オリガミメタル
ZIZAIは高岡の誇る鋳物会社、株式会社能作とのプロジェクトです。まるでオリガミみたいに簡単に手でまがり、その表情を変えるのがこの100%錫をつかった能作さんの製品の特徴です。いくつかの試作のあと、パリにある何百年も前の門扉をモチーフにした曲がるブレスレットをつくったり、日本の麻の葉のモチーフでアクセラリーをつくったものです。
アクセサリーにすると、不思議と冷たくなく、すぐに肌温度になり、人体になじむのもこの素材のいいところです。プロジェクトではクルミをよばれる、道路の側溝のようなフラットな形を手で軽く曲げるうちに、ボウルになったり、お皿になるものを作っています。花をいける錫の特徴である、水を活性化する力で、長く花が咲き続けます。この一輪材もつくった試作の一つでした。
ZIZAI origami metal
The most expensive metal after gold and silver ,tin dose not rust easily, processes high antibacterial qualities, and is known as ma material with low allergic reactivity. Its history dates back to around 1500 B.C. when the ancient Egyptian pharaohs were believed to have used tin tools. It has been believed that water in a tin container dose not spoil , and that tin removes excessive bitterness from sake and produces a better taste. For these reason , tin has traditionally been used for sake and tea ware.Nousaku uses , 100% tin. Its is common to add other metallic materials to provide durability and facilitate cutting work, but Nousaku uses tin is soft and can easily be bent by hand on its shape and thickness. The crackling sounds you hear when you bend tin is the sound of tin molecules rubbing against each other and is called the Tin Cry.The ZIZAI series makes the most of these character of tin. Every ZIZAI item changes in form from a flat sheet of paper ( like origami) to a three-dimension object. It flexibly changes the form depending on the occasions, purposes and person who use it. Enjoy the unique flexibility of tin in every part of your life scene along with its friendliness to human skin.