[HAND FAN] FULL MOON (PURPLE) SILVER LEAF | KARAKAMI (JAPANESE PAPER)EKEIBIFUGETSU metal Dutch designer Kirstie van Noort

Dutch designer Kirstie van Noort only started the design process following her own rigorous material research

~ Onigawara Kenji Kajikawa ~

This rare set of lacquered wooden sake cups is made by a woodcrafting workshop that traditionally made Buddhist altars and other traditional high-end Japanese household furniture

the floating ball in the middle floats

[HAND FAN] FULL MOON (PURPLE) SILVER LEAF | KARAKAMI (JAPANESE PAPER)EKEIBIFUGETSU metal Dutch designer Kirstie van NoortMasayuki Koizumi An Edo fan with an impressive full moon in silver leaf on purple Japanese paper. The full moon is printed on handmade Japanese paper using the karakami technique, a form of woodblock printing. For Japanese people, the moon is an entity with which we feel a sense of identity. We chose it because it evokes feelings of familiarity and deep emotion. The Japanese paper is a "KEIBIFUGETSU" original, and was made from scratch by Hiroko