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How to Fix Rust in Your Cast Iron Teapot
Left: a well-used iron teapot with years of mineral scale (yuaka). Right: a new iron teapot showing the bare iron surface and "kamayaki" oxide layer. You open the lid and...
How to Fix Rust in Your Cast Iron Teapot
Left: a well-used iron teapot with years of mineral scale (yuaka). Right: a new iron teapot showing the bare iron surface and "kamayaki" oxide layer. You open the lid and...
Joboji Lacquerware: The 1,300-Year Story of Jap...
Home to 70% of Japan's rare domestic urushi. Explore the history of Joboji Lacquerware, a craft born from the forests of Iwate 1,300 years ago.
Joboji Lacquerware: The 1,300-Year Story of Jap...
Home to 70% of Japan's rare domestic urushi. Explore the history of Joboji Lacquerware, a craft born from the forests of Iwate 1,300 years ago.
Nanbu Ironware: The Complete Guide to Japanese ...
A Kamasada tetsubin with the iconic arare (hailstone) pattern — handcast in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. There is a particular stillness in watching water come to a boil inside a cast...
Nanbu Ironware: The Complete Guide to Japanese ...
A Kamasada tetsubin with the iconic arare (hailstone) pattern — handcast in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. There is a particular stillness in watching water come to a boil inside a cast...