DESIGN
Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts — Multicolored Plate
『カーサ ブルータス』2025年1月号より
| Design | KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts | photo_Keisuke Fukamizu hair & make-up_Masako Osuga editor_Masae Wako translation_ Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber
Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents things that bring a bit of luxury to everyday life. This trip led her to Tottori, where traditional mingei and contemporary crafts exist side by side. She encountered vivid colored utsuwa ceramics made using a technique called "kakewake".
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![“I love the modernistic colors and forms of the mingei of Tottori,” says KASHIYUKA while visiting the Inshū Nakaigama kiln, which has been operating since 1945. In the western region of Tottori, the studio’s taken the lead in the traditional craft philosophy known as mingei with their distinctive separation of colors and glazes in the making of somewake zara [so-meh-wa-keh zara], multicolored dishes, as well as their line of craft known as Yanagi Sori Direction, named for the celebrated designer.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp2022.casabrutus.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2F1216japaneseartsandcrafts02_1312.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
