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Conway Stewart Churchill Makie Collection Fountain Pens
Range: Makie Conway Stewart Limited Edition Pens
- Price: £3230
DUCKS: Mandarin Ducks are a theme frequently featured in Oriental art. A notable characteristic of this species is intense loyalty. Pairing for life, they represent conjugal affection and fidelity in eastern art. Their presence represents balance and harmony.
Mr. Koichiro Okazaki's work name is Kogaku-san. His work is painted freehand without any outline of design or silk screen process. While 90% of currently produced Maki-e artwork utilizes man-made Urushi lacquer, Kogaku san uses only 100% natural Urushi lacquer, collected by hand from Urushi trees. Kogaku-san draws his inspiration of these particular Mandarin Ducks from treasures housed in the Shosoin temple. Kogaku-san has depicted a pair of these colorful birds set against a flowing backdrop of running water. Each brightly painted Mandarin Duck is clasping a long stalk with flowers. Raden inlay and gold powder are carefully used to accent both the ducks and flowers. The shimmering surface of the flowing water is detailed with gleaming gold and green. This wonderful design adorns the cap and barrel. It is an amazing display of both art and nature. Each piece carries Kogaku-san's signature, and the coveted
Red Seal signature signifying the highest level of Maki-e art.
Hanakui Oshidori by Mr. Koichiro Okazaki
Limited to 25 pieces worldwide
Celestial Maidens:
The artist, Mr. Koichiro Okazaki, has received prestigious recognition for his work and has been accepted by and awarded in national art exhibitions. Known through his work name as Kogaku-san, his art is admired and collected by lovers of maki-e and investors world-wide.To successfully depict this much loved design, Kogaku-san employs a wide range of many different methods of Maki-e art and techniques: Bokashi maki-e (a shading technique in which two kinds of gold powder are graduated through bamboo. It takes a very steady hand to sprinkle solid gold dust on to wet Urushi lacquer), Hirame Ishimeji (large gold foils sprinkled over the wet Urushi lacquer and then a transparent Urushi lacquer is applied and burnished), Togidashi maki-e (a labour-intensive technique that results in a design completely flush with the surface, utilising the repetition of paintings, powder sprinkling, and burnishing), Tsukegaki technique (using heavier raised lines of gold lacquer, dusted with different size of gold powder to give texture and definition to the design), Kirigane (decorative technique employing small squares of gold or silver foil applied to maki-e lacquerwork surfaces of gold foil and abalone and gold powder applied to maki-e lacquerwork surfaces). A clear orange colour natural Urushi lacquer is painted on the design to secure its finish and durability for the owner to enjoy for many, many decades.
Each piece carries Kogaku-san's signature, and the coveted
Red Seal signature signifying the highest level of Maki-e art.
Karyoubinga, Celestial Maidens
by Mr. Koichiro Okazaki
Limited to 25 pieces world-wide
