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Wo Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft verschmelzen
"In einer einzigen Uhr koexistieren Vergangenheit und Zukunft und erschaffen dabei beinahe ein Paradox."
– Ikeda-san
Mit dem TYPE 9, Ressences minimalsten Design, als Leinwand erschafft Ikeda-san durch präzises Schichten von Lack und feinster Perlmutt-Einlegearbeit eine von Science-Fiction inspirierte Komposition. Zum Leben erweckt wird sie durch Ressences rotierendes, konvexes Zifferblatt.
“The result of this artistic language, when applied to a Ressence watch, gives you the feeling of viewing something from another galaxy - a code, or signal, from another civilisation, beamed back to us from the future.”
-Benoît Mintiens
„Das Ergebnis dieser künstlerischen Sprache, auf eine Ressence-Uhr angewandt, vermittelt das Gefühl, etwas aus einer anderen Galaxie zu betrachten – einen Code oder ein Signal einer anderen Zivilisation, das aus der Zukunft zu uns zurückgesendet wird."
– Benoît Mintiens
An object that reads like a message, not a decoration.
“What was very difficult was attaching raden (mother-of-pearl) to a curved surface,” Ikeda-san explains of the process where ultra-thin shell pieces were cut and placed on the watch components with extreme precision. “Raden is basically flat, and it breaks easily, like eggshell. So we soaked it and bent it gradually on rubber sheets, little by little, so that it would follow the curvature.”
An object that reads like a message, not a decoration.
“What was very difficult was attaching raden (mother-of-pearl) to a curved surface,” Ikeda-san explains of the process where ultra-thin shell pieces were cut and placed on the watch components with extreme precision. “Raden is basically flat, and it breaks easily, like eggshell. So we soaked it and bent it gradually on rubber sheets, little by little, so that it would follow the curvature.”
With great virtuosity, Terumasa Ikeda transports lacquerware into the 21st century. He bridges the past and the present by employing the same raden technique and traditional materials used by earlier lacquer artists: urushi, hinoki wood, mother-of-pearl, and gold leaf. While respecting tradition, he incorporates digital technologies for tasks such as laser-cutting abalone shell and designing his compositions. The final design is meticulously placed by hand.
Reflecting the “Now” through ancient traditions
Ikeda san states : “It is difficult to employ the techniques and aesthetics passed down from the past to create an eternal beauty, but I believe that by reflecting the ‘now’ I am continuing the tradition.” [1]
1.”The Raden of Terumasa Ikeda,” Tokyo Ippodo Gallery, July 2021
IKEDA’S FUTURISTIC VESSELS BRIDGE THE WORLDS OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LACQUER.
Auf 8 Stück limitiert, ist der TYPE 9 IKE kein auf eine Uhr „aufgetragenes" Kunstwerk. Es ist eine Komposition, die eigens für Ressences bewegendes Zifferblatt geschaffen wurde.
Through the collaboration, Ikeda turned the mechanics of the brand’s patented ROCS display into a new artistic language through literal layering and lacquering, a painstakingly detailed process. Turning the watch over reveals Ikeda-san’s signature on the caseback.
“The result of this artistic language, when applied to a Ressence watch, gives you the feeling of viewing something from another galaxy - a code, or signal, from another civilisation, beamed back to us from the future.”
-Benoît Mintiens
