セミは羽根の葉脈だけは型取りし、
その他の躯体は、
奥島自身が石膏を彫塑しているとの由。
それをキューブの底に沈め、
硝子に葬ってある。
冷却後に、底の湯口のような穴から
石膏をこぜり、ほじくり出す。
耐火石膏だが、
水を染ませれば軟化するものがあるあらしい。
硝子の磨きにはとくに丹精が
要ると聞く。
ハスとセミの組み合わせが心にくい。
底には空蝉が沈んでいる。
瑪瑙に閉じ込められた
何億年も前の虫の化石があるが、
それのアーティフィシャル版ともいうべき。
永遠の垣間見せともいうべきか。
Among works marked as “SOLD,” some may be made again, or multiple versions may be in stock. Please inquire for availability. Otherwise, please forgive us if a work is already sold and unavailable. Works with wooden boxes already made for them include the price of the box in the product price. As for works without wooden boxes, we can, at the buyer’s request, have a box made for a separate fee. About ten days are necessary for a box to be made and then inscribed by the artist. For example : a paulownia wood box with a two-cleat lid with cords would be 2,500 yen for a sake cup, or 3,500yen for a tea bowl.
Colors in the online images do not always match 100% the colors of the original works. Please be aware that there may be slight differences.
For payments made from outside of Japan, three methods are available.
*Bank transfer, *IPMO(International Postal Money Order) and *PayPal.
If you have a PayPal account, we can send an invoice via email and you then can pay through your PayPal account.
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