Description of Pieces
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charles_dusk.jpg:
"Charles River Dusk"
oil on canvas board
30" x 15"
2004

daisho.jpg:
"Daisho" (Japanese style swords)
blades: clay-hardened carbon steel, fittings: rayskin, steel, with copper, brass, and silver inlay, silk wrapping.
38"x14" (with stand)
katana (long sword): 27" blade
wakizashi (short sword) 17" blade
2004

icarus.jpg:
"Icarus" (water strider on dyed water surface)
Digital photograph, print. Photo taken with the assistance of David Hu.
Taken in the MIT Applied Mathematics Fluids Laboratory
24" x 36"
2002

shrimp.jpg:
"Shrimp"
Origami: folded from a single square of paper, no cuts.
Designed and folded by Brian Chan
~9" long
2006

tsuba.jpg:
"Salamander Tsuba" (Japanese style sword guard)
carved Steel inlaid with copper, silver
2" x 3"
2004

Brian Chan
Bladesmithing Alum (under J.D. Smith)
chosetec (AT) mit.edu