©Tadayuki MinamotoWind is blowing II
Esposto in AN ATELIER ALIVE
Leather, Urushi
This sculpture by Nan Wei was created by stretching leather into form, then saturating it with urushi lacquer. Layers of linen and ash powder were then added and sealed, following a process inspired by Japanese shippi lacquerware techniques. Using folds, curves and reflections to evoke an invisible current of air, the piece seems to retain the memory of a movement still in flow.
Courtesy of Galerie Mingei
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CATEGORY
Sculpture
YEAR
2026
DIMENSIONS
58W x 49H x 42D cm
Nan reinterprets the shippi technique by combining leather and lacquer to create sculptural forms
