Isao Onishi, from The Ateliers of Wonders series

The photograph depicts a fragment from the atelier of the Japanese National Living Treasure Isao Onishi. He is an accomplished urushi lacquerware craftsman, master of kyūshitsu lacquer application techniques, working mainly on magewa-zukuri (bentwood) crafts. Onishi undertakes the whole process of creation himself, from the selection and preparation of raw materials to the application of urushi and the finishing polish.

● Type: Chromogenic print
● Dimensions: 101.6 H x 101.6 W cm
● Date: 2020

The Ateliers of WondersExhibition