Even the younger generation, the manufacturing that is said to be "cool" #Momentum Factory Orii Koji Orioi

Apply the colored coloring technology to create evolution of traditional crafts

Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, is a production area of ​​Takaoka copperware that has a history of over 400 years. MOMENTUM FACTORY ORII was founded in 1950 as the "Orioi Coloring Shop" that colored the Takaoka copperware, and now the third -generation Koji Orioi will challenge a challenge to create a new product that uses traditional coloring technology. I am continuing.

Takaoka copperware is divided by the fact that the prototype, casting, finishing, coloring, carving, and by the factors and craftsmen for each process. After the war, the brazier sold like a flying bowl, and since then it has been popular as a zodiac figurine and corporate souvenirs, but after the collapse of the bubble, the demand for products will drop sharply. Mr. Orio, who has a sense of crisis that does not come in colored work even if he waits, has begun the development of original products that can be manufactured and sold within the company.

"The casting that requires a mold is expensive and it is difficult to produce a small amount, so I focused on copper plates that do not require a mold. For copper plates that are light and easy to process, not only small figurines, but also large figurines and building materials. You can also make items. "

It seems that Orioi's background has been born, but also has the spirit of trying new manufacturing while inheriting tradition.

"I used to work in a computer in Tokyo, but I didn't want to lose my coloring work as a family business, so I returned to Takaoka at the age of 26. Since I did not learn technology, I did not have a fixed concept and I was not bound by my expertise, so I think that it eventually became the next traditional crafts. I want you to

It blends into modern life, and even the younger generations are said to be "cool".

Nowadays, there are many items that match modern life, such as clock dials, lighting, vase and tableware. All of them have a unique texture of the hardness unique to metals, astringent and deep colors, and have a quiet impact just there.

However, at the beginning of the development, it was extremely difficult to apply the traditional colored coloring technology to a thin copper plate.

"Because there is a high temperature process in the traditional coloring technology, copper plates can no longer be used. Therefore, combining technologies such as chemicals and exquisite temperature changes to produce complex colors even at low temperatures. I would like to make something cool at a glance to the younger generation who does not know the copperware. "

Cold drinks are even colder! Taste a blissful cup outdoors

Copper cups and tumblers are perfect for taking out the outdoors because they are light and not cracked.

"If you put a cold beer in the kinkin, the cold will be transmitted directly to the hands holding the tumbler. One cup will feel more delicious as if you can taste the coldness with the whole body."

Why do not you spend such a luxurious time to work with your five senses and enjoy one cup of coldness?