Tin Bowl Series for Agonies

These tin bowl series are for my self-discipline. I have started from tin ingot, and pushed myself to make one vessel in three days. After finishing the vessel, I melt it down again to make next one. Each of bowl is container for agony in my mind. To me, as a metalsmith, raising and melting a sheet metal objects represents a deep bowing ceremony in Buddhism. I repeated raising and destroying process over and over, until I can remove my agonies.

01_OstentatiousnessTinRaising & Planishing, Forging6” X 4.5 “ X 4.5” (152 X 114 X 114mm)2018

01_Ostentatiousness

Tin

Raising & Planishing, Forging

6” X 4.5 “ X 4.5” (152 X 114 X 114mm)

2018