Ōsumi Yukie: The Brilliance of Metalworking

Red Sea, a silver, copper and shakudō flower vessel, joined using a heat welding method. Exhibited at the sixty-ninth Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2022). (Courtesy the Japan Kōgei Association)

Auspicious Cloud, a silver flower vessel made using hammer forming. Exhibited at the sixty-fifth Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2018). (Courtesy the Japan Kōgei Association)

Ōsumi Yukie was “drawn into the world of creation.” (© Yokozeki Kazuhiro)

Sunset, a silver flower vessel made using hammer forming. Exhibited at the sixty-eighth Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2021). (Courtesy the Japan Kōgei Association)

Spring Tide, a silver flower vessel made using hammer forming. Exhibited at the seventieth Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2023). (Courtesy the Japan Kōgei Association)