Gallery: Muji’s Selling Handmade Wares for Only Three Days. In NYC. Only.
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Muji, purveyor of minimal, machine-made household objects, is selling hand made wares for the next three days. The Tatazumai collection is at Muji's Fifth Avenue store in New York City.
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The collection features single batch goods created by six artisans. Ryuji Mitani is a wood artist who makes trays and plates.
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Another Mitani design.
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Keisuke Iwata, a ceramicist, often makes cuts or pots inspired by the shape of egg and coconut shells.
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His designs, like all the designs in Tatazumai, are made by hand.
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The only textile artist in the group is Akiko Ando. Her hand-sewn skirts and blouses are made directly from rolls of fabric, so she doesn't cut and waste any scraps. Everything goes into the garment.
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These skirts are based on sarongs the artist saw in Indonesia, but are made from a heavier fabric better suited to Japan's weather.
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Masanobu Ando is a ceramicist who eschews the typical pottery wheel. His designs are all made by hand, with molds.
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This saucer is one of many made to go with tiny tea-drinking cups.
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Kazumi Tsuji, makes glassware for the table, and paints on bright colors and patterns, like polka dots and stripes.
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As Tsuji sees it, those bright colors and patterns are way to invite children to use glassware and learn about table manners.
