©Kentaro Ishibashi

Five-tiered box of Japanese big leaf magnolia

The exterior of this piece is shaped from wood with a hatchet, then the inside is hollowed out and fitted with a plate to create a base. It is created as a traditional Japanese jubako box composed of five tiers. Kenji Honma refines raw lacquer he collected himself and finishes the piece in its natural colour using traditional Japanese techniques.
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Kenji Honma
Hitachiomiya, Japan
Kenji Honma creates sculptural lacquer works that begin with the life of the urushi tree. Born in Tokyo into a family of lacquer artists, he studied w ...
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