Yuki Ferdinandsen
Yuki Ferdinandsen
Yuki Ferdinandsen is a Japanese silversmith and metal chaser based in Denmark.
“Via living in Denmark, and experiencing the Danish culture, I view Japan with a Danish filter. I want to sense these two vastly different cultures and thus let them re-arrange naturally in my mind influencing the visions of my works.
My inspiration always comes from nature, expressed through the Fibonacci spiral systematic. With my hammer, with its small bumps, I form a plate of silver; the solid piece getting a floating look and simultaneously a degree of flexibility. The piece thus exudes durability, weight, light, reflection, contrast, and silver's unique brilliance. Silver's gloss is hot and cold simultaneously and it is this gloss and disposition of the material that creates the charm of working with silver.
It is with a fusion of the traditional Japanese artisan technique Arare and the Danish modern design aesthetic that I create my works. I enjoy every stroke the sound of the metal being struck and I follow this with a step with my foot.
My hammer’s “dance” makes a sound that creates a rhythm that I sense throughout my body and enjoy within my soul.
It is a mode of working that is never stifled by fatigue….”