UNCONSCIOUS STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF AESTHETIC SHAPES PRODUCED BY HAND : Relationships between Karakusa Decoration Patterns and the Stress Distributions of Kouryou Beams in Japanese Shrines and Temples

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Decorated beams in Japanese temples and shrines were investigated to identify relationships between the structural properties and the decorative patterns carved on the beams. The karakusa patterns that had been carved traditionally by professional carvers on kouryo, or decorated beams, were investigated to elucidate the relationships between the patterns and the stress distributions under normal gravity conditions of the decorated beams. A professional carver of the karakusa patterns was also interviewed to find out if a carver might be subconsciously influenced by the stress distributions when carving. The tangential directions of the carved patterns tended to be coincident with the directions of the contours of the stress distribution in the beams, and the karakusa patterns might be indirectly-but strongly-affected by the stress distributions, which cannot be sensed visually by the carvers.
日本デザイン学会の論文
2008-07-31