Jelly Cloth 0807 W150
(linen100% w150)
made in Japan
Jelly Cloth oyster 0808 W150
Linen 100%
W150cm
made in Japan
7/31/2013
New! LINNET linen border 4 and 8
F08343 LINNET border 8 white+Navy
linen 100%
F08344 LINNET border 4 oyster+Navy
linen 100%
F08344 LINNET border 4 oyster+Navy
linen 100%
NEW! Printed Linen Merry-go-round
LINNET Printed Linen Merry-go-round Beige+red
W90cm linen100%
illustrated
by Mayumi Maeda
LINNET Printed Linen Merry-go-round
W90cm linen100%
illustrated
by Mayumi Maeda
7/25/2013
7/22/2013
7/17/2013
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7/14/2013
7/13/2013
morning feast,linen & white porcelains
This morning, we attended a breakfast feast
at a cafe named Koujitsu-kyo in Okazaki, Kyoto.
at a cafe named Koujitsu-kyo in Okazaki, Kyoto.
The main dish to be served was Chagayu,
(boiled rice= a kind of risotte in Japanese smoky tea) ,
(boiled rice= a kind of risotte in Japanese smoky tea) ,
by traditional recipes from Ryujin -mura,
which is a remote small village located in mountain area
which is a remote small village located in mountain area
of Wakayama prefecture in Japan.
In Ryujin-mura, every household raises their own tea trees,
and produce home-made tea leaves,
and produce home-made tea leaves,
and also the Chagayu is a most popular dish there.
The tea used for Chagayu is a traditionally smoked Japanese tea,
in which a kind of green rawness still exists.
in which a kind of green rawness still exists.
A small side dish with pickles was also served along Chagayu.
Unfortunately I missed to take an image of Chagayu,because I was too hungry!!
Instead I took this image,of a green tea served with a dessert,
Ginger jelly with plum sylop.
Ginger jelly with plum sylop.
All foods were served on beautiful white porcelains,
which I first thought antique items from Korea,
which I first thought antique items from Korea,
but they were works by contemporary porcelain artist, Junya Nakamura.
I was surprised to find he was the man who was serving those Chagayu for us.
(I ashamed how my mind was full for foods only, by then)
As far as I knew, modern white porcelains tend to be sophisticated,
thin and keen, sometimes, too much.
thin and keen, sometimes, too much.
However, I adored Nakamura's porcelains for its primitiveness
in form and soft touch on hands,
in form and soft touch on hands,
in the delicate elegance that the white porcelain has essentially.
He told he forms his porcelains while the clay is rather soft,
as he also loves the primitive irregularity in form.
Additionally, the white colour gains delicate variations from creamy
white to blueish or greyish white.
white to blueish or greyish white.
I was given to know it depends on where to place the each item in the oven.
7/12/2013
7/09/2013
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