Genta Ishizuka is the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2019
Kyoto-based lacquer artisan Genta Ishizuka has won the 2019 LOEWE Craft Prize! His submitted sculpture ‘Surface Tactility #11’ (2018) was chosen as the…
The INK series – TAG
TAG | artistic expression TAG, a Japanese stationery store with headquarter in Kyoto launched their first ink collection for fountain pens kyo no…
The INK series – inkstand
inkstand by Kakimori | customised inks inkstand is a unique specialist store in Tokyo’s Kuramae area that is reminiscent of a laboratory in…
Cutting deeply into the tradition of craftsmanship: a portrait of master carver Shoichi Kitamura
In traditional Japanese woodblock printing the process is a successful collaboration between the artist, the carver, and the printer. Kitamura-san is a master…
