Japanese furniture is made by "hand", but the "hand" is not visible from the finished furniture, and the "hand" is buried. In this design, I tried to make the buried "hands" visible. In the Japanese furniture used in this project, "hands" could be seen as "auxiliary lines for processing wood," "processing of wood," and "repairs that occur during production. So I visualized "visualization of auxiliary lines", "list of holes" and "hands" by "visualization of processing by openings" and "visualization of repair marks by highlighting with gold leaf".
In this design object, I am trying to visualize the "consumption of life" by highlighting processing such as drilling, creating auxiliary lines, and repair marks with gold leaf, and drawing uneven lines while accurately drawing auxiliary lines. By the appearance of inaccurate rows of holes, I tried to visualize the gap between rational planning and physical execution.
#2
In this design object, there is handwriting on the back that seems to be traces of a Japanese furniture maker, and no holes have been drilled to store it as evidence of "hand". The holes were punched with a mechanical row used for industrial punching metal compared to #1.
In this design object, additional work was done to punch the holes, create auxiliary lines, correct the repair marks, decorate the modified areas with silver leaf, and burnish the silver. Through these actions, I tried to visualize "raw consumption", "individuality", and "desire". Not only that, I tried to visualize the difference between rational planning and physical execution in the way that uneven rows of holes appeared when I drilled the holes while accurately drawing the auxiliary lines.
和箪笥を利用したデザインオブジェクトのシリーズは、人間の「手」の可視化を「手による技法」と「素材」を用いて試みている。このシリーズでは、和箪笥の制作で行われる「手」による様々な行為を強調することで、完成品から見えなくなってしまい「埋没」している「手」を掘り起こすことで「手」の可視化を行なった。
このデザインオブジェクトのシリーズでは、和家具を制作する際に行う「下書き線を引く」「木材を加工する」 「必要な箇所を補修する」という行為を意図的に強調させ表面化させた。強調させた行為を和箪笥に行うことで「手」の特性である「一回性である生の消費」「理性的行動と身体的実行の不一致」「個性」「欲望」の可視化を試みた。
木材の補修箇所に対して金継ぎのように金箔・銀箔を用いて装飾を行なっているが、銀箔では「焼き付け」という一手間を「あえて」行なっている。