About Magemono
曲物には、うすい板を蒸してやわらかくしてから曲げ、筒状にしてつくる方法と、板にノコギリで切り目を入れてうすく木を残し、折り曲げて多角形をつくる方法があります。
| What is Magemono (bentwood work)? |
There are two methods for making magemono: one involves steaming thin boards to soften them before bending them into cylindrical shapes, while the other method entails cutting thin wooden boards with a saw, leaving thin wood remnants, and then bending them to create polygons.
〈Jindai Wood Artworks〉
After being buried in volcanic ash or underwater for many years, unique colors and wood grain patterns emerge.
〈Zōgan (Inlay) Artworks〉
Different colored woods, metals, shells, stones, etc., are fitted into carved parts to create patterns.
＜Source: "What is Traditional Kōgei?" Edited by Japan Kōgei Association East Japan Branch / Published by Unsodo, P.49>
