Lacquerware A Timeless Evolution

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Lacquerware A Timeless Evolution

 
Okinawa’s steamy climate, indigenous deigo trees and geographical location have all contributed to making lacquerware produced here uniquely Okinawan.
 
Okinawa Living Cover.
Okinawa Living Cover.
 
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
 
One the wood of the deigo—the only tree used for Okinawan lacquerware—has dried completely, the carpenter shapes the wood into goblets, teapots, chopsticks or other objects.
 
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
 
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
 
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.
Feature spread from Okinawa Living magazine.