伝統工芸ネイル

「伝統工芸ネイル」 様々な日本の伝統工芸職人と藍rishの世界観をコラボレーション。 「漆」「螺鈿」「和紙」「七宝」など、古くから愛される日本の美しき伝統技術を、ネイルアートとして取り入れました。

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Nishijin-haku

Kyoto Nishijin Obi

Do you know about Nishijin Obi? Nishijin Haku refers to decorated Japanese paper used for a sash in the Nishijin region in Kyoto. Mr. Yamamori is an artisan who has made Nishijin Obi for about thirty years using a technique called Hikibaku. A sash is woven using thread-shaped stuff, which is colored by putting Haku (metallic foil) on strong Japanese paper and cut in 1mm width, as the weft and silk as the warp. Our Nishijin Haku is not a Nishijin Obi-like sheet but Nishijin Obi itself. A Nishijin Haku sheet with vivid and twinkling metallic foil that is made from plant-based Japanese paper is thin and a good material for processing.

Story Behind Creation of Nishijin Haku

Suggested by Mr. Yamamori, who has produced colored mother-of-pearl sheets, we started the project to make Nishijin Haku into a nail material. Nishijin Haku woven by his long-cultivated skills in making sashes and his unique aesthetic sense is an extremely rare material because no identical works can be produced as in the case of colored mother-of-pearl sheets. Expression that can be made only by the one who has been engaged in Nishijin Obi creation and its traditional beauty are fascinating more and more fans.

History of Nishijin Obi

Nishijin Obi that had continued existing from the Heian period started to be called Nishijin Ori after the Onin War was settled in the Muromachi period. Nishijin Ori is a figured fabric with dyed yarn, featuring production of many types in a small lot. Generally, Haku refers to flattened metal or gold dust, but in the case of Nishijin Ori, it refers to Japanese paper colored with collage of metal film. Haku is sent to a weaver called “Oritesan” and woven with pure silk as the warp and Haku as the weft using a loom. Back in the day in Nishijin, it is said that they would constantly hear the sound of weaving threads.

Craftsman

Hiroyuki Yamamori Kyoto Hakuho Factory

Mr. Yamamori works as a mother-of-pearl artisan in Kyoto, where many Japanese traditional craft techniques are conserved. Former Gekiga (a genre of manga) writer, he is an artisan with an excellent artistic sense and sensitivity. Along with making a conventional nest of boxes using mother-of-pearls, he is also an artist who paints pictures with them and seeks for a new form of tradition.

Kyoto Hakuho Factory

490 Nakatsukasa-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8158
TEL: 075-811-8991
MAIL: kyobinowa@gmail.com

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