CRS is honored to present a brief exhibition of works by Yasuka Matsumoto of Japan from April 17 - 20, 2015. The works that Ms. Matsumoto will be sharing all reference the Japanese traditional method of making iron and steel, called Tatara, using charcoal created from the burning of wood. A story of small iron Trees in the forest are transformed into iron and steel by human's hand. That process can be said to concentrate a large forest into small metallic objects. These objects carry the memory of having existed as trees in the forest. When a metal object closes its eyes, it see images and remembers the memory of this past it carries within. The object misses living in the […]