～ The Innovative Collaboration of Japanese Traditional Art and Australian
　　Natural gemstone～

It’s sophisticated but gorgeous!! We first attempted lacquer on ironstone parts, so that any boulder opals could be colorful. Then, we adventurously processed it on other area, so that Opal’s color patterns would be seen as different pictures….Because it’s the genuine Opal, we use only gold, platinum, shells and natural adhesive urushi. With the characteristic of urushi and special techniques, the lovely pictures not only stay forever but become more colorful and lustrous as time goes by.

~ lacquer with gold powder ~
Different from gold leaf (which is made by beating gold), pure gold powder is much more stable; the use of gold in powder-finishing is 3 to 4 times more than that of leaf-finishing. By applying urushi (resin) on it, the stability of the paints becomes more long-life. As long as it’s used normally, the gold paint will be permanent. Lacquer works using gold powder reserved at the historical museum stay as they were.

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spring-motif lacquer
Maki-e On Boulder Opals 蘭～Ran～

We imagined “spring” from this warm color patterns. Flowers are out of bloom, and pollens are whirling about in the spring wind.

“Playing w/ a ball”

gold x urushi
Reminding you a ball-play in childhood

“Butterfly comes down lotus”

gold x shell x urushi
A picture of a butterfly, fluttering about a lotus in the pond. Look forward to changing the color of the butterfly

“Carps swimming up the cascade”

gold x platinum x urushi
A couple of carps are swimming. In a myth, 2 carps represent “a happy marriage” in Japan. Swimming up the cascade represents the strong vitality. After a months, one of them will change its body color.

“Cherries floating”

gold x urushi
Showing cherry blossoms floating the river. The gold lines express the water.

“Silent forest”

gold x urushi
This picture imagines us European-like forest. The color pattern of this Opal expresses the “silence”. Look carefully that the tree has fruits.