Shira-take Flower Container

Wood & Bamboo

Craft Artist: Chiemi Ogura

ORIGIN: Kyoto Prefecture
SIZE: φ85mm × H45mm
MATERIAL: white bamboo

Dwelling among beautiful flowers with a sincere heart

Everyone is attracted to the delicately woven beautiful flower patterns. The beauty of handcrafts where the gentleness and utmost thoughtfulness to minute details of the artist can be felt along with her highly skilled techniques of weaving extra-fine split bamboo. At first sight, this work of art endears to you.

Related Contents

Chiemi Ogura

Bamboo Craft Artist

CRAFT ARTIST

VOL.8

READ

INSIGHT

Japanese Aesthetic Sense “A View on Nature”

Editor's Column “The Path of Japanese Crafts” VOL.5

As you learn more about the Japanese sense of beauty, you will come to realize that the Japanese people possess at their core a fundamental shizenkan, or “view on nature.” Japanese people find the falling cherry blossoms beautiful, not simply because of their beautiful colors or scenery, but because seeing that makes them feel the impermanence of the world, as if everything is in a state of flux. ...

RESOURCE

Sashimutsume-ami
- Technique
A technique in which thinly made bamboo strips are embroidered by using mutsume-ami (hexagonal weave) and its derivative asanoha-ami (hemp leaf weave) as a foundation.
Abura-nuki (Oil draining)
- Technique
The process of removing excess oil and water from green bamboo when making bamboo materials. There are two methods: “dry”, which uses a charcoal fire or gas burner, and “wet,” which uses boiling water to boil. The dry type, which increases the durability of bamboo, is suitable for materials such as bamboo fences, and the wet type, which makes the bamboo pliable, is suitable for intricate weaving.
Shira-take (White bamboo)
- Material
A bamboo with a beautiful shiny surface, made by sun-drying and polishing after removing its oil contents. This bamboo material is widely used for fences, architecture, tea utensils as well as craft works.

KOGEI STANDARD Japanese Crafts Online Media

KOGEI Topics

Editor's Column “The Path of Japanese Crafts”

New Products

Exhibition • Event Report

Featured Exhibitions & Events

VOICE

KOGEI & Me

Editor's Column "Craft Production Regions"

Editor's Note

KOGEI STANDARD
JAPANESE CRAFTS ONLINE MEDIA

InsightKogei Articles

Latest Articles

The Winners of the Japan Ceramic Society Awards Have Been Announced

“Mujo-kan”

Gyokusendo, a Hammered Copperware Manufacturer Has Opened a Craft Select Shop Named “Gyokusendo KOGAI”

Tsutsumi Asakichi Urushi Store Opens New Hub “Und.” Connecting People and Crafts

Exhibition Information

Hideki Yanashita Solo Exhibition

Takemi Seto Yohen Tenmoku Exhibition

Nabeshima and Kinrande: Recurring Designs Across Space and Time

Chanoyu Aesthetics: Rikyu, Oribe and Enshu's Tea Utensils

Articles by Series

KOGEI Topics

Editor's Column “The Path of Japanese Crafts”

New Products

Shira-take Flower Container

Dwelling among beautiful flowers with a sincere heart

Champagne Cooler

Echizen Tansu “Paulownia Cabinet”

Agoya Tray

Hexagonal Box with Cedar Nemoku Veneer

Chiemi Ogura

Japanese Aesthetic Sense “A View on Nature”

KOGEI STANDARD JAPANESE CRAFTS ONLINE MEDIA

Latest Articles

Exhibition Information

Hideki Yanashita Solo Exhibition

Takemi Seto Yohen Tenmoku Exhibition

Nabeshima and Kinrande: Recurring Designs Across Space and Time

Chanoyu Aesthetics: Rikyu, Oribe and Enshu's Tea Utensils

Articles by Series

KOGEI Topics

Editor's Column “The Path of Japanese Crafts”

New Products

Dwelling among beautiful flowers with a sincere heart

Chiemi Ogura

KOGEI STANDARD
JAPANESE CRAFTS ONLINE MEDIA