The traditional technique called edo-kiriko is primarily used for drinking glasses, but one company has used it to make watch dials, too. A Saihou cut glass, made by the Japanese traditional technique ...
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In Photos: Tokyo Edo Kiriko cut glass shop brings out the sparkle
Wineglasses with repetitive rice grain patterns are seen at Edo Kiriko workshop Hanashyo in Tokyo's Koto Ward on . The masterpiece, which requires cutting oval shapes uniformly across a ...
Edo Kiriko is a cut glass craft dating back about 200 years, to the period when Tokyo was called Edo. These glass artworks are decorated with gorgeous patterns, of which there are over a dozen types, ...
Edo kiriko ("cut glass from Edo") is definitely one of Japan's most pleasing traditional art forms. The artisanal glass craft is characterized by intricately designed patterns and beautiful colors in ...
Cutting beautiful geometric patterns into colourful glass is one of Tokyo’s homegrown crafts, known as edo kiriko. You’ll find small edo kiriko sake cups and glasses in department stores, but of ...
Edo Kiriko cut glass techniques, passed from artisan to artisan for over 100 years. More women who now pursue the craft create popular new designs. Known for its splendid iris garden, long ago, when ...
Edo kiriko 江戸切子, or cut glass from Edo, is a traditional Japanese craft dating from the 1830s in which clear colors and delicate patterns are cut into glass. Glasses, plates and other tableware or ...
The New York Times: In Japan, Artisans Create ‘Cut Glass From Edo’