Kurashi Japanese Crafts

20/06/2026

Popular glass work by Japanese glass artist Daisaku Hashimura is now restocked. Available instore and online now🥃🍵✨

18/06/2026

Online store has been updated with some of the stunning pieces from the May exhibition. Check these out now😉

18/06/2026

Online store has been updated with some of the stunning pieces from the May exhibition. Check them out now😉

08/05/2026

Introducing metalwork by Japanese artist Nagako Fujita ✨🔨

In an age when everyday metalware is predominantly mass-produced, Fujita’s practice asserts the enduring value of the handmade. Each piece of her work is meticulously formed by hand, embracing time, material, and touch as essential elements of its making. This presentation invites reflection on the narrative embedded within the work—tracing the journey, decisions, and sensibilities that shape each object into being.

From an early aspiration toward art, Fujita shifted from design to three-dimensional practice in her youth, moving beyond isolated displays toward objects embedded in lived, interior spaces.
Rooted in an affinity for everyday tools and regional metal craft traditions, her work reflects a commitment to making by hand. Encounters with craft fairs during her studies revealed a way of living through making—an ethos that continues to shape both her practice and her broader outlook.

“Until a forged piece is complete, the hand never leaves it.”

In metal forging, the repeated acts of hammering, heating, and polishing demand sustained physical engagement. While grounded in the discipline of achieving precise form, Fujita is drawn to the so-called “errors” that emerge in the process—subtle distortions, traces of melting, and shifts in color that reveal the material’s response to touch and time.

Echoing the quiet transformations found in the natural world—decay, corrosion, the marks left by wind and water—these incidental expressions suggest an alternative register of beauty. Embracing such changes rather than resisting them, her practice moves toward a generous mode of making, guided by an attentiveness to imperfection and the evolving character of form.

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07/05/2026

Stunning copper and aluminum work by Japanese metalwork artist Shutaro Miwa✨

Miwa’s work is inspired by traditional Japanese nature and architecture, particularly the decorative elements found in shrines and temples. In nature, he often finds beautifully refined forms in plants that have shed unnecessary ornamentation through natural selection. He’s also moved when he discovers that even complex structures are formed through the accumulation of simple shapes.

Tools that have been loved across generations offer him a sense of direction, suggesting the possibility that his creation, too, might one day be used and cherished over time.

Miwa uses metal engraving and metal forging techniques. His materials include silver, copper, brass, nickel silver, and aluminum, and occasionally wood. In his practice, each piece of work is individually forged with his own hands. Although they begin from the same weight of material, variations in hammering and refinement ensure that no two pieces are ever identical. He continues to work while holding onto a sense of curiosity toward these inherent differences.

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06/05/2026

02/05/2026

Second day of our new exhibition💫

01/05/2026

✨TEXTURES WITH SOUL✨
Glass and Metal Exhibition
1 - 10 May 2026

Thank you so much for joining us to unveil this exciting exhibition today! We’re absolutely thrilled to see our customers who have connected with the exhibited pieces and brought home with their one-of-a-kind treasures😌✨

Japanese glass artist Haruna Sugie will be with us again tomorrow to welcome your visit. And, please come to join us to celebrate her BIRTHDAY altogether🥳🎂

29/04/2026

STARTING TOMORROW ON 1 MAY 2026 🫧✨