TORAFU ARCHITECTS

“Edo Isho”, an exhibition project prepared by creators hoping for the revival of artisans and tools of Japanese traditional craftsmanship and the spirit that have been handed down since the Edo period. We designed the structure of the six-day exhibition held at GALLERY le bain and also works to be displayed.

“KIRIKO BOTTOLE” that was made in collaboration with Tadayuki Okubo, a cut glass artisan, gives a new perspective from which to look at familiar glass bottles utilizing conventional glass cutting technique which is now considered as a symbol.

A soy sauce pot with fish scale pattern around the neck, a milk bottle with a circle engraved around like a liquid level as it is tilted and another one with cow pattern utilizing special cutting technique, a wine bottle with spiral pattern spreading from thread for the bottle cap to the bottle body, a spice bottle with a hole for drawing sacred lots. Things that you see everyday in the dining room such as soy sauce pots, milk bottles and wine bottles were reborn by artistic craftsmanship of cut glass. Such a small change in the familiar sight enriches our lives.

Works designed by artisans and creators were placed on twelve display counters composed of many layers of lumber such as rafters. Those brandering that usually works behind the scenes played a vital role in giving the entire room a unique look.