaJizai Okimono, Mantis2018Copper, brass, bronze; jizai, patina3¼ x 5 x 2½ inches

    Haruo MitsutaJizai Okimono, Locust2018Copper, brass, bronze; jizai, patina2 x 3½ x 1½ inches

    Haruo MitsutaJizai Okimono, Red Helen2018Shakudo, silver, copper, brass; jizai, uchidashi, hagiawase zogan, patina3¼ x 4 x 4 inches

    Haruo Mitsuta満田晴穂Yokohama, Japan

  • Hiroshi NishikataFlower Brooch2019Silver, gold powder, urushi; uchidashi 3¾ x 1 x 1 inches

    Hiroshi Nishikata西片浩

    NĪgata, Japan

  • Ryota NishikataDouble Layered Kettle2019Fine silver, copper, tin; kinyaki patina 8¼ x 6 x 7 inches

    Ryota NishikataVase2018Copper, tin; rokusho patina11 x 8½ x 8½ inches

    Ryota Nishikata西片亮太NĪgata, Japan

    Ryota NishikataVase2018Copper, tin; rokusho patina7¼ x 16 x 6½ inches

  • Yuko OkaharaOrnament, Lily of the Valley2011Silver, shibuichi, shakudo, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1½ x 1¾ x ½ inches

    Yuko OkaharaOrnament, Spring Field2017Silver, shakudo, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1¼ x 2¼ x ½ inches

    Yuko OkaharaOrnament, Persimmon2015Silver, copper, shibuichi, shakudo, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1¼ x 2¼ x ½ inches

    Yuko Okahara岡原有子

    Shizuoka, Japan

  • Masako OnoderaAmalgam2019Silver plated sugar pot, silver plated spoon, copper, fine silver, sterling silver, urushi; mokume-gane4 x 7 x 6½ inches

    Masako Onoderaマサコ オノデラStout, WI

  • Motoko OshiyamaKakuhanmon Flower Vase, Recollection2016Silver, brass, copper; fusing, rokusho patina10¾ x 4¾ x 2¾ inches

    Motoko OshiyamaKakuhanmon Flower Vase, Spring Breeze2015Silver, shakudo, copper; fusing, rokusho patina5 x 8½ x 3¼ inches

    Motoko Oshiyama押山元子

    Yamanashi, Japan

    Motoko OshiyamaKakuhanmon Box, Flower2018Silver, shakudo, copper; fusing, rokusho patina3¾ x 5¼ x 5¼ inches

  • Yukie OsumiWater Vessel, Lucidity2019Kuromido, gold, platinum; nunome zogan, kinkeshi6 x 5 x 5 inches

    Yukie Osumi大角幸枝Tokyo, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure

  • Ryuhei SakoMokume-gane Bowl2017Silver, copper, shakudo, shibuichi, kuromido; mokume-gane, rokusho patina3 x 11¼ x 11¼ inches

    Ryuhei Sako佐故龍平

    Okayama, Japan

  • Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiBrooch, Cherry Blossom1988Fine silver, gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi1 x 2¼ x ¾ inches

    Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiBrooch, Orchid1988Fine silver, gold, jade; uchidashi, kinkeshi2 x 2 x ¾ inches

    Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiMokume-gane Pot No.12017Fine silver, copper; mokume-gane, rokusho patina4¼ x 6 x 6 inches

    Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiMokume-gane Vase2018, with James Viste Copper, kuromido; mokume-gane, rokusho patina11¼ x 5 x 5 inches

    Hiroko Sato-Pijanowskiひろこ さとう-ピジャノウスキーYokohama, Japan

  • Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiMokume-gane Pot No.22019, with James VisteSilver, shakudo, copper; mokume-gane10½ x 3 x 3 inches

    Hiroko Sato-PijanowskiMokume-gane Pot 2016Silver, shakudo, copper; mokume-gane4¾ x 5½ x 5½ inches

    Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski Mokume-gane Container2019Silver, shakudo kuroshibuichi; mokume-gane 3½ x 7½ x 7½ inches

  • George SawyerPuzzle Brooch199918K yellow gold, 22K yellow gold, 14K gray gold, sterling silver; mokume-gane, etching, patina2 x 2½ x ½ inches

    George SawyerWave Bracelet201618K gold, 14K gray gold, 14K red gold, sterling silver, white diamonds; mokume-gane, etching, patina1 x 2¾ x 2 inches

    George Sawyerジョージ ソイヤーMinneapolis, MN

  • Makoto SusaFlower Vessel2005Shakudo, fine silver, copper; mokume-gane, rokusho patina10¼ x 6½ x 6½ inches

