Bowl
Bowl
1995 (made)
1995 (made)
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Place of origin |
Ian Ferguson’s work celebrates mokume-gane (wood grain metal), a four-hundred-year-old Japanese technique originally used to decorate sword fittings. The distinctive swirling patterns were created by fusing twenty-one layers of mixed metals to form a thick wad or billet. Gouges were made into the billet’s surface to reveal the colourful metal layers beneath. The billet was then rolled out into a sheet, and Ferguson used hammers and stakes to raise the sheet into the bowls.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Bowl (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Copper and iron (Mokume Gane), silver details |
Brief description | Bowl, silver and Mokumé Gane, London, 1995, designed and made by Ian Ferguson. |
Physical description | Shallow bowl, part hemispherical of Mokumé Gane, the narrow rim of silver. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | No hallmarks |
Gallery label | Three Bowls
Copper and stainless steel, copper and iron, copper and shibushi with silver
Ian Ferguson
London, 1995
Museum no. LOAN:MAKOWER.12-14
Lent by The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust
Ian Ferguson’s work celebrates mokume-gane (wood grain metal), a four-hundred-year-old Japanese technique originally used to decorate sword fittings. The distinctive swirling patterns were created by fusing twenty-one layers of mixed metals to form a thick wad or billet. Gouges were made into the billet’s surface to reveal the colourful metal layers beneath. The billet was then rolled out into a sheet, and Ferguson used hammers and stakes to raise the sheet into the bowls.
(14.12.2023) |
Credit line | Lent by The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust |
Object history | Shimmer Exhibition RF.2005/756 |
Summary | Ian Ferguson’s work celebrates mokume-gane (wood grain metal), a four-hundred-year-old Japanese technique originally used to decorate sword fittings. The distinctive swirling patterns were created by fusing twenty-one layers of mixed metals to form a thick wad or billet. Gouges were made into the billet’s surface to reveal the colourful metal layers beneath. The billet was then rolled out into a sheet, and Ferguson used hammers and stakes to raise the sheet into the bowls. |
Collection | |
Accession number | LOAN:MAKOWER.13 |
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Record created | January 17, 2006 |
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