Shoei Hitomi

Box of shitai with wrinkled surface pattern. “Sea on a moonlit night”

  • Lacquerware
  • Presented in 2021
  • H 8.5 x W 30.0 x D 21.0 cm
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Category Lacquerware
Year Presented 2021
Dimensions H 8.5 x W 30.0 x D 21.0 cm
Exhibition The 68th 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.