    Makoto SusaFlower Vessel2007Shakudo, fine silver, shibuichi; mokume-gane, hagiawase zogan, rokusho patina9¾ x 5 x 2¾ inches

    Makoto SusaFlower Vessel2012Shakudo, fine silver, shibuichi; mokume-gane, hagiawase zogan, rokusho patina10½ x 6 x 4 inches

    Makoto Susa須佐真

    NĪgata, Japan

  • Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, White Expression Series2019Silver 950, rhodium plate; wabori 5 x 2 x ¾ inches

    Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, White Expression Series2017Silver 950, rhodium plate; wabori 5¾ x 3 x 1¼ inches

    Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, Weathering Memory2017Steel, 24k gold plated silver 950; wabori, earthen-aged patina5½ x 3¼ x 1¾ inches

    Fumiki Taguchi田口史樹Kobe, Japan

  • Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, White Expression Series2017Silver 950, rhodium plate; wabori 5¾ x 3 x 1¼ inches

    Fumiki Taguchi + Takashi Kojima Brooch2019Silver 950, rhodium plate, cubic zirconia; wabori5¼ x 3 x 1¾ inches

    Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, White Expression Series2017Silver 950, rhodium plate; wabori 6½ x 3 x 1¼ inches

    Fumiki TaguchiBrooch, White Expression Series2017Silver 950, rhodium plate; wabori 5¾ x 3 x 1 inches

  • Maki TakehanaSash Ornament, Butterfly2007Silver, gold, shibuichi, shakudo; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina 11¼ x 1⅛ x ½ inches

    Maki TakehanaSash Ornament, Morning Glory2015Shakudo, shibuichi, gold, silver; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1¼ x 2¾ x ½ inches

    Maki Takehana竹花万貴Tokyo, Japan

    Maki TakehanaSash Ornament, Pomegranate2014Copper, shakudo, gold, silver, shibuichi; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1¼ x 2½ x ½ inches

    Maki TakehanaSash Ornament, Japanese Bush Clover and Japanese Dianthus2016Silver, gold, 18K green gold (AOKIN), shibuichi; uchidashi, kinkeshi, ginkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1 x 2¾ x ½ inches

  • Emiko TakenouchiOrnament, Wisteria2013Silver, 24K gold; uchidashi, kinkeshi, zogan, rokusho patina1 x 2¾ x ½ inches

    Emiko TakenouchiOrnament, Leaves2000Fine silver, shakudo, copper, 18K and 24K gold; mokume-gane, uchidashi, kinkeshi, rokusho patina1¾ x 2½ x ½ inches

    Emiko TakenouchiOrnament, Octopus2004Shakudo, copper, fine silver, 24K gold; mokume-gane, uchidashi, kinkeshi, rokusho patina1½ x 2 x ½ inches

    Emiko Takenouchi竹之内恵美子

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Norio TamagawaFlower Vessel2001, Courtesy of Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, Japan Silver, shakudo, copper; mokume-gane, rokusho patina9 x 8 x 8 inches

    Norio Tamagawa玉川宣夫NĪgata, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure

  • Tatsushi TamagawaFlower Vessel2017Copper, silver, shakudo; mokume-gane, rokusho patina9½ x 9½ x 9½ inches

    Tatsushi Tamagawa玉川達士NĪgata, Japan

  • Yoshio Ueno上野彬郎NĪgata, Japan

    Yoshio UenoMokume-gane Kettle2018Copper, silver, shakudo, gold; mokume-gane, rokusho patina8¼ x 6¾ x 5½ inches

  • Mizuko YamadaBump Vessel No. 12006Silver plated copper5¾ x 10½ x 8 inches

    Mizuko Yamada山田瑞子Tokyo, Japan

  • Seisei Asai浅井盛征Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; education: Hosei University; teaching: Tsukuribe Koubō; exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition— Award Recipient; full member, Japan Kōgei Association Kiyoko Fujie藤江聖公Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; education: Bunka Women’s Junior College; teaching: Yamawaki Design Art School (Tokyo), Hijiri Koubō; exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition— Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition, Art Exhibition of Kita-ku— Award Recipient ( Japan); full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Seth Gouldセス ゴードゥBakersville, NC

    Studio artist; education: BFA, Maine College of Art; exhibitions: Metal Museum (TN), North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, International Trade Fair for Skilled Trades (Germany), Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Craft in America (Los Angeles); collections: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC) Noriko Hagino萩野紀子Saitama, Japan

