Tag: Senro Sato
What You Make Makes Who You Are
A Guideline for Choice Making Patience is a virtue, and necessity for the practice of urushiware making. Senro Sato, the master craftsman of urushiware, is just like his own crafts.  He turns 80 this year and is super smart and sharp. He can give a talk,...
Offering Light to Others
Portraying The Mingei Life Stories #3 Senro Sato didn’t understand the share retailers took. More like, yes of course he did understand the concept of it, but he didn’t want to go with it. He paid for the materials, such as wood, urushi sap, charcoal and washi...
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...
What Leads to Bettering Work
Tapping Into Your Resourcefulness I hear about “being resourceful” all the time, but honestly, I never knew what that meant for me until I was really pushed. It was when I decided to venture into this Wisdom Toolkit project. I decided to spend all that I had in my...
The last TOTEI
Spatula 7 years, Brush 3 years Senro Sato went to learn urushi lacquerware, also known as the japanning technique, at the age of 22. He had one year left to finish college, but his mentor Gonroku Matsuda (Living National Treasure) strongly advised him to go learn...
Offering Light to Others

Offering Light to Others

The mingei movement pioneered a new frontier of perspective on beauty. By doing so, it offered hope for those who have not been seen in the light before.

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What Leads to Bettering Work

What Leads to Bettering Work

Tapping Into Your Resourcefulness I hear about “being resourceful” all the time, but honestly, I never knew what that meant for me until I was really pushed. It was when I decided to venture into this Wisdom Toolkit project. I decided to spend all that I had in my...

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The last TOTEI

The last TOTEI

Spatula 7 years, Brush 3 years Senro Sato went to learn urushi lacquerware, also known as the japanning technique, at the age of 22. He had one year left to finish college, but his mentor Gonroku Matsuda (Living National Treasure) strongly advised him to go learn...

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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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