稽古彫り

Traditionally ukiyoe woodlbock carvers train by carving jōruri-style lettering which is a cursive script with phonetic annotations used for jōruri narrative lyrics in order to learn how to hold the kogatana knife. The idea is to learn to faithfully carve curved lines. In this work I molded the hands of master carver Motoharu Asaka—the north and south positions of inside and outside the circle resulting in 8 positions. This work, which allows you to examine the knowledge that exists in your hands in three dimensions, presents a question of the relationship between humans and labor, as well as the question of where to draw the distinction between person,tool, material in the process of “making.”