    Studio artist; education: Musashino Art Junior College ( Japan); exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, National Museum of Denmark, MOA Museum of Art ( Japan), Kōgei Contemporary Japanese Art (NY), Contemporary Metal Art (Korea); awards: 20th Mokichi Okada Award; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Hiroki Iwata岩田広己Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist, director, Japan Enamelling Artists Association; education: MFA Tokyo University of the Arts ( Japan); teaching: Tokyo University of the Arts ( Japan); exhibitions: SOFA Chicago (IL), Collect (UK), Masterpiece London (UK), Contemporary Japanese Art Jewelery (Australia), PAD (UK), Schmuck (Germany), Beijing Contemporary Craft and Jewelry Exhibition (China); collections: the National Museum of Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery (UK)

  • Marvin Jensenマーヴィン ジェンセンBakersville, NC

    Studio artist; education: MFA Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (IL); teaching: Penland School of Craft (NC), Purdue University (IN); exhibitions: North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, Gregg Museum of Art and Design—NC State University, Schneider Museum of Art—Southern Oregon University; collections: Mint Museum (NC), Rhode Island School of Design Museum Kazuo Kashima鹿島和生Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; teaching: Kanazawa College of Art; exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, National Museum of Denmark, MOA Museum ( Japan), Water Stone Gallery (OR), Velvet da Vinci (CA), Nanshan Museum (China); awards: Sokeikai Award; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Morihito Katsura桂盛仁Tokyo, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure, designated in 2008Studio artist; education: Musashino Art University ( Japan); exhibitions: Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient; awards: Sokeikai Award; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Jim Kelsoジム ケルソーWorcester, VT

    Studio artist; exhibitions: North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, Kiyomizu-Sannenzaka Museum ( Japan), Museum of Arts and Design (NYC); collections: Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), Kiyomizu-Sannenzaka Museum (Japan)

    Takashi Kojima小嶋崇嗣Kyoto, Japan

    Studio artist; owner, FACILE jewelry; education: Kyoto University of Art and Design ( Japan); teaching: Kobe Design University; exhibitions: Gallery C.A.J ( Japan), SOFA Chicago (IL), Gallery MOA (Korea), Stedelijk Museum (NL), Schmuck (Germany), JJA Jewelry Design Awards ( Japan); collections: Design Museum (NL), Musée de Bijou Contemporain (France)

  • Andrew Meersアンドリュー ミエースPenland, NC

    Penland School of Craft resident artist; education: MFA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; exhibitions: Metal Museum (TN), North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan; awards: certified master bladesmith by the American Bladesmithing Society, B.R. Hughes Award, Metal Museum residency (TN)

    Haruo Mitsuta満田晴穂Yokohama, Japan

    Studio artist; education: MFA Tokyo University of the Arts; exhibitions: Japanese Sculpture Next 100 Years Project ( Japan), Insects — Gallery Art Morimoto ( Japan), Mori Museum ( Japan), Toyota City Museum ( Japan), Honolulu Museum (HI)

    Hiroshi Nishikata西片浩Nīgata, Japan

    Studio artist; Seigado; education: MFA Tohoku University of Art and Design; exhibitions: Japan Craft Exhibition, Takaoka Craft Exhibition ( Japan), Arai Gallery ( Japan), Tourindo ( Japan), Contemporary Japanese Metal Work (Australia)

    Ryota Nishikata西片亮太Nīgata, Japan

    Studio artist; Seigado; education: MFA Nagaoka Institute of Design; exhibitions: Manchester Art Gallery (UK), Collect (UK), Yufuku Gallery ( Japan), Velvet da Vinci (CA), Galerie Marienne Heller (Germany), Kyoto Prefectural Arts and Crafts Exhibition ( Japan), Nīgata Prefectural Art and Crafts Exhibition ( Japan)

    Yuko Okahara岡原有子Shizuoka, Japan

    Studio artist; exhibitions: Eastern Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, Art Exhibition of Kita-ku— Award Recipient ( Japan); full member, Japan Kōgei Association

  • Masako Onoderaマサコ オノデラStout, WI

    Studio artist; education: MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; exhibitions: Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Jewelry Museum of Vicenza (Italy), Velvet da Vinci (CA), Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI ( Japan), Vergette Gallery—Southern Illinois University; residencies: Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (TX)

    Motoko Oshiyama押山元子Yamanashi, Japan

    Studio artist; education: Bunka Gakuen University; teaching: Bunka Gakuen University; exhibitions: Asia Week (NY), Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, MOA Museum ( Japan); full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Yukie Osumi大角幸枝Tokyo, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure, designated in 2015Studio artist; education: PhD Tokyo University of the Arts ( Japan); exhibitions: Museum of Art ( Japan), MOA Museum of Art—Award Recipient ( Japan), Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition; awards; Order of the Rising Sun—Gold Rays with Rosette; residency: Freer|Sackler Residency in Japanese Metalwork Design—Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC)

