Shoei Hitomi

Square covered food box of shitai with wrinkled surface.

  • Lacquerware
  • Presented in 2019
  • H 10 x W 24 x D 24 cm
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Category Lacquerware
Year Presented 2019
Dimensions H 10 x W 24 x D 24 cm
Exhibition The 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Shoei Hitomi

photo Shoei Hitomi

I make boxes using the harinuki techinique; a technique setting approximately 25 sheets of Japanese traditional paper on a wooden mold, applying lacquer and forming into a box. I apply wrinkled paper on the box and make patterns, and I finish the box by applying jewel beetles and shells.