Tangible Wisdom
Sarasa – Traces of Cultural Confluence in Japan
Sarasa is said to have been born in India; the textile with grand, playful, and colourful patterns. As "Good Things Always Spread", it has appealed to the East and West, merged with indigenous aesthetics. Japan was not the exception, to say the least. What caught the...
Cracks and Bumps Are All There to Be Cherished.
They Are The Traces of Trees' Life. "It’s intimidatingly yellow," Te.Te.Ro says. “This is mulberry. When you fell the tree, the freshly-cut surface is vivid yellow. Almost like the traffic light kind of yellow. So yellow that it’s almost intimidating.” The way he...
No Way We Can Ever Call Ourselves Self-Taught.
Because There Is a “Thank You” in Every Hand-Crafted Object. Senro Sato said.  Is it… “thank you for purchasing”? … Probably yes. Or… “thank you for using, using it with care”?… most likely. But it won’t stop there.  The tree that stood for many years. The...
A Little Prayer Sewn In

A Little Prayer Sewn In

The act of sewing is, or used to be, universal. It was a way to make most of the resources we had a limited access to. 

As most of us are now able to purchase clean, new clothes cheaply, the act of mending and stitching doesn’t seem to make sense at least in terms of efficiency.

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Better to be heard than touched…?

Better to be heard than touched…?

Sensual sound of kinuzure Let our imagination fly free while listening to this.  What did you see? A court lady taking off one of many layers of kimono…? Then you have a superpower! It was actually Norio Arai, rolling up almost 13-metre-long fine silk fabric...

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Touch Me

Touch Me

Shining like baby skin First, I want you to touch me.  The slick, silk-like surface smoothed by thousands of touches, brushstrokes, and… whetstones. I’m speaking of the urushiware lacquered by Senro Sato.  I don’t know how many Japanese households use real...

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Fantastic Form

Fantastic Form

Organically solid soil     Soil turns into a solid piece of ceramic through the magic of water and fire.      These FORMs though…Every FORM piece has its own distinct, fluid shape. I won’t be surprised if they start moving at night when humans are...

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Jizai -At Your Will

Jizai -At Your Will

Essence of Japan at Your Space Such an appropriate name for Japanese house decor. Mobility and adjustability are the characteristics of a Japanese home. When all the fusuma, sliding doors, are taken out, a house consisting of three tiny rooms can be that of one big...

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