{"id":168,"date":"2026-03-18T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/?p=168"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:18:43","slug":"takumi-azechi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/takumi-azechi\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKUMI AZECHI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Mask of an Unseen Bird<br><strong>Year of production<strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>2026<br><strong>Materials:<\/strong> urushi lacquer, linen cloth, jinoko (clay powder), washi paper, metal powder, gold leaf<br><strong>Dimensions<strong>:<\/strong> <\/strong>H75 \u00d7 W75 \u00d7 D15 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work examines material transformation through traditional processes using urushi lacquer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Layers of linen cloth and jinoko are gradually built up, allowing time and labor to remain visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surface records subtle shifts caused by repetition, drying, and physical engagement with the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artist Statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My practice is guided by subtle forces that arise before language and rational thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than expressing fixed ideas, I work through processes in which bodily impulses and sensations gradually surface through material engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using urushi lacquer, I attend to how time, repetition, and physical action accumulate within a surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work opens a space where meanings remain unstable, allowing viewers to encounter perceptions that have not yet taken form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urushi-takumiazechi.jimdofree.com\/\">https:\/\/urushi-takumiazechi.jimdofree.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/takumiazechi_urushi\">Instagram:<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Mask of &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/takumi-azechi\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TAKUMI AZECHI<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterex.info\/evolving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}