“Where is your North Star?” he asks me. “Keep your eye on it when you write.” “I am trying to find one through my interviews!” I say. I was sensing where he was going, and wanted to wriggle out of the gravity of it. “Well, you can always find it in the sky if you...
because he is the craftsman of urushiware, who knows what’s important is usually hidden beneath, and that only time will show.
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...
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...
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...
When we realise everything we touch, or even the things we think we create, is built upon the layers of lives, wisdom and works of 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.