Shira-take Flower Container

Wood & Bamboo

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.

RESOURCE

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.
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.
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.

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Shira-take Flower Container

Dwelling among beautiful flowers with a sincere heart