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The National Art Center, Tokyo. The Giacometti exhibition.

2017-07-08T23:00+09:00
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
私に見えるとおりに一つの顔をかたちづくり、描き、あるいはデッサンすることが自分には不可能だとよくわかっています。 しかしそれこそが私の目指していることなのです。
That being said,I know it is impossible for me to model,paint or draw a head,for instance ,as I see it ,and yet it is my main purpose

Coarse Hemp Hita City, Oita Prefecture

2017-07-06T23:00+09:00
Hemp
Coarse Ramie Manufacturing Technique, a selected conservation technique supporting traditional craft techniques by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Record-breaking torrential rain in Kyushu. I am concerned.
I was concerned about the passing on of the technique after the loss of the leading person last year.
Hemp is a necessary material for the dyeing process of Kurume Kasuri, but it is also important for lacquer. The world's oldest excavated lacquer product (excavated in Hokkaido) was made by soaking hemp fibers in lacquer.
The world's oldest lacquer excavated in Hokkaido was made by soaking hemp fibers in lacquer. This material and technique is necessary for both dyeing and lacquer crafting, so I hope it will somehow survive.
Last year, when I held an exhibition at Oita TOKIWA, I was asked by a resident of Takeda if I could plant lacquer trees. The best place to grow lacquer trees is in an area where tangerine trees do not grow well and where apple trees grow well. The climate is different from Iwate, and considering Kyushu's rainy season, typhoons, and the number of times we have to cut underbrush, I remember giving a harsh reply. It's not easy when you also consider the phenomenon of climate warming. It is really difficult.

Search2

2017-06-25T15:00+09:00
Base coat
Google search result 2: Shitajihada Lacquer Studio.
I used to make studio things. I can't use Wajima jinoko and the Sabiurushi made from Kyoto's gritty powder anymore, and I can't order lacquering. Even if I draw a drawing and ask the woodworker to do it, the woodworker and the customer think that the woodwork drawn on the potter's wheel is the shape of the woodworker himself. They will not forgive me for fleshing it out with a base. He closed his studio in 2000 when he moved to Saitama.
A Koudai of bowl (during his time at the studio) . The back side of the base looks like this in the article featuring Isaburo Kado in Kateigahou. I want to make it stronger. The only way to do that would be to make a consistent production.

Dining table

2017-06-10T22:00+09:00
Dry lacquer cup
Last year's most popular dry-lacquer cup.
I only had one left so I started using it for myself. I often use it for wine, milk and water.
The red cup makes me feel happy.
It is thin, so I wash it with as much care as I would a glass cup.
But I like that it is light. When I am washing dishes, I really feel that lacquer ware is good.

Years

2017-05-22T23:00+09:00
my first solo exhibition in Kyoto Takashimaya in 2000
A postcard from my first solo exhibition in Kyoto in 2000.
When I was still in Joboji-cho, I was happy to receive a recommendation from Professor Setouchi, but it was a strange feeling with the weight of responsibility.
The baby at that time is now a working adult. As a father, I was happy that my sister helped me prepare for the exhibition. Seventeen years have passed since then. That was fast.

Chinese lacquer tree

2017-05-17T14:00+09:00
gardens kew urushi-book
Kew Gardens lacquer book. 1995: Lacquer trees in Sichuan, China.
The tree is scarred to allow the sap to flow down naturally. If you put a saucer at the bottom, you can collect the sap, which explains why the English word for collecting lacquer is "tap".
The bark is also tough. and although it looks very similar to Japanese lacquer, it is also a Chinese lacquer tree.
I'm going to organize the "Theory of Japanese Origin of Urushi" and present it at the exhibition starting in October this year.
I wish I had my sister's notes that she translated into Japanese... sorry!

My daughter chewed on it. 2

2017-03-28T09:00+09:00
Repair2
Repairing my sister's chopsticks


It's done.

My daughter chewed on it.

2017-03-21T09:00+09:00
Repair1
Repairing my sister's chopsticks
It's funny that I've been eating like this for a few days.
If you use them so much.
I'm happy to repair them.

Bowl

2017-03-20T08:10+09:00
Kanshitsuwan
My bowl.
I eat rice and drink tea.
Not matcha. Just regular tea.
A cup of tea after my wife and kids are out and gone.
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