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Based in
Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Materials
tin, metal
Classification
metal

伴哲生

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Tetsuo Ban

Profile

Background

Ban was born in Sakai, Osaka. He studied metal craft at Osaka University of Arts and graduated in 2004, then immediately entered a tinware manufacturer and spent roughly seven years learning the material as an industrial craft. He began working independently in 2012 and moved his practice to Ikoma, Nara, in 2018.

His practice uses several registers of tinworking: casting and lathe finishing for closed forms, and thin sheet that is hammered, bent, cut and joined. The work also includes a branch of flower vessels.

Practice

Tin vessels made by casting and lathe turning, including airtight tea containers and sake warming vessels, and by melting ingots and scrap into plate; flower vessels form a separate branch alongside a long ikebana practice. He keeps natural irregularities and surface marks. [2, 3, 4, 1, 6]

Work over time

  1. Education Graduated from the metal craft course at Osaka University of Arts. · Osaka University of Arts · Metal craft [4, 1]
  2. Employment Worked for a tinware manufacturer as a tin craftsman. [1, 4]
  3. Became independent Became independent as a tin artist. [4, 1]
  4. Relocation Moved his base and workshop to Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. · Ikoma, Nara, Japan [4, 1, 3]

References

  1. 伴哲生 錫器展 Van Zinn — うつわノート
  2. 伴哲生 — 第10回 奈良工芸の粋
  3. 伴哲生 — クラシコサエル
  4. 北野勝久 伴哲生 花器展 花ヲ活カス — 六々堂
  5. 六々堂 - 伴 哲生 (artist page) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  6. 伴 哲生展 錫の界 interview (六々堂, posted 2020-05-28) Retrieved 2026-10-02