We talked to Naomi Heianyama and Miki Yonezu, who make vessels and tools that make you feel attached to the beauty and soft texture of the wood grain.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, your own background, the history and formation of the workshop
The flat rice in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture is Naomi Heianyama and Miki Yonezu.2It is a woodworking plant that is named in combination with the initials of people.2The appearance of wooden furniture and accessories created by combining people's sensitivity is cute and beautiful, and you can always keep it nearby.
When I was a child, Mr. Yonesu from Okinawa liked to imagine the interior of the room while turning an interior magazine, and came to want to make furniture on his own. Before graduating from graduate school, I learned product design and pottery, and after graduating, I gained experience of manufacturing from various angles, such as working as a carpenter at a renovation company. Among them, the strong awareness of wanting to make wooden furniture that I had been interested in from the child has grew.
Heianyama from Tokyo wants to learn art that he was good at since elementary school. The prints I met in junior high school are fascinated by "carving trees", studying at the sculpture department of the arts and high schools, and improving expressions using wood. After that, he majored in sculptures at Okinawa's art university, where he has relatives, and once he has worked for a company, he has the desire to "make wooden daily necessities that everyone can use."
It was a woodworking training center in Okinawa Prefecture to find a handicraft using wood. It was a front and back seat in the classroom2People have a common experience in learning art in a wide range of art, and they are able to confront each other's works frankly.
「2If you do it together, you will be able to make a really good thing without being alone (Yoneu -san), so I will decide to launch a production office together. In addition to acquiring the same woodworking technology at the training center, it can be supported by each special skill, so the work2I think that it is the biggest strength to make it.
[2] Being working to stimulate your five senses and conscious
The wooden series that incorporates the pattern of Okinawa -like Yachimun and the edge of enamel is born from the desire to make a painted work, which is rare in Okinawan woodworking.
"Both Yachimun and enamel are containers and tools that have long history and loved by people, but if the material is made of" wood "instead of pottery or enamel, you will be surprised. I was convinced that it would definitely be cute! "
The idea of "surprising humor" is "What happens if you replace it with a tree? It is said that it is born from thinking. That's why, when the customer looks at the vessel when looking at the vessel, he says he is shouting, "I did it!"
[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 aim of the two is the "accomplished manufacturing" where you can feel the attachment and want to use it for a long time.
"If you use wood, it is lighter and easier to hold than pottery, but we will pursue ease of use, such as increasing the shape of the bottom so that the bowl is not turned over because it is not weighted (Yonosu). Mr. Miss)"
As for the wood that deepens the color as you use it, the wood grain is made of Okinawan cuscnque, Sendan, and Tabunoki. By changing the wood used even with a vessel of the same design to show the difference in wood grain, we have more variations and enjoy the choice.
"I want you to love the softness of the unique wood, which is different from pottery and lacquer, so please touch the skin of the bowl (Yoneu).
[4] What we are trying to inherit traditional technology and culture and what we want to challenge in the future
In flat rice, we continue to improve traditional techniques and technologies, not as an order -made work, and continue to create furniture to realize design that matches modern life using it. It seems that there is.
「2021From the year, we are trying to make a new value not only as a tatami mat by using the Beag, which is a special product of Uruma City and using it as a seat of a stool. "
I will keep an eye on the creation of square meters, which are full of humor and surprising desire to entertain people.
You can see the product here ↓
See the products of "Hira and Rice Productions = Flat Remarks"
At Serendouce Crafts, JapanWe propose modern beauty and comfort living with traditional crafts.
You can also see the work from Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/serendouce_crafts_/