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Editor's Column "The Path of Japanese Crafts"

VOL.1 Update

Things that I noticed and felt
visiting the region of production, breathing the local air
seeing the same scenery as the craftsmen.

Yusuke Shibata

Preface: "Beautiful crafts, rooted in the land”

Japanese crafts are beautiful. Sometsuke plates drawn with gosu pigment, bowls made up of many layers of lacquer, light-colored textiles dyed with the natural kusaki-zome technique, and one-of-a-kind yakishime style vases with unpredictable yohen effects that emerge during firing. These crafts are not only beautiful in form and design, but also function as tools, each embedded with the aesthetic s...
VOL.1Editor's Column "The Path of Japanese Crafts"

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Japanese crafts are beautiful. Sometsuke plates drawn with gosu pigment, bowls made up of many layers of lacquer, light-colored textiles dyed with the natural kusaki-zome technique, and one-of-a-kind yakishime style vases with unpredictable yohen effects that emerge during firing. These crafts are not only beautiful in form and design, but also function as tools, each embedded with the aesthetic s...

Author

  • Yusuke Shibata

    Editor in Chief

    Yusuke Shibata (born 1981) is CEO and founder of HULS Inc. Based in
    Tokyo and Singapore, and specializing in the international promotion of
    Japanese crafts, Shibata is experienced in the planning and execution of
    both creative and business projects.

    www.huls.co.jp