We talked to Kiwakoto's director Yu Yoshimura, a director of Kiwakoto, which provides products and services that blend the highest traditional crafts into everyday life.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, your own background, the history and formation of the workshop
Kiwakoto, which started in 2018 based in Kyoto, is a brand that creates products and services that blend in the splendor of traditional Japanese traditional crafts in everyday life.
"The parent company, Matsushima Holdings, is an automobile dealer, and there are no people who have been involved in crafts among the launch members. I was born with the enthusiasm of the starting member, "I want to keep the craft cool."
Crafts and studio, a brand partner, supports Kiwakoto's manufacturing, not only for young creators but also for long -established stores that continue for many generations.
"The mission is to design and propose as a lifestyle of craftsmen and workshops that have supported Japanese culture, mainly in Kyoto, so we will meet and make things with people who have met and fascinated them. I am "
The brand name means "exceptional", as named from the word "Konogoto" in Japan, the best traditional crafts of traditional crafts, the usability and design that matches everyday life. We are creating a dropped item.
[2] Being working to stimulate your five senses and conscious
Mr. Yoshimura gives new value and interpretation to traditional crafts and delivered to modern people.SNSIt is said that they always try to touch new information, such as in the city, and customers.
"I learn a lot from old and things, and talk from an older craftsman," Why this kind of making? ", Talks from the host in the tea ceremony, and listening to the owners of the teahouse and the head of the Noh. There is also a book and a museum, but on the road, the "person's story" that is now moving is added from the experience of that person, and it is unexpected.AandBSometimes you can find a connection. "
"There are philosophy in crafts and traditional performing arts, and JapaneseDNAMr. Yoshimura, who feels that it is the core of forming, has a lot of contact with those who are on the road, and seems to be consciously working on talking.
[3] What we value and commitment in the work production, what we want to convey through the work and what we want to fulfill
The tableware series, which is particularly aware of "everyday use of traditional crafts," is attractive with a timeless design inspired by the family crest.
"The design on the edge of the vessel expresses the consciousness of nature and the beauty of the shortage of nature, and dropped it into a figure like a Japanese flower as a motif. If you make it in 3D manually, of course, a slight distortion will occur, creating a comfort that is not too well -formed. "
On the other hand, we are particular about the quality and price between "one point of the writer" and "a number of craftsmen".
"I take a casting type from a vessel modeled by a craftsman, and the raw fabric is produced by mass -producing methods. After that, the craftsman gets in the process of shaving the vessel and the glaze process. We are building a system that allows you to create quantities with a certain quality. "
The fact that crafts are loved for a long time in the wake of this tableware means that the craftsmen and craftsmen have the opportunity for stable work and have the power to their future works and challenges. It also led to creating it.
[4] What we are trying to inherit traditional technology and culture and what we want to challenge in the future
Mr. Yoshimura says that Kiwakoto's initiatives itself are "challenges to inherit traditional culture and technology."
"Our vision is to" extract and reorganize the values to be left and deliver it to the future. "I want to be more proud of the culture and traditional technology of the country. With modern sensitivity. When I look at the tradition again, I believe that KIWAKOTO providing customers through products and experiences will lead to inheritance, as it will lead to inheritance. "
Kiwakoto, which is regarded as "tradition has changed and survives in the air of the times," has delivered the next generation of tradition to our lives.
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