mizuki

Founded in Copenhagen in 1904, Georg Jensen has origins in silversmithing and jewelry production, eventually moving into homewares. For over a century, it has employed the skills of craftspeople and produced many designs with natural motifs, especially those floral and botanical. One of the major elements of nature―water―serves as the theme of the subject silverware collection, crafted piece by piece by consummate artisans.
Water collected in the deep, central pool may hold flowers vertically like in a vase. Increasing the volume of water fills a shallow but wider area on which to floator lay decorative flowers. Higher up, the open lip acts as a spout, allowing the vase to be used as a jug.For subtle integration of three states of water―pooled, spread, and flowing―the vessel was named “mizuki,” coined to mean water vessel in Japanese.
Each mizuki vessel is forged from a single sheet of .925 sterling silver. It is heated at times to temperatures as high as 780 ℃, hammered while soft, and then painstakingly polished. Even with the inimitable skills of Georg Jensen silversmiths, it takes 400 hours to craft the three pieces composing the full set of mizuki.

Georg Jensen 于 1904 年在哥本哈根成立，起源于银器和珠宝生产，最终转向家居用品。一个多世纪以来，它运用了工匠的技艺，制作了许多带有自然图案的设计，尤其是花卉和植物图案。自然的主要元素之一——水——作为主题银器系列的主题，由精湛的工匠逐件制作。

收集在中央深水池中的水可以像花瓶一样垂直盛放鲜花。增加水的体积会填充一个浅而更宽的区域，在上面放置装饰花。再往上，张开的唇口充当喷口，让花瓶可以用作水壶。为了将水的三种状态——汇集、展开和流动——巧妙地结合起来，容器被命名为“mizuki”，意思是水容器用日语。

每个 mizuki 容器均由单张 0.925 纯银锻造而成。它有时会被加热到高达 780 ℃ 的温度，在柔软的同时敲打，然后经过精心打磨。即使以 Georg Jensen 银匠的精湛技艺，制作全套水木的三件作品也需要 400 小时。