Tag: Urushiware
Sarasa – Traces of Cultural Confluence in Japan

by | May 3, 2023 | Tangible Wisdom | 0 Comments

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...
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No Way We Can Ever Call Ourselves Self-Taught.

by | February 23, 2023 | Tangible Wisdom | 0 Comments

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...
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Touch Me

by | November 2, 2022 | Female Creators, Tangible Wisdom | 0 Comments

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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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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