5.18.Japan-4-detail-b Metal Print
by Charlie Szoradi
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5.18.Japan-4-detail-b metal print by Charlie Szoradi. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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Japan 4: Detail (b) Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design:
Rethink the simple tools that have shaped our world.
The saws in this sketchbook, with teeth directed toward the handle, are typical of Japanese hand tools. The direction allows the user to pull the cut rather than push the cut. Western saws are the opposite in that the cutting takes place on the push action. One saw in particular has two different sized and shaped teeth flanking the tool. The difference is that the tight or smaller teeth are for the crosscut versus the larger ones that are used for the rip-cut running parallel to the wood grain. The saw design seems a small reflection of the Japanese attention to detail and respect for not only materials like wood but also for the process involved with the art of its manipulation.
Since Japan is an island, and islands by their nature have finite resources, this respect for the wood is also about maximizing available resources with the least poss...
About Charlie Szoradi
I am pleased to share these graphics as well as the drawings from my travels around the world over the past three decades. The ink sketches are all from field observations drawn on fold-out sketch books, most of which are about seven feet long. Given that there are thousands of images in the numerous drawing books, I hope that you enjoy the work that I have included here from Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, Central America, and many other places. In many cases, the drawings document design and innovation that are not landmarks. Overall, I enjoy seeing and celebrating the extraordinary in the ordinary. About the illustrator and author: Charlie Szoradi is an architect, inventor, and sustainability professional. He is passionate...
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