- Maio Motoko
- Kobayashi Shumei
- Mitsumoto Takeshi
- Nakano Kaoru
- Oyama Yasuyuki
- Kise Hiroshi
- Kaneko Toru
Internationally recognized as one of the great artistic talents of the contemporary era, Kaneko Toru creates masterpieces through a combination of traditional Japanese metalworking techniques and materials.
With little attention to precious metals, he creates exotic textures and coloured surfaces in large works, silver plating and oxidizing tin, enamelling metal a brilliant white, playing with copper oxide to create rich colours, on shapes that delight the eye.
His work in silver in particular is soft, reminiscent of peaking egg whites, shimmering in hand beaten textured surfaces, and delicate to the touch in the masterful way he controls the threatening vacuum between thin sheets of silver.
Kise Hiroshi, StudentPaper Weave Pod
Former Associate Professor at Tohoku University of Art and Design, it's no surprise that two of his post graduate students had sell-out debut's (Kise Hiroshi and Oyama Yasuyuki) during the 2006 Australia-Japan year of exchange exhibitions and master classes.
Oyama Yasuyuki, StudentGold Punch
"Metal is full of many different expressions. As I handle the metal, I discover beauty in these ever changing expressions. Using this as a starting point, I create form. It is not that I have an image of the form first, but rather that this form is born from my emotional reaction to metal’s expressions.
Recently my work focuses on the use of thin metal sheets. This is because I have
discovered warmth and tenderness in the expressions of the thin metal. Furthermore, it is not only form, but also colouration in which I have a deep interest – I strive to express all of metal’s hues in my work.
My heart sees through the seemingly harsh cold surface of metal to reveal its hidden inner sensuality. Challenging perceptions of its nature and form, I wish my work to bring the fascination of metal to the widest possible audience.
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Kaneko Toru
金子透
ARTWORKS
Zebra
Kaneko Toru
2003
Tin Plated Copper
W19.5 D8.5 H53 cm
LKG991Quantity
Sakazuki #2
Kaneko Toru
2019
Sakazuki 960 silver
Signature double-walled technique
8.5 x 4.5h cm
LKG 3105Quantity
Gazelle
Kaneko Toru | Signature Series
2003
Tin Plated Copper
W23 x D6 x H53.5 cm
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Sakazuki #8
Kaneko Toru
2019
Sakazuki 960 silver
Double-walled technique
8.5 x 4.5h cm
LKG 3112Quantity
Sakazuki #5
Kaneko Toru
2019
Sakazuki 960 silver, double-walled technique
8.5 x 4.5h cm
LKG 3109Quantity
Sakazuki #3
Kaneko Toru
2019
Sakazuki, 960 siver
Double-walled technique dimple pattern
8.5 x 4.5h cm
LKG 3107Quantity
Blue Rust 3.
Kaneko Toru 2009
Objet Blue Rust #3
Tin Plated Copper
L49 D9.5 H21cm
LKG1157Quantity
Blue Rust 2.
Kaneko Toru 2009
Objet Blue Rust 2.
Tin Plated Copper
W27 D9.5 H35cm
LKG1156Quantity
Blue Rust 1.
Kaneko Toru 2009
Objet Blue Rust #1
Tin Plated Copper
W20 D8 H45cm
LKG1155Quantity
Swirl
Kaneko Toru
2015
copper, tin, brass powder, lacquer
W36 D10 H33 cm
LKG2623Quantity
Bubbles
Kaneko Toru 2015
Horizontal
Copper, Tin, Brass powder, Lacquer
W46.5 D12.7 H28.5 cm
LKG2621Quantity
