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Hikiyose

Wood & Bamboo

Craft Company: La Luz

ORIGIN: Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
SIZE: W230 × H60mm
MATERIAL: Japanese cypress

A smooth vessel

“Kijibiki” is one of the traditional techniques in Hakone and Odawara. From pondering over the potentials of wood, and the desire to live with trees, “Hikiyose” was born. Although it is difficult to make thin wooden wares using traditional methods Hikiyose was able to achieve it. This is their masterpiece.