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.

You can follow Ford and contact him directly at   / fordhallam  

Subscribe from $5 per month and watch much more like this, ask him for instructional videos you need, questions you have, get access to unseen footage of his work, tips and tricks for japanese metalwork, jewellery, and watch beautiful restoration work videos.

Ford is also on instagram   / fordhallam_metal_artist  



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/