Utsushi - in search of Katsuhira's tiger. Part 2

A short documentary film that follows classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam as he recreates a lost masterpiece by the 19th century Mito tsuba artist, Hagia Katsuhira. The project and filming was funded by Mr Bob Morrison and took place from June to October 2009.

Filmed and directed by Brad Schaffer
http://www.bradshawschaffer.com

Produced by Richard Moerdyk and Fixer Film
http://www.fixerfilm.com/

For more details about the project please visit my blog spot here;
http://followingtheironbrush.blogspot...

To learn more about the techniques of classical Japanese decorative metalwork please visit our forum;
http://www.followingtheironbrush.org/

We also have available for download text files of the audio in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek and German.
You'll find them on our forum here;
http://www.followingtheironbrush.org/...

To see more of Ford's work please visit http://fordhallam.com/

• Category

  Film & Animation

[Андрей Мартьянов]

This is beautiful.

Unbelieveable skill !

Will you please tell name of the song in the end of part 2?

Thank you!

[Ford Hallam]

thanks you.

Sorry but I don't know the titles of any of the music. That part was applied by the sound mixer when the film was edited.

[PelleTM]

It's always amazing to watch someone who is very good at what they do :) Great stuff!

[Ford Hallam]

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.

[KITNARAGNAROG]

in the first part there was a book that contained all the different guards, can you please post the name and isbn on the inside cover, i find this very interesting. yhank you in advance.

[tsslaporte]

Samurai Ritual by Stefano Bonacina

[TanukiDigital]

This video and your words here are very inspiring to me, thanks for sharing this!

[Dobbermeister1]

Unbelievable journey you undertook. As an artist, I know what kind of spiritual transformation this created in you over the course of four months of creation, especially as it was a faithful recreation of a great artist's work. Bravo for a job well done!

[chrisli0627]

hello there .... May I ask if the amalgam same as the dental thing that they use for filling up the tooth?

[thdoc9]

Awesome piece of work. And I thought dentistry was very technical and demanding! Thanks for sharing your experience. Charles DDS

[Ford Hallam]

Thank you, Perhaps I should offer my services to big business as a motivational speaker ;-)

[jdpal]

Well said! A similar line of thinking is gaining favor in the world of workplace management - more and more people are realizing that tight schedules and a desire for maximum productivity are indeed crippling our ability to bring out and realize the extraordinary. Your piece is a truly remarkable achievement.

[Nightrazr]

Stunning work, as we Dutchmen like to say, yet translated for your convenience: You have hands made of gold!

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Absolutely amazing skills ironbrush! The amount of discipline alone required for an undertaking like this is inconceivable. Beautiful work!