Modern Japanese laminated bamboo furniture

Bamboo has a very beautiful texture when it is cut, like the grain of some hardwoods. The straight lines of bamboo provide elegance to products made with this age-old material. The advantage of using bamboo is not only the beauty of the texture, but also the eco-friendly nature of this material. It takes about fifty…

Marquetry small box (Hakone Yosegi Zaiku)

Marquetry box (Hakone Yosegi Zaiku) which I introduced previously also comes in smaller size (Business card size).       The same Asano ha ( linen leaf design) which has been believed that it keeps away bad spirits. This business card sized box also comes in white. It’s been made inaccurately so that it almost…

Marquetry box (Hakone Yosegi Zaiku)

It took almost 4 years for the craftsman to make this marquetry box for me. The box is large enough to store A4 papers in it and he said that it had been particularly difficult to make such a large box because the marquetry sheet had to be evenly and beautifully made. He normally makes…