Hiraku Sudo Receives the Japan Kogei Association New Artist Prize at t

Hiraku Sudo has received the Japan Kogei Association New Artist Prize at the 72nd Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition.
Using shakudo and shibuichi for the body, with a peony arabesque and ground patterns that differ slightly from one half to the other, this box modeled on a "katamigawari" shifuku pouch, in which each half is made of a different fabric, splendidly conveys "the texture of cloth, though made of metal":his advanced metal-chasing technique was highly praised.

[Prizewinners of the 72nd Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition]
https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/72/

* The image shows a different work from the prizewinning "Shifuku-shaped Box with Antique Textile Pattern in Katamigawari Style."

Hiraku Sudo Receives the Japan Kogei Association New Artist Prize at the 72nd Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition