Diamond Cut Chopsticks Green - Crafted By Ouchi Kogei Square Plates Urushi lacquer applied over a

Urushi lacquer applied over a wooden form gives this spoon a surface that improves with age: the color deepening

Shinji Akane forms and fires each bowl by hand in Japan

while the cherry blossoms in the spring morning of Mount Yoshino seemed to Hitomaro’s heart as drifting clouds

the finish smooth but not artificial

Tokushichi Kiln forms and paints each bowl by hand in Japan

Diamond Cut Chopsticks Green - Crafted By Ouchi Kogei Square Plates Urushi lacquer applied over aJapanese lacquerware craft puts the work into the surface: layers applied, dried, and polished before the next is added. These chopsticks carry that tradition in their finish the color consistent, the surface smooth in the hand, durable through decades of use. Ouchi Kogei is based in Oita, Japan. The form is shaped, the surface finished, and the whole object considered as something built to be used rather than displayed. Japanese craft has shaped the