Tutor: MR. NOBORU ANDO (Tokyo, Japan)

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE METAL TECHNIQUES

Dates: 12. - 15.6.2006
Fee: 80 € + materials and tools 80 €.

Number of participants: 12

Practice of nunome zougan (texture inlay) as the main theme, with introduction to various zougan (inlay) techniques and colouring technique of different kinds of metal such as shibuichi (an alloy of copper and silver) and shakudou (an alloy of copper and gold)

The class include making tools, designing and making the inlayed metals, though to finishing and polishing