Collectible booklets on fine Hahnemuhle paper, hand-printed with lead movable type, made by the publisher Alberto Casiraghy.
Raku clay plate. During the extraction from the second Raku oven, some cracks were formed: they were consolidated with Black Roiro Urushi lacquer mixed with bamboo wood powder. Finished with Neri Bengara Urushi lacquer and yellow and red gold powder kt.24 in medium grain. How to repair with Kintsugi.
I confide
in you a reflection of mine on what it means to be a 'pataphysicist today. 'Pataphysics, which Alfred Jarry defined as "the science of imaginary solutions," for me lies precisely at the crossroads of intellectual play, provocation, and an ironic and surreal vision of reality. Being a 'pataphysicist today means adopting an attitude that challenges rigid rationalism and the seriousness of institutions, instead giving space to creativity, paradox, and imagination. click here to continue reading
Please note, the mask in the sawdust bin for the reduction process has broken, but it was reconstructed in the laboratory by applying the philosophy of kintsugi 金継ぎ.
In reassembling it, the workmanship produced a magnificent aesthetic and form!
SHUJI 修二
