A pod-like sculpture emits otherworldly electronic sounds when human hands hover above its lacquered surfaces. A tearoom with ethereal red walls of safflower-dyed silk wraps around floating wood. And a vertical sweep of ceramics embedded into an aluminium plate is lit up by an LED.
These are among a string of inventive creations brought to life through Craft x Tech: the new initiative aims to fuse Japan’s traditional crafts heritage with progressive technology, with the goal of helping endangered artisan techniques survive and thrive in modern times.
