Short Film on Lacquer Artist Masaru Nishimura
After an assortment of topics being discussed here on the blog this week, it seemed nice to switch it up a little and watch an experienced lacquer artist at work. I thought it might give some context to the items that we already have in the shop, particularly the lacquerware by husband and wife duo
Photographs of Maiko Okuno’s Lacquerware Exhibition
I'm not usually one to split up images like this, I prefer to keep them all landscape or at least have a mixture of the two sizes. But since it's Friday I thought I'd let myself off, also these are very tasty indeed so I knew even though they weren't that big you would still appreciate them. Sometim
Short Film Featuring Lacquer Artist Isamu Odashima
After the article that I put together late last week featuring artists and sculptures Alma Allen, Ani Kasten & Adam Silverman, I thought I would showcase another video produced by the same Japanese company but on a slightly different wavelength. This particular video has no English speaking, or Engl
Collecting Lacquer with Kenji Suzuki
It's not often that I bring films into the archive, Daniel tends to have a knack for finding the best on the web in the fields of art, design and craft. But today I came across this short piece that doesn't have any commentary, but has very simple filming and features some curious ongoings. In fact,
Lacquerware Stones by Noboru Akagi Akira
My interest in lacquerware has hit quite a high, investigating the different methods is highly interesting as it's something that's totally new to me. Us folk in Europe haven't really experienced this sort of craft before, it's not something that's readily available and easy to find. Although I've t
Wooden Tableware and Sundries at Manufact Jam
Wooden utensils have been featured quite a lot lately on the blog, it's been great to see the different creatives who're making these pieces of art, in fact I don't think they're respected as much as they should be. To make items like I'm showcasing today is incredibly hard. I've been challenging my
Lacquerware by Toshio Fukuda
Here are some beautiful objects made by Toshio Fukuda, a lacquerware artist out of Japan. It looks like he's got an amazing eye for simplistic form in general, as with most Japanese creatives, and has been able to create some astonishing shapes that are both functional and very natural looking. This