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Assembling the parts, Jizai-okimono

Mitsuta Haruo

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

After assembling the finished parts, it is finely tuned for movement. A different metal (crude copper) is cut to fit and inlaid to create the red dots in the butterfly’s wings.

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  • Title: Assembling the parts, Jizai-okimono
  • Creator: Mitsuta Haruo
  • Type: metal, butterfly, Manufacturing process
  • Medium: Metal
Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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