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Cigar Portable CRYSTAL ZARYU

Cigar Portable MIDNIGHT SPIDER

Cigar Portable BELL CRICKETS　

The motif is bell crickets (Suzumushi). The black background is shaded with gold powder, and the bell crickets are drawn with gold maki-e, and one piece of blue shell is pasted as the wing and drawn the wing lines on it with gold maki-e. The bell crickets antennas are drawn very thin and long, and to wrap around the pen barrel. Even though gold is used extensively, the curves and motifs are drawn with delicate lines to create a rather elegant finish without being too flashy.

Cigar Portable DRAGONFLYS

We painted dragonfly on a transparent acrylic pen.
Akebono lacquering of black and vermilion combined lacquer was applied to the transparent base, inspired by Emile Gallé’s lamps. In order not to spoil the transparency of the base, we heaped up several layers of Shu-ai urushi and painted the motif.

Writer Piccolo GRAPES & WINE GLASS　

Wine glass was drew by Tamesukashi technique and Yakoh-Makie.
We put Raden (sea shell) to some parts of the banch of grapes.

Cigar Long SPERM WHALE & GIANT SQUID　

The design on this pen represents a fight between a sperm whale and a giant squid unfolding in the deep sea.

The whale is finished with Sumiko and the squid with Taka-Makie.

This provides a wonderful contrast, which is further accented by a stream of water in Raden.

Cigar Long OWL & MOON

The black background without blurring clearly highlights the owl motif.

Cigar Long SUIGYO　

A fish swimming slowly in the water is expressed using Raden. The motif is drawn by pasting thinly cut seashells one by one.
A fish is drawn on the cap and a stream of water is drawn on the barrel.
The cool colors, Shobu is used for the base, imagining “in the water”.

Cigar Piccolo IshigakiBari　

The broken shells are carefully pasted one by one and coated with black urushi lacquer.
Coating with black lacquer and polishing to leave a level difference, gives a finish that resembles a stone wall.

Cigar Long TIGER ＆ BAMBOO

Background of “A Tiger and Bamboo”From the ancient period, “White tiger” has been treated as one of the four gods and defending the west. It is also used as for extracting out “Five poisons” making pressure to dishonest. Tiger fighting against dragon has the meaning that power is not easy to decide on victory or defeat. Technique First of all, the base is polished with the lacquering followed by sharpening of bamboo wood and further polishing it with the lacquering . Over the polished lacquer, the main subject TIGER is drawn with the high gilted lacquer. The parts of tiger’s eyes are expressed finely with the flat lacquering. The body portion is artistically painted to bring the similar golden color shade as of real tiger expressing the sense of strongness.