because he is the craftsman of urushiware, who knows what’s important is usually hidden beneath, and that only time will show.
What You Make Makes Who You Are
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Tag: Senro Sato
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.
No Way We Can Ever Call Ourselves Self-Taught.
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…
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...
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...