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This is a black and white glove which is designed by Nendo and hand-crafted by Watanabe Kyogu.

Only name of countries and cities are indicated with beautiful coastal lines which was informed by an earth satelite.

quote from Nendo website:
"Watanabe Kyogu makes high-spec, hand-applied globes at their educational products firm in Soka, Saitama Prefecture outside of Tokyo. We wanted to take full advantage of Watanabe Kyogu's high level of craftsmanship. We were also interested in creating a new kind of globe that would be more emotional, rather than simply presenting information.By reducing the amount of information, and rendering the oceans in white and landmasses in black, the corona globe highlights the reliefs of islands and coastlines. A globe's stand should complement the globe, so we created a gentle curve that recedes rather than standing out, and powder-coated the steel for a fresh, gentle finish that blends with the globe's lustrous surface."

small:6-1/2" diameter $95
large:11" diameter $300

" When I make art piece, I keep to ask for  materials where you need sharpen, then become art piece of work." (Teruo Kinoshita - lives in Toyama pref. Japan)

This is a vintage wooden mold for a paper doll.   A paper doll was created first in 18c (edo era in Japan) as a lucky charm for special occasion like festivals and also used as a toy.  When you create a paper doll, you need to pat piece of papers or sometimes textiles with a paste again and again. Once it's dried, cut the paper on side to remove out of the paper and paint.

Size: Body  8" * 4 1/2  Head  4 1/2" *their scale doesn't match because they were mold for different dolls.

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material: Hinoki cypress
size: red: 14"x1.5"x1.5" blue: 10"x10"x1.5"
artist: Shigeki Fujishiro (official website)

You may remember this birds. Yes, we carried her birds from 2003 to 2005 and it was discontinued since then. However, Rie started to reproduce them recently! I was very happy enough to give them a kiss to say 'welcome back'.

There are 3 sizes which all fit in your palm. You feel as if you are holding an egg! Color variation is yellow, blue and green. Small dia.1-3/4" length 3 1/4" $75 Medium dia. 2" length 4" $95 Large dia. 2-1/4" length 5" $125

14"Hx8"Dx6"W
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This umbrella stand was designed by Shiro Kuramata in 1987 and the material is black painted stainless steel.

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14.5"dia (silver ring), 23"H (to the silver ring), 35"H (to the top of the stick)

Ryota Aoki, 31-year-old based in Gifu prefecture in Japan, has won numerous awards in contests of ceramic works throut Japan, Korea, Australia and Europe.

The most siginificant thing of this bowl is softness on its surface. He mixes glaze in the porcelain to reach the texture and according to him, it took 2 years to complete.

Bijoux Bowl 6"x5"x4"H $400

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Shobu gakuen is a facility for people with autisum located in sothern part of Japan, Kagoshima. There are workshops of ceramic art, embroidery, wood work and dying fabric. $90ea