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She then worked at Kanazawa Industrial Art from 1982-1987 before moving to Copenhagen to study at The Institute for Precious Metals at the Goldsmith High School from 1988-1989 and again from 1997-99. From 2002-2006 she trained and worked as a chaser at the Georg Jensen Silversmithing Workshop before returning to practice independently as a silversmith in her studio in Copenhagen.  \n\r\nFerdinandsen works predominantly in silver and she demonstrates a profound understanding of her material through her work. She specialises in the Japanese technique of arare which means hail and is a technique that consists of small ball-shaped points in regular rows on the surface of metal objects. It was originally used on Samurai armour to provide additional protection from arrows. She aims to produce work which unites her dual identity as a Japanese woman living in Copenhagen by combining this traditional Japanese technique within the strong tradition of Danish modern design. She is inspired by nature and in particular the Fibonnaci sequence to inform the decoration of her work. \n\r\nFerdinandsen has exhibited widely internationally at fairs including Salon Art and Design, TEFAF, FOG Design & Art and at exhibitions including Jewellery and Metal Works 2023 at Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Japansk Design Festival in 2020 and 2021 in Copenhagen, Carsten From Anderson and Yuki Ferdinandsen at Galleri Montan in 2019 in Copenhagen, Different but Same at Koldinghus Museum, Kolding, Denmark and at several Silver Triennial exhibitions in Europe. She is represented by Galleri Montan in Copenhagen and has previously been represented by Adrian Sassoon amongst others. She has won many awards including The Schoonhoven Silver Award in 2015, twice winner of Best In Year at Hammerclub in 2010 and 2013, The Karl Gustav Hansen Prize for ‘Silversmith of the Year’ in Denmark and she won a silver medal at the second Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Korea in 2002. Her work is in public collections including The National Museum Stockholm, Sweden, Nordenfjeldske Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway, the Danish Design Museum, Copenhagen and the Silver Museum at Koldinghus, Denmark as well as many private collections.\n\nFerdinandsen typically raises a form in sterling silver using hammers and stakes and she then textures the surface with a specially designed hammer to give the silver a matte finish. She marks out her complicated arare patterns using a diagram that she has meticulously drawn out prior to working on the metal. She then strikes each of the dots a few times from the inside and strikes the dots several times with rhythmical blows from the outside using different size steel tools and hammers. This technique creates a subtle play of light across her work between the contrasting bright arare ‘dot’ and the matte low-relief texture of the surface. \r\nShe describes the process as “ Every sound in the rhythm of my ‘hammer’s dance’ I feel in the whole of my body and enjoy within my soul. This is work that never suffers from fatigue”.\n\r\nIn Zen II the arare ‘dots’ subtly increase in size from the smallest around the opening to the larger ‘dots’ around the body of the form. There are 2428 ‘dots’ decorating the surface of the piece. 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