Takumi Series for January 2023! Items of “Raden” and “Foil Stamping” techniques from Akari Koubou (Factory) are now available at T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery!

Here are the release information about collaborations between Sofvi and Japanese traditional crafts – to be released on January 2023.

These traditional artworks, decorated by Eriko Terashima of Akari Koubou, are works of “Raden” and “Foil Stamping”, which was born in Kanazawa.

“Raden” (sea shell inlay) is a traditional lacquer craft technique using thinned shiny parts of shells such as Abalone, Green Turban, and Mother of Pearl.

“Foil stamping” is a typical decoration technique used for Wajima and Kanazawa lacquerware. Pure gold, platinum, and other metals are spread thinly to 1/10,000 to 1.2/10,000 millimeters for use. 97% of the domestically produced gold leaf is made in Kanazawa.

The collaboration works introduced here are those with these four artists:

■ TOUMA: KNUCKLE BEAR with Raden, Foil Stamping

■ nekorat: DORAPOLYGON with Raden, Foil Stamping

■ OtaCream: Gecchari Robo with Raden, Foil Stamping

■ ukyDaydreamer: Dharmasanda with Raden, Foil Stamping

▼ Here are the info of the actual items and their release dates:

[Decorating Materials] Urushi lacquer, Abalone shells, Gold leaf, Platinum leaf

[Decorating technique] Raden, Foil Stamping

[Description] “Raden” is applied over black or vermilion Urushi to add variety to its color. Using Mother of Pearls together with platinum foil, the Raden inlay is created to glow like a moonstone.

On sale at T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery on Sat, Jan. 21, 12 pm –

TOUMA collaborated with Akari Koubou: KNUCKLE BEAR (Blue, Pink)

Price: JPY 220,000 (tax inc.)

[Decorating Materials] Urushi lacquer, Abalone shells, Mother of Pearl shells, Gold leaf, Platinum leaf

[Decorating technique] Raden, Foil Stamping

[Description] “Raden” are sprinkled along the low polygonal modeling, which is a characteristic of Drapolygon. It shines brightly like jewels.

On sale at T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery on Sun, Jan. 22, 12 pm –

nekorat collaborated with Akari Koubou: DORAPOLYGON (Blue, Pink)

Price: JPY 190,000 (tax inc.)

[Decorating Materials] Urushi lacquer, Abalone shells, Mother of Pearl Shells, Gold leaf, Platinum leaf, Pure gold powder

[Decorating technique] Raden, Foil Stamping, Makie (gold or silver lacquer)

[Description] Blue Abalone shells are inlaid as the base, with Mother of Pearl and Pink Abalone shells inlaid as accents. The gear pattern and lines are trimmed with gold rims, and the arms and antennas are foil stamped with gold and platinum foil. The back and the inner part of the arm are decorated with gold powder Makie.

On sale at T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery on Sat, Jan. 28, 12 pm –

OtaCream collaborated with Akari Koubou: Gecchari Robo

Price: JPY 255,000 (tax inc.)

[Decorating Materials] Urushi lacquer, Abalone shells, Mother of Pearl shells, Gold leaf, Platinum leaf

[Decorating technique] Raden, Foil Stamping

[Description] The body is covered with one of the Japanese lucky patterns, “Shippou Tsunagi”, inlaid with pink Abalone shells. It is also inlaid with a “Fuku” (meaning fortune) letter in flower letters using blue Abalone shells, trimmed with gold rims. The face part, based on a Mother of Pearl Raden inlay, is decorated with blue Raden and gold leaf for the facial expression. The hands, feet, and spines are decorated with gold and platinum foil using the Foil Stamping technique.

On sale at T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery on Sun, Jan. 29, 12 pm –

ukyDaydreamer collaborated with Akari Koubou: Dharmasanda

Price: JPY 255,000 (tax inc.)

▼ Find more details on YouTube:

On sale at: T-BASE JAPAN Ginza Gallery

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1st floor, Bldg.1-B., Ginza 2nd ave., 2-7-7,Ginza, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan

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