Artwork
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#flowers
#metallic
#metalwork
#nature
#crops
#Shota Suzuki
#timber
November 25, 2022
Kate Mothes
Tender stems bear lush blooms and windswept leaves collect round new development in artist Shota Suzuki’s delicate metallic sculptures. Rendered in painstaking element, the kinds are impressed by flora round his residence and studio in Kyoto, corresponding to Japanese maple timber and dandelions which have gone to seed. “Lately, I’ve been including rain and wind to my work,” he tells Colossal, sharing that he’s impressed by the best way nature demonstrates the passing of time. He provides silvery water droplets to ginkgo leaves, ruffles the petals of flowers, or portrays a department of cherry blossoms as if it has blown from a tree.
An early curiosity in jewellery led Suzuki to check metalworking, and the beautiful element of florals and foliage suited his means to work on a small scale. A variety of patinas create a life-like look, achieved by combining an array of chemical substances that produce particular hues and textures, together with conventional Japanese copper coloration strategies corresponding to niiro. “I don’t need to create works wherein time stands nonetheless,” he says. “I need to categorical a second in time.”
Suzuki’s work is included in Pure Mastery: Lacquer and Silver Works from Japan at Stuart Lochhead Sculpture in London from December 1 to 9. You will discover extra work on his web site and Instagram.
#flowers
#metallic
#metalwork
#nature
#crops
#Shota Suzuki
#timber
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