two pieces that bolt together to form long open vessel with jagged upper edges; brown/grey/taupe; component b is on left when viewed from front and is higher on the end

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Fallen Moon 1, 1994

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Kofushiwaki created this work by first making a cardboard mold, which he then covered in a thin layer of plaster. After the cardboard had softened from the moisture in the plaster, he worked it into the approximate desired shape; once that had hardened, he applied pieces of hemp cloth soaked in lacquer in two to three overlapping layers (kanshitsu). After everything had hardened, he removed and discarded the cardboard mold and continued with the kanshitsu technique, adding more layers of lacquer-soaked hemp cloth on all sides. He achieved the irregular surface by bending, twisting, or cutting away segments of the form, and then sanded the final form to achieve the dustiness of the finished surface.

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Title
Fallen Moon 1
Artist Life
born 1961
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.29.1341a,b
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two pieces that bolt together to form long open vessel with jagged upper edges; brown/grey/taupe; component b is on left when viewed from front and is higher on the end

© Kofushiwaki Tsukasa / licensed by Minneapolis Institute of Art