Silver work
This month, I could make my first experiments on working with silver thanks to help and advices from Benjamin Boulay master jeweller in Figeac.
This month, I could make my first experiments on working with silver thanks to help and advices from Benjamin Boulay master jeweller in Figeac.
Here are three of the nice shakuhachi that I was honoured to give their voice back !
Some of these works are quite reasonable, other more delicate with traditional inlaid rattant bindings and one of them is really challenging…!
I indeed felt that there was a need in Europe for proper repairing services which motivated me in studying and practising those skills from last year;
And without any special advertisement in London, I already find myself with a lot of demands.
Within the next months, restoring works will represent half of my working time at the expense of my shakuhachi making but it is still a very good way for me to study more the Ji-ari flutes from different makers and periods.
The program was very dense, 5 concerts each day, workshops, masterclass and lectures all the day long with 80 professional guests, masters, performers, teachers, scholars or makers…
A good opportunity to perfect the ability of choosing !
On the last weeks, I worked on restoring Alain’s flute.
It’s a Ji-ari nobekan 1.6 Tozan about 100 years old !
A flute he bought 20 years ago in an antique shop in Geneva; they found this flute in Kyoto.
I don’t have much informations on the maker Enzon Kyozon (supposedly writer of a book on Shakuhachi making); if anyone has information on that maker, please contact me.
I like his Hanko.
Here follows the details of the repairs I did on this Shakuhachi.
On the 1st of June in the church of Fons
(Nice little roman church with beautiful acoustic)
On the 2nd of June in the auditorium of the music school of Figeac
with Gunnar Jinmei Linder
in Figeac – S.W France
World Shakuhachi festival
for the first time in Europe
Web site : www.wsf2018.com
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