Secret Garden Bracelet by Ayuko Sakurai

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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN NAME:
Secret Garden

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Bracelet

INSPIRATION:
This artist learned chasing, the traditional metalsmithing technique at a graduate school. By studying how different tools added depth and texture to a metal surface, she was inspired to treat the metal as a canvas. Instead of paintbrushes, she could draw with steel tools. Chased designs included floral images, which could be related to medieval architecture, lacework, and figures in nature. Many of them came from personal memories of travels and studies of different cultures.

UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This made-from-scratch piece shows a close relationship between the fabricated surface of brass and three dimensional shapes on it. These lines and curves on the surface were chased with lining tools, another hand-made component by the artist. Through fusing glass to a copper base, the rosy glass stones were also carefully created. This bracelet was designed to explore what could be achieved in hand-fabrication throughout the process.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
After chasing linear designs, smaller objects were made to add on the surface. Here, these embellishments had to be cohesive as components in the whole design, and not to be excessive. Therefore, the only color beside brass yellow was pink of grass stones. For these stones, experiments with different torches and glass were repeated until the artist figured out the right temperature and right combination of materials.

PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
This piece was photographed in 2015 by Liaung Chung Yen, the artist and then lecturer at Rochester Institute of Technology.

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
The drawings on brass were engraved without cutting or loosing any metal. A set of steel tools and stamps were made, and some of viewers could recognize different depths of stamps where the artist tried to fit the tools better in her hand as she hammered. Some artists preferred softer metals to chase, like copper and fine silver, but this artist was more comfortable with harder brass. After the surface was chased and cleaned, hand-fabricated shapes such as a rose and glass stones were all riveted.

SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
This product is 60mm wide, 85mm in length, and 75mm high.

TAGS:
Chasing, Tools, Brass, Rivet, Glass

RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
In order to understand and make right chasing tools, the artist closely studied the sample tools of her professor and copied them. Because there were a few remaining data and artists who could teach chasing, the artist was lucky to examine fine tools made several centuries ago. Later, the artist spent a summer at a professional chasing artist as her internship. This traditional technique connected this artist to other people who made tools, chased, and tried to keep the value of it for generations.

CHALLENGE:
It was time consuming and physically intense to observe how glass and copper behaved under certain temperature. Sometimes the artist held a torch and kept looking at color changes and movements of materials throughout a day. This experience gave her an idea of making artificial materials that she could freely design in various shapes, patterns, and colors. It was helpful to study how to produce her own stones because sometimes it was difficult to get ideal materials(due to a shortage of natural resources, budgets, or special materials to be produced for specific projects).

ADDED DATE:
2019-01-31 09:22:53

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IMAGE CREDITS:
Ayuko Sakurai, 2018.

PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS:
Copyrights belong to Ayuko Sakurai, 2014.



CLIENT/STUDIO/BRAND DETAILS
NAME:
Ayuko Sakurai

PROFILE:
Ayuko Sakurai created this bracelet as one of her school projects when she learned chasing and tool making. The majority of her collections are school projects when she was at Rochester Institute of Technology, yet she is in the process of setting up her own studio after she returned her home country, Japan.



NOMINATION DETAILS

Secret Garden Bracelet by Ayuko Sakurai is a Nominee in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category.

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AWARD DETAILS

Secret Garden Bracelet by Ayuko Sakurai is Winner in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category, 2018 - 2019.



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