Urushi Design & Innovation by Taiichi Kirimoto & Kohei Kirimoto
設計與未來 桐本泰一 桐本滉平 漆展
Exhibition period 1.6 - 30.6.2019
Kirimoto Family in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture of Japan, has been engaged in the lacquerware making for over 200 years since the late Edo Period. At the beginning of Showa era, the family started to specialize in carving wood materials of lacquerware.
來自石川縣輪島的桐本家族，傳承木漆工藝兩百年。從江戶時代晚期起，桐本家族已從事輪島漆器的事業，到了昭和時代初期，開始專攻漆器木材。
Taiichi Kirimoto succeeded the family business as the seventh generation. Before returning to Wajima, he majored in Industrial Design at the university and practised interior design. He resumed wood craftsmanship as he returned and started designing for lacquerware, furniture and architectural fixtures.
桐本泰一作為第七代家族事業的繼承人，在大學主修工業設計，亦從事過室內設計工作，最終回到了輪島。他從木藝學徒做起，其後為漆器、傢具和建築裝置進行創意設計。