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Kanazawa College of Art, Crafts Digital Processing Room
At Kanazawa College of Art, students are able to use the latest digital equipment owned by the Faculty of Crafts. Students are also given assignments using digital technology in their classes.
3D printer: Create a substrate for lacquer art,...
A daytime vocational school where people can learn traditional Yamanaka Rokuro techniques for two years, and a variety of courses related to Urushi lacquer art held at night.
Salome Lippuner Solo Exhibition 2023
by Salome Lippuner
Opening: 14 December 2023
Venue: Galerie Anne Sophie Duval in Paris
And FAB/ Fine Arts Biennale information:
The Anne Sophie Duval Gallery is pleased to participate this year to the first edition of the new FAB/ Fine Arts Biennale from 22nd to 26th November 2023 at t...
The hotel "maistra 160"
by Kenta Takeshige
The hotel "maistra 160" in Pontresina, Switzerland:
Salome Lippuner made parts of the 35 bathrooms, a large sliding door, and 7 tables with Urushi lacquer.
The Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition 2023
by Kenta Takeshige
The Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition 2023 will begin once every three years. The exhibition will be held from Thursday, November 9, 2023 to Tuesday, November 21, 2023. The Urushi artist Onishi Nagatoshi serves as chairman of the jury, and is a joint festival of Asian lacquer art and Western...
Hikoju Maki-e
by Kenta Takeshige
What do you see in these photos? A delicious-looking Taiyaki sweets, an expensive vase, an antique incense burner, a worn-out monkey wrench, a beetle incense holder, a sharp chisel, a Damascus steel knife, and bonsai scissors...
However, these are all imitations made of Urushi. These are a number...