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3Dwww.sugatakatachi.comThe creation of a SUGATA KATACHI wooden door handle starts with a pencil sketch. Then, we search for the ideal form through a study, in which we carve a full-scale mockup out of a block of rigid urethane.Once we settle on a design, we reproduce it on pattern paper, trace it onto a wooden board, and then cut the wood with a band saw. We fasten the wooden blank in a vice, and then carve it with a chisel, shape it with a wood file, and finally polish it with sandpaper. We repeat these processes as many times as necessary until we are satisfied. We allow the newly fabricated patterns to age for a while,like wine, and then examine them. Only when a single one has been selected from among them, will a prototypebe made. All of this is done entirely by hand. Of course, because of their asymmetrical, smooth three-dimensional curves, SUGATA KATACHIwooden door handles are not suitable for mass production. Unlike objects created with straight lines only, forms like abstract sculptures will have different nuances when created by different people, making the division of labor difficult. We had no alternative other than to make sure that the same creator hand-made them, one at a time, in the studio. We have, however, started to use computers because we wanted more people to experience and use our products. We bring a prototype created by hand into a 3D drawing, operate the machine, and shave wood as if to run over it, by imitating the original creator. The final steps still rely on hand work, however. While checking the grip by hand, we carefully hone the form and finish it to bring out the beautiful wood grain texture.We will never start the creation of a SUGATA KATACHI wooden door handle with a computer.Rather than falling into a trap that is the ease with which an object can be created with a machine,we'd like to teach the machine about shapes and how to leave "signs of movements" that can only be produced through hand work. The master is a human being even now. "The Master Is a Human Being."5

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