in

Pre-sale started on Makuake, a support purchase site for traditional craft “Lens food lacquerware and raden” with a camera motif

Canon Marketing Japan Inc. (President and CEO: Masatoshi Adachi, hereinafter Canon MJ)
“Lens food lacquerware raden” handmade by traditional craftsmen will be on sale at Makuake from 14:00 on March 23, 2022.

Makuake Project Page: https://www.makuake.com/project/lens_hood/

  • About “Lens Hood Lacquerware and Raden”

Lens food lacquerware and raden were jointly developed by Alvoli Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Yokohama City, Representative Director: Takashi Hagishima), which develops products that make use of traditional techniques, and Takumi-do Lacquer Works (Ishikawa Prefecture), which represents Yamanaka lacquerware that supports the lacquerware industry nationwide. Canon MJ supervised the design with the desire to provide camera enthusiasts with a rich time at home. It is a unique collaboration product of lens hood and lacquerware that pursues the modeling of the lens hood with outstanding woodworking technology, and the reproducibility and warmth of wood can be felt.

 

Product nameMakuake project periodprice (tax included)quantity
Lens hood “Lacquerware and flowers”March 23 to April 13
 , 2022
8,800 yen

First 10 pieces limited to early bird price 7,920 yen.

Limited to 20 pieces
Lens hood “lacquerware and cylinder”same6,600 yen

First 20 pieces limited to early bird price 5,940 yen.

Limited to 40 pieces
Lens hood “Raden, tsutsu”same17,600 yen

Limited to the first 10 pieces, early bird price 15,840 yen.

Limited to 20 pieces

※ It will be limited sale of a total of 80 pieces in three designs.
※ After ordering, production by craftsmen is carried out one by one, and it will be delivered after completion. Delivery is scheduled by the end of July 2022.

 

  • About Alvoli Co., Ltd.

Since 2017, Alvoli has been making products that enrich people’s lives with craftsmen by utilizing traditional Japanese techniques. We promote the development of collaborative products between companies and traditional craftsmen, and challenge open innovation of traditional techniques. Canon MJ has cooperated in the design supervision of the 2019 Tokyo Kumihimyo Camera Strap, 2020 Edo Kiriko Lens Glass, and 2022 Kutani Ware Lens Cup.
 

  • About lacquerware and craftsmen

Yamanaka lacquerware is a traditional craft made mainly in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is said that the kiji master who lived by making a sawn pottery vessel settled in the shinsago upstream of Yamanaka Onsen and ground the wood ground, and it boasts the largest production in Japan in the sawn timber base now.
○ Shoji Kubo, Takuto Lacquer Works
Founded in 1946, for more than 70 years, kijiya has been grinding wood in yamanaka, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, along with the philosophy of dialogue with wood and harmonizing without control. Shoji Kubo, the second generation craftsman who is a modern table and craftsman head, has a career as a woody master for 60 years, and continues to polish his traditional techniques with the times in order to deliver products that make use of wood to more people.

Takaoka lacquerware is said to have originated in 1609 when Toshinaga Maeda, the lord of the Kaga domain, made daily items such as armor, chests of drawers, and zens when he heard about the town of Takaoka. Since then, he has produced a variety of techniques, especially crafting, which has become a representative technique of Takaoka lacquerware.
○ Musashigawa Kobo Musashikawa Goji
Founded in 1910, The Fourth Generation Musashikawa Goji, a young traditional craftsman at Musashigawa Kobo, inherited the tradition and technique of Takaoka lacquerware”, “Aoi-nuri Aoi-nuri”, and was certified as a traditional craftsman in 2015. Raden-shi is a craftsman who handles shellfish polished to a thinness of 0.1 mm by hand and draws out the brilliance of the shellfish shining in iridescent colors. The raden part of the lens hood raden is processed at this Musashigawa studio.

Processor: Takumi Lacquer Works Co., Ltd. shozushikko.jp (0761-73-0778)
Joint development: Alvoli Co., Ltd. arvr.jp
 

  • Product image

Lens hood Lacquerware/ Flower (Shikki Hana)
The lens hood EW-73D is the model and features a wavy silhouette like a flower.

レンズフード“漆器・花”(しっき・はな)Lens hood “Lacquerware/ Flower” (Shikki Hana)

レンズフードとの比較Comparison with lens hoods

  
Lens hood lacquerware and tube (shikki, tsutsu)
Lens hood ET-63 is a model. It is characterized by a simple cylindrical shape and exquisite numbness at the bottom. The outside is finished with shibo-style paint and the inside is finished with wipe lacquer paint that you can feel the warmth of wood grain.

 

レンズフード“漆器・筒”(しっき・つつ)Lens hood “lacquerware and tube” (shikki, tsutsu)

レンズフードとの比較Comparison with lens hoods

lens hoodRaden and tube(Laden, Tsutsu)
A more raden craft was added based on lacquerware and a tube. It is a luxurious dish that expresses the lens sinking in the back of the lens hood with raden.

レンズフード“螺鈿・筒”(らでん・つつ)Lens hood “Raden, Tsutsu” (Raden, Tsutsu)

螺鈿加工Raden processing

 

  • How to use lacquerware

Lacquerware and flowers can be used in various ways depending on the idea as a coaster or bean dish. By painting the shibo style to the inside, it has become a design that is hard to stand out even if scratches stick while using it every day. It is the size that edo kiriko lens glass and lens type tumbler fit perfectly.
Edo Kiriko Lens Glass Sales page: https://store.canon.jp/online/secure/kiriko.aspx
Lens type tumbler sales page: https://store.canon.jp/online/g/g4203C001/

コースターとしてAs a coaster

豆皿としてAs a bean dish

Lacquerware, tsu, raden, and cylinders can be used as all-round lacquerware that is active in many everyday scenes such as drinks, soups, and boiled dishes. In particular, we recommend a transparent drink that you can use while feeling the radiance of raden.

“螺鈿・筒”に飲み物を入れた様子A drink was put in a “raden tube”

  • Other common specifications

○ Outer shibo-style painting
Smooth lacquerware coated is common, but by daring to stop and finish at the base coating stage where the powder of the ground is applied, the unique texture and pattern of the lens hood is expressed.

シボ風塗装Shibo-style paint

○ Wipe lacquer on the back side
The back side is finished to enjoy the grain of wood with wiping lacquer paint.

拭き漆塗装Wipe lacquer paint

○ Packing
The packing is delivered in a two-tone color box made of paper.

梱包箱Packing box

 

What do you think?

Comments

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings

    Written by 工芸プレス

    【Prince Hotel in Takanawa Area】Takanawa SAKURA Days, a cherry blossom viewing mood with about 210 cherry trees of 17 types blooming in a Japanese garden

    Re:define future<> a collaboration event between Taiwanese global chef Andrew Chiang and Kanazawa creative group secca inc. starts at 2-star restaurant RAW Taipei in Taipei