    Ryuhei Sako佐故龍平Okayama, Japan

    Studio artist; education: MA Hiroshima City University; exhibitions: Collect (UK), PAD London (UK), Asian Week (NY), Messe Muenchen (Germany), Design Museum (UK), Okayama Museum of Art ( Japan), The Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI ( Japan), Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition; collections: Machiko Hasegawa Art Museum ( Japan), Victoria and Albert Museum (UK); full member, Japan Kōgei Association

  • Hiroko Sato-Pijanowskiひろこ さとう-ピジャノウスキーYokohama, Japan

    Studio artist; education: MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art; teaching: University of Michigan, School of Art and Design; exhibitions: North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan; collections: Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo), Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC)

    George Sawyer ジョージ ソイヤーMinneapolis, MN

    Studio artist; education: University of Minnesota; exhibitions: North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum ( Japan) Yamawaki Art College Gallery ( Japan), Headley-Whitney Museum of Art (KY), Forbes Gallery (NY); collections: Gemological Institute of America

    Makoto Susa須佐真Nīgata, Japan

    Studio artist; education: study with Norio Tamagawa (Gyokusendo), exhibitions: Sanjo City Museum Exhibit—Award Recipient, Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Nīgata Prefecture Arts and Craft Exhibition ( Japan), North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Fumiki Taguchi田口史樹Kobe, Japan

    Studio artist; education: MFA Tokyo University of the Arts ( Japan); teaching: Kobe Design University ( Japan); exhibitions: Gallery CAJ ( Japan), Schmuck—Munich Jewelry Week (Germany), MOCA (NY), Collect (UK), SOFA Chicago (IL), Neues Schloss Schleißheim (Germany); awards: Herbert Hofmann Prize, JJA Jewelry Design Awards ( Japan)

    Maki Takehana竹花万貴Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; exhibitions: Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, Ginza Mikimoto ( Japan); full member, Japan Kōgei Association

  • Emiko Takenouchi竹之内恵美子Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; director, EMSWORKS; exhibitions: International Jewelry Exhibition ( Japan), Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Norio Tamagawa玉川宣夫Nīgata, Japan

    Japanese Living National Treasure, designated in 2010Studio artist, Gyokusendo; exhibitions: Tokyo National Museum, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum ( Japan), North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient; awards; Nīgata Nippo Culture Award, Order of the Rising Sun—Gold Rays with Rosette; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Tatsushi Tamagawa玉川達士Nīgata, Japan

    Studio artist, Gyokusendo; education: study with Norio Tamagawa; exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan, full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Yoshio Ueno上野彬郎Nīgata, Japan

    Studio artist; exhibitions: Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition—Award Recipient, Japanese Traditional Metalwork Exhibition—Award Recipient, Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum, North America Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan; full member, Japan Kōgei Association

    Mizuko Yamada山田瑞子Tokyo, Japan

    Studio artist; education: MFA Tokyo University of the Arts; teaching: Tama Art University, Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College, Atomi Women’s University Junior College; exhibitions: Japan Craft Exhibition—Award Recipient, Craft Council Gallery (UK), Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), National Museum of Modern Art (Toyko), Museum of Arts and Crafts ITAMI ( Japan); residency: the Royal College of Art (UK), Edinburgh College of Art (UK)

  • Thanks to the following for their generous support of this exhibition.

    Cathy and Alan AdelmanJohn and Judy AlexanderBeattie FoundationBunka Gakuen UniversityJudy DevittLaura and Michael GraceHijiri-KouboHYART GalleryJapan Foundation New YorkConsulate-General of Japan in Chicago, Japan Information CenterKobe Design UniversityVirginia Kraus and Jay WestwaterBarbara McFadyen and Douglass PhillipsSeigadoShepherd FoundationBen Simmons PhotographyTokyo University of ArtsTsubame Industrial Materials Museum Tsukuribe-KouboYamawaki Art CollegeFoster Young, Jr.

    Catalog design by Eleanor AnnandPhotography for the exhibition and catalog by Brady Connelly, Tamara Tsurkan, and Ben Simmons Installation and technical assistance by Seth Gould, Lola Brooks, and Jack Mauch

    Penland School of Craft is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution. The school receives support from individuals, foundations, corporations, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. ncarts.org

  • TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE卓越した伝統:現代金工作家に見る日本伝統技術

    Penland Gallery & Visitors CenterPO Box 37Penland, NC 28765-0037828.765.6211penland.org/gallery


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