白銀師という聞きなれない職人さんの仕事を撮った。ひたすら叩きそして細工を施す、作業はいたってシンプルだ。一枚の銀の板から無数の金槌と長い時間をかけて宝物の様な器を作り上げるのである。職人が操る無数の金槌と力加減で金属は叩かれて強くなり様々な形に変化していくのが少し不思議だ。
I took a picture of SHIROGANESHI –a man who works on metals. He simply beats out silver and makes various kinds of containers. Beating hundreds of times and taking plenty of time, plain silver plate becomes strong and changes its shape into a container, which can be called “a treasure”. It is a wonder to see the metal changing shapes by his technique.
