May 2017

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syouryu's Suzugami
https://www.shokunin.com/en/syouryu/

Unlike an ordinary tin plate, "Suzugami" is compressed and extended many times with rhythmical hammering to decrease the degradation by skillful craftsman. "Suzugami" can be folded and bent like origami (Japanese folding paper craft) to form any shapes as you want.

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It is a Yasutaka Ohashi's Hand-Hammered Copper Kettle. Mr. Ohashi makes it from a copper plate by hammering. He used to be a craftsman in Gyokusendo, the world famous traditional manufacturer in Niigata, Japan, and became independent to pursue the hand-hammered copperware.
https://www.shokunin.com/en/ohashi/yuwakasi.html

You can watch videos, too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWS8jU1zINw
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PZvIdalBgh4