Sekimi Institute of Technology, which develops a new lacquerware brand called "enjoy outdoors"3I will talk to Mr. Masakuni Seki, the generation.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, the background of your own, the history and formation of the workshop
In Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture2010Nodate, a lacquerware brand born in the year, is the origin of the name, Noda, where you can enjoy tea outdoors. Where did the idea of wanting to take out the lacquer ware with a strong image of art crafts and luxury items on the day of the Halle?
"My grandfather, the first generation, created the world's first lacquer" award shield "using Aizu -ji's technology, and still in Japan.TopAlthough it is used as a shield of class awards, not only the commendation souvenir but also lacquer technology has reached its sales peak in the Showa era, and has been in danger of disappearing since the Demand List of Heisei.3When I succeeded, I was driven by the desire to create a lacquer product that is required for my daily life in order to connect lacquer culture used since the Jomon period as the cornerstone of Japanese culture. I did. "
[2] What you are working on and conscious to stimulate your five senses.
The unique idea of "enjoying lacquerware outdoors", which is expressed in Nodate's work, should not be born if you are bound by common sense and prejudice. Seki talked about the perspective of being conscious every day.
"I try to capture the world from a neutral perspective that is unbalanced. I value three things: a bird's -eye view that overlooks the whole thing, the insight to see the essence, and the audience to see the future."
At the end of Seki's gaze, "I want to convey the excitement of lacquerware," everyone has a surprising new value.
[3] What you value and commitment in the work production, what you want to convey through the work and what you want to fulfill
Lacquerware is a natural material with various characteristics, and it seems to have many outdoor characteristics.
"Nodate Mug, one of the representative works of the brand, is not the beauty of lacquer, but lacquerware that appeals to characteristics and functions. Lacquer is a natural material with various characteristics and functions, such as killing germs.
I like camping myself, and if I use it in the forest, I wanted to be surrounded by natural materials than petrochemical materials and metals, so I was born a full use of the lacquerware's characteristics and functions. "
And it seems that the finishing with the technique of "sliding lacquer" that shows the grain is a commitment to use it casually without worrying about scratches.
"If lacquerware is recognized as a high -quality art and crafts, it tends to be difficult to use everyday, so it is important to use it without care. It also incorporates unique elements in the form and is easy to carry outdoors. It is an unprecedented lacquerware with leather strings. It has the meaning of ease of holding the ball edge at the end, but the light and shadow visual effect that hits from the top floats on the table. By making the design that looks like it is, it expresses "no -date -like". "
It may be the best scene to take the lacquer outdoors and enjoy the charm in nature.
[4] What we are trying to inherit traditional technology and culture and what we want to challenge in the future
Mr. Seki wants to keep making lacquer ware of Nodate to protect the culture of lacquerware, which is an ancient material, and leave the individuality and air of Aizu in the future.
"Nodate Mug values not only materials but also the handicrafts of craftsmen backed by traditional techniques. On top of that, incorporating modern needs has begun to create a new lacquer ware theory that will lead to the next generation."
One of the activities was renovated from the old headquarters and factories.Human HubTeningji Temple Warehouse is open. This is also a place to support the independence of young lacquer craftsmen, and it is also a place where people involved in Aizu manufacturing and manufacturing are gathered and stimulated (().https://camp-fire.jp/projects/550471/preview?token=19vvrkqk) Nodate's lacquer ware is a new update of the relationship between people and lacquerware while protecting the production of Aizu manufacturing, and leaving that culture in the future.