Video: Jaime Hayon Tablewares at Kutani Choemon

Via @dezainnet, video of the making of Jaime Hayon tablewares at the Kutani Choemon factory in Japan.

Kutani Choemon has been making tableware and tea ceremony utensils for more than 130 years in Ishikawa, Japan. Every piece they’ve made is carefully handmade and hand-painted by experienced craftsmen. In 2010, a new Kutani pottery collection, JAIME HAYON x KUTANI CHOEMON produced by MARUWAKA-YA, was released in collaboration with Spanish designer Jaime Hayón.

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Eugene Hon video launch and solo exhibition “and the ship sails on”


Opening Tuesday 27 March 2012

An exhibition of ceramics, jewellery, drawings, artists books and the launch of the above video. The exhibition is in celebration of the Chinese year of the dragon. For more information follow link to Eugene’s blog for an essay on his latest work written by Brenden Gray. Just below the title image is an article on his latest work that appeared in Art South Africa titled, The Ceramic Surface; A Virtual Crossover.