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| to see more details and order these birds on Sunset magazine (Jan.2006, pg.89), please visit http://www.tortoiselife.com/new/itempage/bird.html to read the article, please click the below address: |
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| our white birch bowl was feature on the New York Times and the article mentioned about our business also. yes, we will keep working hard and bring some fresh things from Japan! We appreciate all your support for us. | |||
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Our blvd, Abbot Kinney, has been introduced in today's NYT! Please click the NYT logo to read the article.
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Yo Takimoto wood curving class in NOVEMBER&DECEMBER
Saturday, November 5th / 2-4:30@Green Plaza, Pasadena Sunday, November 6th/ 1 - 3:30 @tortoise, Venice <sorry, FULL!> Wednesday, November 9th/1-3:30 @Ananda, Venice (1354 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) Sunday, November 13th/1-3:30 @Goddess, Venice (1507 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) Saturday, November 19th/1-4 @Dickens' Village, Sierra Madre (contact YO:818-896-7659) Tuesday, November 22nd/2-4:30 @Flux, Chinatown (943 N.Hill St. LA contact Flux: 213-621-4011) Wednesday, November 23rd/1-3:30 @Ananda, Venice (1354 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) Saturday, November 26th/1-4 @Yo's Home(!), Arleta (9629 Stanwin Ave. SF Valley contact YO:818-896-7659) Sunday, November 27th/ 1 - 3:30 @tortoise, Venice Wednesday, November 30th/1-3:30 @Ananda, Venice (1354 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) Sunday, December 4th/1-3:30 @Goddess, Venice (1507 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) Tuesday, December 6th/2-4:30 @Flux, Chinatown (943 N.Hill St. LA: contact Flux: 213-621-4011) Seats are limited. So please RSVP. (if contact info is not indicated, please call us: 310-314-8448) |
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new arrival notice:
tenugui (Japanese traditional hand towel) -autumn is coming! gingko leaf, mushroom and persimon. rabbit? we celebrate full moon in september and so rabbit is also symbol of autumn in Japan. -100% cotton, hand dye, 12" x36" $11/each~
Yo Takimoto wood curving class: rescheduled Sunday, October 23rd / 1-4 @Kitajima Nursery, City of Industry |
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| product of the month - KEKKAI - |
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"KEKKAI", a piece of smoked kiri wood (paulownia) is an item originally produced to be used in tea ceremonies, which was first made in substitution for "Furosaki", a separation to divide the host and guest. Furosaki can only be used in tea ceremonies, but this Kekkai is now casually used as an interior item. artist of the month -HARVEST- Haru and Hiroshi were two skaters who always wanderd what to do with their old skateboards stacked in their apartment room. Boards that are too cracked and beaten, but too attached to trash. So they came up with a great idea... to make jewelry out of recycled skateboards! Recycled jewelry by HARVEST are made in a skater's and artist's point of views. They propose a new way of recycling by extendeduse of precious skateboards. Each piece is curved and cut by their own hands. All colors, stickers, and dents are from the boards' previous life on the streets and ramps. |
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"We are always reminded that these skateboards came from a live tree. Our wish is that small idea or an act like this will lead to `keeping the earth`. I hope you can find something that you can recycle around you too."- HARVEST (www.harvest-re.com)
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*All products vary in colors because every one of them is an original cut out from a skateboard.* $40 - $280 |
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| Wood Carving Class with Yo Takimoto- Yo Takimoto will be back in LA for the wood carving class! |
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Yo offers a variety of woods to carve including Yakasugi (cedar) and Giant Sequoia from Japan. Yo also provides the Japanese carving knives to use during the class. The cost is $20.00 for wood and materials (paid at the time of the class to Yo). 10 people is the limit, so please rsvp to 310-314-8448 or info@tortoiselife.com to sign up!
"Wood carving reminds me something like my childhood nature in Japan. Carving wood gives you very comfortable feelings with your own heart." - Yo Takimoto |
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| - sneak preview - 2006 calendar will be in store very soon....! We can accept large quantity orders until end of October. Email us at : orderonline@tortoiselife.com or please visit : www.tortoiselife.com/new/new/itempage/serizawa.html |
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price:
sake server $40
salt and pepper $25
tear drop jar $40
bowl large $90
sori yanagi (1915~, Tokyo)
"True beauty is not made; it is born naturally. In design, consciousness should follow the natural dispensation and thus flow into the unconscious, the ultimate point in the act of design. Beauty originates from this point. A superior designer is one who follows the laws of nature while making use of them wherever possible." - Sori Yanagi's works and philosophy, yobisha.
if you have come to our shop once, you have probably laid your eyes on the beautiful 'butterfly stool'. from ice cream spoons to sacred fire stand at the sapporo olympics, sori yanagi has been the pioneer of design in japan, producing works that combines elegant simplicity and function. being a living treasure in japan, sori did not stop designing just until recently.
his discontinued book, "design" (japanese/english, published in 1983) will arrive once again at tortoise in end of september. this may be the last time you will see it, so don't miss it! ($88)
thank you all for waiting! the online shop for tortoise is in the final stage of setting up. by the beginning of september, a lot of our best and long sellers will be available to shop online. however, items that we are not able to keep in stock (a lot of our products we carry are hand made), or that are in the back order are not available to shop online. please contact us directly for those items.
"It's nearly impossible to keep your hands off the merchandise at Tortoise." - Los Angeles Magazine.
we have been chosen as the best "Last Minute Gifts" shop on LA Magazine's "Best of LA" Aug05 issue! this issue features LA's 101 best things, from spas to Indian food. one to keep in every house, so go and get it while it is still on the racks!
while you are at it, reach out for the New York Times this weekend for the venice issue! you may see our name on there as well.
here are our new shop hours for the season:
Wed-Sun 12-6pm, or by appointment (closed Mon and Tues)
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