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BIRD CARVING
|Flying Poses of Japanese Wild
Birds|
Shigeki MORIOKACKyoto & Tukuba,
Japan
Introduction|Meaning of This work |
@In JapanCthere is the history of the bird carving with flying pose as arts
and crafts, such as the wooden bird carving with spreading wing which has been
excavated in almost perfect shape from the Shijo-ruins in Kashihara Nara (the
first half in 6th century), the couple of Hoo settling on the ridge of Byodo-in
Hoo-do in Uji Kyoto (the eary 11th century), the openwork of the flying stork
decorated on the transom in the interview room at Nishihonganji Kyoto (the late
16th century), the colored open work of the flying off waterfowl, the vortex,
the wave and the flow etc. decorated on the outside of fence and the corridor of
Yomei-mon in Tosho-gu Nikkou (the earky 17th century), and the carving of the
bantam and the flying off hawk with delicate cut of the rachis and barb by Koun
Takamura (the late 19th century) and so on.
@This time, my concept for the bird carving with flying pose is that we
observe in detail the flying poses of the birds seen in Japan, through the
knowledges of the flying dynamics, the ways of looking and treating of the
compound system and the multi-structural phenomenon, the science of color and
the science of form, which have developed remarkably in the 20th century, and
that we express their distinctive features and the beauty not against the truth
as the solid-formative.
@Although it may say that I am still on a growing course because of start
from zero after the retirement under the age limit, I have but a few years to
live, then I construct the exhibition room which hold concurrently the storage
and the arrangement of the increasing works, and I decide to open to the public.
The work are classified and arranged accorrding to the flying ways. For each
work, the title indicating the flying way and the simple memo describing the
features and the related topics are attached. Further, taking into account that
the bird flying should be essentially unsteady and three-dimensional motion, we
pick up the topics will be necessary to understand the flying poses and we
explain them concisely in several explanation panels. These works and panels
will clear about what is the bird's flight as a whole.
@The time of the digital carving is coming up and the corresponding research
and development are beginning in various fields. Before long, new technical
revolution will be come on the bird carving with flying pose. I am hoping that
the ways of looking and treating for the bird flight will be of use at that
time.